The text of the bill can be found here. It begins by citing the warnings of AI company CEOs and deep learning pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, as well as the 2023 FLI open letter calling for a 6-month pause. The bill would prohibits the construction or upgrading of AI datacenters until Congress pass an AI safety law aimed at preventing AI companies "from releasing harmful products into the world that threaten the health and well-being of working families, our privacy and civil rights, and the future of humanity". It would also impose export controls for advanced chips to any country "to any country or entity that does not have laws and regulations in place to protect humanity from AI safety concerns and existential risks, protect workers, and protect the environment". Sen. Sanders and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez announced the bill in a live press conference:

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First published:
March 26th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TjJdSHccBPqPgEf6J/sen-sanders-i-vt-and-rep-ocasio-cortez-d-ny-propose-ai-data

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“Sen. Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) propose AI Data Center Moratorium Act” by Matrice Jacobine