PUBLIC LAW 113–263—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2937 

Public Law 113–263 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions for external 

power supplies from certain efficiency standards, 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 ‘‘EPS Service Parts Act of 2014’’. 

SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES. 

Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

U.S.C. 6295(u)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) EXEMPT SUPPLIES.— 

‘‘(A) FEBRUARY 10, 2014, RULE.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An external power supply shall 

not be subject to the final rule entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 

External Power Supplies’, published at 79 Fed. Reg. 

7845 (February 10, 2014), if the external power 

supply— 

‘‘(I) is manufactured during the period beginning on February 10, 2016, and ending on February 10, 2020; 

‘‘(II) is marked in accordance with the 

External Power Supply International Efficiency 

Marking Protocol, as in effect on February 10, 

2016; 

‘‘(III) meets, where applicable, the standards 

under paragraph (3)(A), and has been certified to 

the Secretary as meeting International Efficiency 

Level IV or higher of the External Power Supply 

International Efficiency Marking Protocol, as in 

effect on February 10, 2016; and 

‘‘(IV) is made available by the manufacturer 

as a service part or a spare part for an end-use 

product that— 

‘‘(aa) constitutes the primary load; and 

‘‘(bb) was manufactured before February 

10, 2016. 

‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary may require 

manufacturers of products exempted pursuant to 

clause (i) to report annual total units shipped as service 

and spare parts that fall below International Efficiency 

Level VI. 

Certification. 

Time period. 

EPS Service 

Parts Act of 

2014. 

42 USC 6201 

note. 

Dec. 18, 2014 

[H.R. 5057] 


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128 STAT. 2938 PUBLIC LAW 113–263—DEC. 18, 2014 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5057: 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 113–574 (Comm on Energy and Commerce). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Sept. 10, 11, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 11, considered and passed Senate. 

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‘‘(iii) LIMITATION OF EXEMPTION.—The Secretary 

may issue a rule, after providing public notice and 

opportunity for public comment, to limit the applicability of the exemption established under clause (i) 

if the Secretary determines that the exemption is 

resulting in a significant reduction of the energy 

savings that would otherwise result from the final 

rule described in such clause. 

‘‘(B) AMENDED STANDARDS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may exempt an 

external power supply from any amended standard 

under this subsection if the external power supply— 

‘‘(I) is manufactured within four years of the 

compliance date of the amended standard; 

‘‘(II) complies with applicable marking requirements adopted by the Secretary prior to the 

amendment; 

‘‘(III) meets the standards that were in effect 

prior to the amendment; and 

‘‘(IV) is made available by the manufacturer 

as a service part or a spare part for an end-use 

product that— 

‘‘(aa) constitutes the primary load; and 

‘‘(bb) was manufactured before the compliance date of the amended standard. 

‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary may require 

manufacturers of a product exempted pursuant to 

clause (i) to report annual total units shipped as service 

and spare parts that do not meet the amended 

standard.’’. 

Approved December 18, 2014. 

Compliance. 

Time period. 

Determination. 


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