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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 438 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide further 

requirements for the Energy Star program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2011 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 

further requirements for the Energy Star program, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Star Improve5 ments Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENERGY STAR STANDARDS. 

7 (a) ENERGY STAR.—Section 324A(c) of the Energy 

8 Policy and Conservation Act is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

10 after the semicolon at the end; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

4 ‘‘(8) in establishing and revising an Energy 

5 Star product category, specification, or criterion, re6 quire inclusion of developmental products planned 

7 for sale within 2 years in the testing or evaluation 

8 of products proposed for purposes of such establish9 ment or revision; 

10 ‘‘(9) not later than 2 years after the date of en11 actment of this paragraph, establish and implement 

12 a ratings system for products identified as Energy 

13 Star products pursuant to this section to provide 

14 consumers with the most helpful information on the 

15 relative energy efficiency of those products, unless 

16 the Administrator and the Secretary communicate to 

17 Congress that establishing such a system would di18 minish the value of the Energy Star brand to con19 sumers; 

20 ‘‘(10)(A) review the Energy Star product cri21 teria for the 10 products in each product category 

22 with the greatest energy consumption at least once 

23 every 3 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) based on the review, update and publish 

2 the Energy Star product criteria for each such cat3 egory, as necessary; 

4 ‘‘(11) before permitting a product to be identi5 fied as an Energy Star product, require the manu6 facturer of such product to prove the compliance of 

7 the product with Energy Star product criteria 

8 through testing at an independent laboratory cer9 tified for such purpose by the Secretary; and 

10 ‘‘(12) periodically verify, at the expense of the 

11 manufacturer of the product, compliance with En12 ergy Star product criteria by products identified as 

13 Energy Star products pursuant to this section, in14 cluding through— 

15 ‘‘(A) purchase and testing of products 

16 from the market; or 

17 ‘‘(B) other appropriate testing and compli18 ance approaches.’’. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amend21 ments made by this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2011 and for each fiscal year thereafter. 

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