Waste Heat to Wattage Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7080 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7080

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
 waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
 waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Waste Heat to Wattage Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY AS A SOURCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (15)(A), by striking ``or hydroelectric'' 
        and inserting ``hydroelectric, or waste energy recovery''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(18) Waste energy recovery.--The term `waste energy 
        recovery' means heat or pressure that would otherwise be 
        vented, released, throttled, or discharged from a commercial, 
        residential, or industrial process that is recovered and used 
        as the sole input for another purpose or process that generates 
        electricity, including a waste heat to power or waste pressure 
        to power system.''.
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