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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
- Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include waste energy recovery as a source of renewable energy.
- Defines "waste energy recovery" as heat or pressure from commercial, residential, or industrial processes that would otherwise be vented or discharged but is instead recovered and used to generate electricity through waste heat to power or waste pressure to power systems.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/V000136.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Vasquez, Gabe (D-NM) [#2]
1 cosponsor
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![Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/B001307.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Baird, James R. (R-IN) [#4]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Gabe Vasquez’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $84,794
- SINGLETON SCHREIBER $36,300
- MCGINN, MONTOYA, LOVE & CURRY $24,500
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO $24,028
- NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY $13,625
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Gabe Vasquez → · Outside spending →
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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