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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5258 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide that consumer 

room air cleaners are covered products to which certain energy conservation standards apply, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Mrs. SHAHEEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 

that consumer room air cleaners are covered products 

to which certain energy conservation standards apply, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(67) CONSUMER ROOM AIR CLEANER.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘consumer 

2 room air cleaner’ means a consumer product for 

3 improving air quality that— 

4 ‘‘(i) is an electrically powered, self5 contained, mechanically encased assembly; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) contains means to remove, de8 stroy, or deactivate particulates, volatile 

9 organic compounds, or microorganisms 

10 from the air. 

11 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘consumer 

12 room air cleaner’ includes— 

13 ‘‘(i) conventional room air cleaners; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) miscellaneous room air cleaners. 

16 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘consumer 

17 room air cleaner’ does not include— 

18 ‘‘(i) a central air conditioner, room air 

19 conditioner, portable air conditioner, dehu20 midifier, or furnace (as those terms are de21 fined in section 430.2 of title 10, Code of 

22 Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 

23 date of enactment of this paragraph)); or 

24 ‘‘(ii) a duct type device. 


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1 ‘‘(68) CONVENTIONAL ROOM AIR CLEANER.— 

2 The term ‘conventional room air cleaner’ means a 

3 consumer room air cleaner that— 

4 ‘‘(A) is a portable or wall-mounted (fixed) 

5 unit; 

6 ‘‘(B) plugs into an electrical outlet; 

7 ‘‘(C) operates with a fan for air circula8 tion; and 

9 ‘‘(D) contains a means to remove, destroy, 

10 or deactivate particulates. 

11 ‘‘(69) DUCT TYPE DEVICE.—The term ‘duct 

12 type device’ means an air cleaner that— 

13 ‘‘(A) is designed and marketed exclusively 

14 for use in and at adjoining ducts, including the 

15 plenum, of heating, air conditioning, and ven16 tilating systems; and 

17 ‘‘(B) is either cord-and-plug connected or 

18 permanently connected to the electrical supply 

19 source. 

20 ‘‘(70) MISCELLANEOUS ROOM AIR CLEANER.— 

21 The term ‘miscellaneous room air cleaner’ means 

22 any consumer room air cleaner that is not a conven23 tional room air cleaner.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CONSUMER ROOM AIR CLEANERS. 

2 Section 322(a) of the Energy Policy and Conserva3 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6292(a)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (20) as para5 graph (21); and 

6 (2) by inserting after paragraph (19) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(20) Consumer room air cleaners.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. TEST PROCEDURES. 

10 Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conserva11 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended by adding at 

12 the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(19) CONVENTIONAL ROOM AIR CLEANERS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) For compliance with the standards 

15 under section 325(ii)(1), the test procedure 

16 shall be AHAM AC–7–2022, and section 6.2 of 

17 ANSI/AHAM AC–1–2020 for Dust CADR and 

18 section 5.2 of ANSI/AHAM AC–1–2020 for 

19 Smoke CADR may be applied for the calcula20 tion of PM2.5. 

21 ‘‘(B) For compliance with the standards 

22 under section 325(ii)(2), the test procedure 

23 shall be AHAM AC–7–2022. 

24 ‘‘(C) When considering amended standards 

25 for conventional room air cleaners that replace 

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1 retary shall consider amending the test proce2 dure to include measurement of automatic 

3 mode, if such an inclusion would improve the 

4 accuracy of energy use measurements.’’. 

5 SEC. 4. LABELING. 

6 Section 324(a) of the Energy Policy and Conserva7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (8) 

9 through (12)’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) through (12), and 

10 (20)’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(D) The Commission shall not require 

14 compliance with labeling requirements under 

15 this section for conventional room air cleaners 

16 before December 31, 2025.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS. 

18 Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (m)(4)(A)(i), by inserting 

21 ‘‘consumer room air cleaners,’’ after ‘‘with respect 

22 to’’; 

23 (2) by redesignating subsection (ii) as sub24 section (jj); and 


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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (hh) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(ii) CONVENTIONAL ROOM AIR CLEANERS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The following standards 

5 shall apply to conventional room air cleaners manu6 factured during the period beginning on December 

7 31, 2023 and ending on December 30, 2025: 

8 ‘‘(A) A conventional room air cleaner with 

9 a measured PM2.5 CADR of greater than 9 and 

10 less than 100 shall meet or exceed an IEF of 

11 1.69 PM2.5 CADR/Watt. 

12 ‘‘(B) A conventional room air cleaner with 

13 a measured PM2.5 CADR of greater than 99 

14 and less than 150 shall meet or exceed an IEF 

15 of 1.90 PM2.5 CADR/Watt. 

16 ‘‘(C) A conventional room air cleaner with 

17 a measured PM2.5 CADR of 150 or greater 

18 shall meet or exceed an IEF of 2.01 PM2.5

19 CADR/Watt. 

20 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT STANDARDS.—The following 

21 standards shall apply to conventional room air clean22 ers manufactured on or after December 31, 2025: 

23 ‘‘(A) A conventional room air cleaner with 

24 a measured PM2.5 CADR of greater than 9 and 


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1 less than 100 shall meet or exceed an IEF of 

2 1.89 PM2.5 CADR/Watt. 

3 ‘‘(B) A conventional room air cleaner with 

4 a measured PM2.5 CADR of greater than 99 

5 and less than 150 shall meet or exceed an IEF 

6 of 2.39 PM2.5 CADR/Watt. 

7 ‘‘(C) A conventional room air cleaner with 

8 a measured PM2.5 CADR of 150 or greater 

9 shall meet or exceed an IEF of 2.91 PM2.5

10 CADR/Watt.’’. 

11 SEC. 6. PREEMPTION. 

12 Subsection (jj) of section 325 of the Energy Policy 

13 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) (as redesignated 

14 by section 5(2)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the 

16 end and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) beginning on December 31, 2023, to con21 sumer room air cleaners, except that section 

22 327(a)(1)(B) shall apply to consumer room air 

23 cleaners beginning on the date of enactment of this 

24 paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Con3 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by strik4 ing ‘‘(20)’’ and inserting ‘‘(21)’’. 

5 (b) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conserva6 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended by striking ‘‘(20)’’ 

7 each place it appears (other than in subsection (a)(1) (as 

8 amended by section 4(1))) and inserting ‘‘(21)’’. 

9 (c) Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conserva10 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended by striking ‘‘(20)’’ 

11 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(21)’’. 

12 SEC. 8. OTHER AIR CLEANERS. 

13 Nothing in this Act affects the authority of the Sec14 retary of Energy to regulate air cleaners (as defined in 

15 section 430.2 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regula16 tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)), 

17 other than consumer room air cleaners (as defined in sec18 tion 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 6291)). 

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