1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heat pump Energy Assistance and Training Act or the HEAT Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Industrial heat pump The term industrial heat pump means 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. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. 3. Industrial heat pump program (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a working group to coordinate activities carried out by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture— (1) to build awareness of the use of industrial heat pumps; (2) to create materials for and provide technical support to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses relating to— (A) the use of industrial heat pumps; and (B) the availability of Federal programs to assist in the adoption to using industrial heat pumps; (3) to support an improved technical understanding of the opportunities for and applications of industrial heat pumps in the agricultural experiment station network at land-grant colleges and universities, for the purpose of providing training and assistance to State-level programs serving farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses; (4) to increase knowledge of industrial heat pump applications and benefits for rural utilities to support applications of industrial heat pumps for farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses