Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
May 9, 2023
Step 2
Referred
May 9, 2023
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Step 3
Committee
Step 4
Senate
Step 5
House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an industrial heat pump program. Among other things, the program must provide technical support to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses on (1) the use of industrial heat pumps, and (2) the availability of federal programs to assist in the adoption to using industrial heat pumps. An industrial heat pump is a vapor compression device that transforms low grade production waste heat by increasing the temperature of air or process fluid, such as water, to meet the heating needs of agricultural, industrial, or commercial processes. The bill also amends USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to specifically includ...
Timeline · 2 actions
May 9, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 9, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.