LaMonica McIver's Record on AI

LaMonica McIver's Position on AI

LaMonica McIver formally supports a conditional pause on the construction and upgrading of covered AI data centers. She is recorded as a cosponsor of H.R. 9442, the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, dated June 29, 2026.

The same record includes supportive AI policy. She voted yea on the AI for Main Street Act on January 20, 2026, a bill that would require small business development centers to help businesses evaluate and use AI. Her office has also promoted investment in worker training as AI affects jobs.

The record does not show opposition to all AI. Of the measures in the table below, only the TAKE IT DOWN Act became law, and it restricts specified harmful uses.

Background at a Glance

Background and Political Leaning

McIver was born in Newark, New Jersey, on June 20, 1986, according to the Congressional Directory. Her official biography calls her a Newark Central Ward native and a former Newark City Council president and nonprofit founder.

The Congressional Directory lists a bachelor's degree in English literature from Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey, dated 2008, and a master's degree in educational leadership and policy from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, dated 2011. Her career entries begin with staff work at Newark Public Schools from 2006 to 2013. The directory then lists human resources manager and non-profit executive roles without dates.

She served on the Newark City Council from 2018 to 2024, including two years as council president from 2022 to 2024. The official biography says she represents New Jersey's 10th District after a 2024 special election.

The official biography also identifies membership or leadership in the Congressional Progressive Caucus. That affiliation does not establish agreement with every policy or a more specific ideology.

Statements and Actions on AI

Her AI statement in the sources reviewed appears in a December 11, 2025 release on the Workforce of the Future Act. McIver says: "Working people deserve innovation that expands opportunity ..." The release contrasts that with innovation that would eliminate opportunity.

The release describes the bill as a joint reintroduction with Rep. Cleaver, who is the formal House sponsor, while McIver is recorded as a cosponsor. As the release describes it, the design includes a joint Labor, Commerce and Education report on AI's workforce effects, education grants and worker training. Those are proposed authorizations, and they are not money already spent.

On April 24, 2026, her office released a statement announcing a bill to stop surprise AI data center development. In it, McIver says: "When communities are denied information, they are denied a voice." She argues that developers should disclose their plans so residents have meaningful input before their neighborhoods and energy costs are affected.

Policies Supported and Opposed

Each row is a vote, a sponsorship or a cosponsorship.

Proposed and enacted status differ in this record. Only the TAKE IT DOWN Act is law. The AI for Main Street Act passed the House and has no law entry, and the other three measures are introduced bills referred to committees.

H.R. 9442 would halt construction or upgrading of new and existing covered AI data centers upon enactment. The pause ends only after laws establish product review, worker and benefit-sharing protections, utility and environmental protections, community approval, no subsidies and union labor standards, and the pause is expressly terminated. The bill sets no fixed one-year expiry.

A covered facility includes one used for AI models at scale. An alternative branch covers facilities over 20 megawatts with high-density rack power of at least 20 kilowatts or liquid or immersion cooling. The text does not automatically cover every server facility.

The bill also requires quarterly public reports from the Energy Department on financing, water, power, emissions, wastewater, cooling chemicals, noise, jobs, agreements and subsidies. Its verification powers include inspections and subpoenas. It would restrict exports, reexports and in-country transfers of computing infrastructure for covered AI uses to entities in countries without comparable safeguards.

H.R. 8488, the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act of 2026, sets disclosure duties for AI data center development and does not ban construction outright. As introduced, it requires disclosure to the public and local officials at least 180 days before a definitive development step, along with multilingual outreach, developer-funded independent environmental analysis, limits on nondisclosure agreements and a joint responsibility provision. Violations would be treated as unfair or deceptive practices under the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) framework.

The TAKE IT DOWN Act addresses knowing publication of nonconsensual intimate depictions, including specified digital forgeries made with AI or other software, subject to the law's conditions and exceptions. Covered platforms must set up a notice and removal process within one year of enactment and remove covered depictions within 48 hours of a valid request.

The law is a specific restriction on harmful uses. It does not ban AI or synthetic media. The House passed it 409 to 2 on April 28, 2025, and the Senate passed it by unanimous consent on February 13, 2025, which is not a recorded individual roll call.

H.R. 5764, the AI for Main Street Act, would require small business development centers to help businesses evaluate and use AI. The House-passed text covers information, guidance, training and outreach on best practices, business operations, data and intellectual property, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and trust. Section 3 authorizes no additional funding, and a yea vote supports the whole bill, though the record gives no reason for her vote.

Current Office and the 2026 Election

McIver's current office is U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th District, according to the Congressional Directory. The official biography says she has represented the district since a 2024 special election.

The New Jersey Monitor reported on November 3, 2026, an Associated Press call for her reelection in New Jersey's 10th District.

Scope and Open Questions

The record covers specific bills, votes and statements. It is not a complete list of her AI statements or roll-call votes, and it does not establish her position on every AI use.

Several questions remain open for the reader to track:

• Whether H.R. 9442, H.R. 8488 or H.R. 6621 receives committee action beyond referral.
• Whether she has spoken individually about H.R. 9442.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does LaMonica McIver oppose AI?

No. The sources reviewed do not show opposition to all AI. They show formal support for a conditional pause on covered AI data centers, along with yea votes on the AI for Main Street Act and the TAKE IT DOWN Act.

The record is limited to the bills, votes and statements in this profile, so it cannot establish a position on every AI use.

Has the data center pause bill become law?

No. H.R. 9442 is an introduced bill, and its latest recorded action in the GovInfo bill status record is a referral to committees. No enactment is recorded, so no pause is in effect under it.

Did McIver win reelection in 2026?

An Associated Press call reported by New Jersey Monitor has her winning reelection in New Jersey's 10th District.