# 119-hr-10169: To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.

119-hr-10169, To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-24).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10169
- As of: 2026-09-24
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10169
- Congress: 119
- Title: To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-24

## Summary

**Would block federal financial support for data centers built on prime or other farmland identified by the Farmland Protection Policy Act.** It targets data centers as defined in the Energy Independence and Security Act and would bar federal grants, loans, tax credits, deductions, accelerated depreciation, and similar benefits for projects that begin after enactment on that land. - Farmers and rural communities: Keeps federal incentives away from FPPA-designated farmland, which could help preserve agricultural land and limit conversion to data center use. - Data center companies and developers: Would remove access to federal financial assistance and tax benefits for covered projects, changing project economics and likely steering new builds off protected farmland. - Federal agencies and tax policy: Restricts agencies from providing the listed federal financial benefits for projects that meet the bill’s EISA and FPPA-based tests, using those statutes to determine coverage. *Would likely reduce federal outlays and tax expenditures tied to data center projects on protected farmland by cutting eligible federal financial benefits.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- No federal subsidies for farmland data centers: cost, medium. If enacted, federal agencies would not be able to give money or tax breaks for building, expanding, or major renovation of data centers on certain farmland. The ban would apply only to data centers as defined in 42 U.S.C. 17112(a)(1). It would apply only where the site was described as prime or oth…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10169 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10169)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1915)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2282)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10169 (as of 2026-09-24).