# 119-hr-10467: Data Center Fairness Fee Act of 2026

119-hr-10467, Data Center Fairness Fee Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10467
- Congress: 119
- Title: Data Center Fairness Fee Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-08

## Summary

**Creates a new electricity charge on large data centers and crypto miners.** The bill sets a per-kilowatt-hour fee plus a higher surcharge for facilities with higher carbon intensity, and directs revenue to states and tribes for energy assistance and efficiency programs.

## Provisions PRIA read

- State and tribal energy assistance fund: benefit, medium. If enacted, EPA would send the money collected from the new charges to each State and Indian Tribe. The allocations would follow the same formula used for certain Energy Policy and Conservation Act distributions, with input from the Secretary of Energy. States and tribes could use the funds only fo…
- Higher fees and reporting for data centers: cost, low. If enacted, owners or operators of large U.S. data centers and crypto‑mining facilities would face new monitoring and reporting rules and annual charges. Facilities are covered if they (alone or aggregated within 10 miles) have more than 50 MW of IT nameplate capacity and mainly house servers or mi…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act
- 119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10467 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10467)

## Related
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
- [119-hr-5356: National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5356)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10467 (as of 2026-10-08).