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)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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.''. <all>