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Waste Heat to Wattage Act of 2026
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.
Summary
HR 7080 amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to recognize waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy. The bill defines waste energy recovery as heat or pressure that would otherwise be wasted from commercial, residential, or industrial processes and is recovered to generate electricity through waste heat to power or waste pressure to power systems. By including waste energy recovery in the definition of renewable energy, the bill makes such systems potentially eligible for federal renewable energy programs and incentives established under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM)
1 cosponsor
Actions (3)
- May 20, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. · house
- Jan 14, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jan 14, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
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>
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