The bill aims to place a temporary ban on the establishment or upgrade of artificial intelligence data centers until certain conditions are met. These include legislation that ensures the safety and welfare of workers and the public, provisions safeguarding against increased utility bills and environmental harm, and the creation of union jobs. The Secretary of Energy is mandated to submit quarterly reports on artificial intelligence data centers, emphasizing areas such as energy usage, environmental impact, and the treatment of workers. Additionally, export controls on computing infrastructure hardware for use in artificial intelligence data centers or for training and deploying artificial intelligence models at scale are to be enforced.