111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5470 

AN ACT 

To exclude an external power supply for certain security 

or life safety alarms and surveillance system components 

from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CLASS A EXTER2 NAL POWER SUPPLIES. 

3 Section 325(u)(3) of the Energy Policy and Con4 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)(3)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(E) NONAPPLICATION OF NO-LOAD MODE

9 ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS TO EXTERNAL

10 POWER SUPPLIES FOR CERTAIN SECURITY OR

11 LIFE SAFETY ALARMS OR SURVEILLANCE SYS12 TEMS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF SECURITY OR

14 LIFE SAFETY ALARM OR SURVEILLANCE

15 SYSTEM.—In this subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘se17 curity or life safety alarm or surveil18 lance system’ means equipment de19 signed and marketed to perform any 

20 of the following functions (on a con21 tinuous basis): 

22 ‘‘(aa) Monitor, detect, 

23 record, or provide notification of 

24 intrusion or access to real prop25 erty or physical assets or notifi26 cation of threats to life safety. 
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1 ‘‘(bb) Deter or control ac2 cess to real property or physical 

3 assets, or prevent the unauthor4 ized removal of physical assets. 

5 ‘‘(cc) Monitor, detect, 

6 record, or provide notification of 

7 fire, gas, smoke, flooding, or 

8 other physical threats to real 

9 property, physical assets, or life 

10 safety. 

11 ‘‘(II) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘se12 curity or life safety alarm or surveil13 lance system’ does not include any 

14 product with a principal function 

15 other than life safety, security, or sur16 veillance that— 

17 ‘‘(aa) is designed and mar18 keted with a built-in alarm or 

19 theft-deterrent feature; or 

20 ‘‘(bb) does not operate nec21 essarily and continuously in ac22 tive mode. 

23 ‘‘(ii) NONAPPLICATION OF NO-LOAD

24 MODE REQUIREMENTS.—The No-Load 

25 Mode energy efficiency standards estab-
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1 lished by this paragraph shall not apply to 

2 an external power supply manufactured be3 fore July 1, 2017, that— 

4 ‘‘(I) is an AC-to-AC external 

5 power supply; 

6 ‘‘(II) has a nameplate output of 

7 20 watts or more; 

8 ‘‘(III) is certified to the Sec9 retary as being designed to be con10 nected to a security or life safety 

11 alarm or surveillance system compo12 nent; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) on establishment within 

14 the External Power Supply Inter15 national Efficiency Marking Protocol, 

16 as referenced in the ‘Energy Star Pro17 gram Requirements for Single Voltage 

18 External Ac–Dc and Ac–Ac Power 

19 Supplies’, published by the Environ20 mental Protection Agency, of a distin21 guishing mark for products described 

22 in this clause, is permanently marked 

23 with the distinguishing mark. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying 

2 out this subparagraph, the Secretary 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(I) require, with appropriate 

5 safeguard for the protection of con6 fidential business information, the 

7 submission of unit shipment data on 

8 an annual basis; and 

9 ‘‘(II) restrict the eligibility of ex10 ternal power supplies for the exemp11 tion provided under this subparagraph 

12 on a finding that a substantial num13 ber of the external power supplies are 

14 being marketed to or installed in ap15 plications other than security or life 

16 safety alarm or surveillance systems.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 

2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5470 

AN ACT 

To exclude an external power supply for certain sePolicy and Conservation Act. energy efficiency standards under the Energy tem components from the application of certain curity or life safety alarms and surveillance sys-