115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 226 

AN ACT 

To exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from 

energy conservation standards for external power supplies. 
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION 

4 STANDARDS TO CERTAIN EXTERNAL POWER 

5 SUPPLIES. 

6 (a) DEFINITION OF EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY.— 

7 Section 321(36)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(36)(A)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking the subparagraph designation 

10 and all that follows through ‘‘The term’’ and insert11 ing the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘external 

16 power supply’ does not include a power 

17 supply circuit, driver, or device that is de18 signed exclusively to be connected to, and 

19 power— 

20 ‘‘(I) light-emitting diodes pro21 viding illumination; 

22 ‘‘(II) organic light-emitting di23 odes providing illumination; or 

24 ‘‘(III) ceiling fans using direct 

25 current motors.’’. 
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1 (b) STANDARDS FOR LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY CIR2 CUITS.— 

3 (1) DEFINITION.—Section 340(2)(B) of the 

4 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 6311(2)(B)) is amended by striking clause (v) and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(v) electric lights and lighting power 

8 supply circuits;’’. 

9 (2) ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARD FOR

10 CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—Section 342 of the Energy 

11 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(g) LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS.—If the 

14 Secretary, acting pursuant to section 341(b), includes as 

15 a covered equipment solid state lighting power supply cir16 cuits, drivers, or devices described in section 

17 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this 

18 part, not earlier than 1 year after the date on which a 

19 test procedure has been prescribed, an energy conservation 

20 standard for such equipment.’’. 

21 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

22 (1) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and 

23 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amend24 ed by striking ‘‘(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘(20)’’. 
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1 (2) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Con2 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘(19)’’ each place it appears in each of sub4 sections (a)(3), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and (b)(5) and in5 serting ‘‘(20)’’. 

6 (3) Section 325(l) of the Energy Policy and 

7 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)) is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘paragraph (19)’’ each place it appears and 

9 inserting ‘‘paragraph (20)’’. 

Passed the Senate October 24, 2017. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 226 

AN ACT 

To exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and destandards for external power supplies. direct current motors from energy conservation odes providing illumination or ceiling fans using light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting di- vices designed to be connected to, and power,