Clean Cloud Act of 2025
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Sets an emissions standard and fee system for electricity used by large data centers and cryptomining facilities. The baselines decline each year to zero by 2035, and the collected fees fund clean energy and grants that lower consumer electricity costs.
Model-rated AI relevance 60%: The bill regulates the energy use of data centers, which is AI infrastructure, though AI is not named. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratRIData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Apr 10, 2025
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · April 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI air traffic management tool until safety testing, oversight, and accountability questions are answered.
Source ↗McClain Delaney and colleagues urged the FAA to pause its AI air traffic tool until safety testing and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Murray and Wyden criticized the Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare prior authorization pilot for denying seniors care and called for it to end.
Source ↗Schiff calls for enforceable federal guardrails and bipartisan oversight of frontier AI, rejecting voluntary industry commitments.
Source ↗Beyer and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI-enabled SMART air traffic management tool until safety testing, implementation, and oversight questions are answered.
Source ↗Van Hollen joins colleagues demanding the FAA pause its AI air traffic tool and provide transparency on safety testing, training, and oversight before deployment.
Source ↗Murray calls for strong federal AI regulation without preempting state laws like Washington's.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z