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Dynamic Glass Act This bill classifies electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the energy tax credit. The bill defines "electrochromic glass" as glass which uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure.

Dynamic Glass Act of 2019This bill classifies electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit. The bill defines "electrochromic glass" as glass which uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure.

Air Source Heat Pump Act of 2020 This bill allows a new refundable tax credit for qualified air source heat pump expenditures. The bill definesqualified air source heat pump expendituresas expenditures for property that uses an air source heat pump to heat and cool a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as the taxpayer's principal residence. The air source heat pump must also meet specified performance and other requirements.

Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020 or the E-QUIP Act This bill allow straight line depreciation over a 10-year period of energy efficient qualified improvement property. The bill definesenergy efficient qualified improvement propertyas any improvement to a building that is nonresidential real property, or multifamily residential rental property, first placed in service more than 10 year before the enactment of this bill, and that is installed as part of the lighting system, the heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water systems, or the building envelope. The improvement must meet specified performance and other requirements.

Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2020 or the Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2020 This bill establishes the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee, which shall focus on reducing the health risks of extreme heat over multiple time scales. The committee must, among other activities (1) develop a strategic plan to coordinate a federal approach to reducing health risks of heat; (2) study health-affected communities, including data collection, warning communications, resiliency, and response capacity; and (3) administer matching grants to increase awareness of heat risks and for projects, such as urban forestry, to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat events. To support the committee's activities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall provide administrative and technical assistance.

Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat.Excessive heatincludes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality. In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat.Excessive heatincludes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality. In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to prevent and respond to heat illness, and (2) whistle-blower protections.

Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2020 This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a cooling-off period. A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with an officer involved in the shooting.

Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an energy tax credit for investment in waste heat to power property. The bill defines "waste heat to power property" as property (1) comprising a system which generates electricity through the recovery of a qualified waste heat resource, and (2) the construction of which begins before January 1, 2027. "Qualified waste heat resource" is defined as (1) exhaust heat or flared gas from an industrial process that does not have as its primary purpose the production of electricity, and (2) a pressure drop in any gas for an industrial or commercial process.

Country Of Origin Labeling Online Act or the COOL Online Act This bill requires sellers to conspicuously disclose the country of origin of products sold over the internet. This includes compliance with the labeling requirements for, among other products, new passenger motor vehicles, textile fiber products, wools products, fur products, covered commodities, and pharmaceutical products subject to the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. These requirements also apply to the provider or publisher of any internet marketplaces of such products. The bill further makes it unlawful to falsely or deceptively represent that a products or parts of its processing are of United States origin.