HB 3698 — Directs data centers to report water and electricity used to the Water Resources Department and the State Department of Energy.

Congress · introduced 2025-02-21

Digest: This Act tells data centers to report how much water and electricity they use each quarter. The Act tells the EQC to adopt emissions rules for generators used at data centers. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs data centers to report water and electricity used to the Water Resources Department and the State Department of Energy. Requires the State Department of Energy to publish summaries of reported information on a website. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt emissions standards for standby generators used at data centers.

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date	from	type	amount	role	source
2025-02-21	Scharf, Anna	sponsor_of_bill	—	sponsor	sponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Speeches	Voted	Score
1	Scharf, Anna (R, state_lower OR-23)	sponsor	0	—	5

Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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2025-02-21 · sponsored by Scharf, Anna (sponsor) · sponsorship

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