,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ad1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,vasquez 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,baird7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment  
,act of #bjjb to include waste energy   
recovery as a source of renewable       
energy1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,waste ,heat to ,wattage ,act of    
#bjbf4  #b4 ,waste energy recovery as a 
source of renewable energy ,section     
#ijja of the ,farm ,security and ,rural 
,investment ,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#haja7 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph   
7#ae77;,a71 by striking or hydroelectric
 and inserting hydroelectric1 or waste  
energy recovery2 and  7#b7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#ah7 ,waste energy recovery ,the term  
waste energy recovery means heat or     
pressure that would otherwise be vented1

 released1 throttled1 or discharged from
 a commercial1 residential1 or          
industrial process that is recovered and
 used as the sole input for another     
purpose or process that generates       
electricity1 including a waste heat to  
power or waste pressure to power system4
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