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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5470 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2010 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CLASS A EXTER4 NAL POWER SUPPLIES. 

5 Section 325(u)(3) of the Energy Policy and Con6 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)(3)) is amended— 

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

8 inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and 


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

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

3 ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS TO EXTERNAL

4 POWER SUPPLIES FOR CERTAIN SECURITY OR

5 LIFE SAFETY ALARMS OR SURVEILLANCE SYS6 TEMS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF SECURITY OR

8 LIFE SAFETY ALARM OR SURVEILLANCE

9 SYSTEM.—In this subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘se11 curity or life safety alarm or surveil12 lance system’ means equipment de13 signed and marketed to perform any 

14 of the following functions (on a con15 tinuous basis): 

16 ‘‘(aa) Monitor, detect, 

17 record, or provide notification of 

18 intrusion or access to real prop19 erty or physical assets or notifi20 cation of threats to life safety. 

21 ‘‘(bb) Deter or control ac22 cess to real property or physical 

23 assets, or prevent the unauthor24 ized removal of physical assets. 


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1 ‘‘(cc) Monitor, detect, 

2 record, or provide notification of 

3 fire, gas, smoke, flooding, or 

4 other physical threats to real 

5 property, physical assets, or life 

6 safety. 

7 ‘‘(II) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘se8 curity or life safety alarm or surveil9 lance system’ does not include any 

10 product with a principal function 

11 other than life safety, security, or sur12 veillance that— 

13 ‘‘(aa) is designed and mar14 keted with a built-in alarm or 

15 theft-deterrent feature; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) does not operate nec17 essarily and continuously in ac18 tive mode. 

19 ‘‘(ii) NONAPPLICATION OF NO-LOAD

20 MODE REQUIREMENTS.—The No-Load 

21 Mode energy efficiency standards estab22 lished by this paragraph shall not apply to 

23 an external power supply manufactured be24 fore July 1, 2017, that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) is an AC-to-AC external 

2 power supply; 

3 ‘‘(II) has a nameplate output of 

4 20 watts or more; 

5 ‘‘(III) is certified to the Sec6 retary as being designed to be con7 nected to a security or life safety 

8 alarm or surveillance system compo9 nent; and 

10 ‘‘(IV) on establishment within 

11 the External Power Supply Inter12 national Efficiency Marking Protocol, 

13 as referenced in the ‘Energy Star Pro14 gram Requirements for Single Voltage 

15 External Ac–Dc and Ac–Ac Power 

16 Supplies’, published by the Environ17 mental Protection Agency, of a distin18 guishing mark for products described 

19 in this clause, is permanently marked 

20 with the distinguishing mark. 

21 ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying 

22 out this subparagraph, the Secretary 

23 shall— 

24 ‘‘(I) require, with appropriate 

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1 fidential business information, the 

2 submission of unit shipment data on 

3 an annual basis; and 

4 ‘‘(II) restrict the eligibility of ex5 ternal power supplies for the exemp6 tion provided under this subparagraph 

7 on a finding that a substantial num8 ber of the external power supplies are 

9 being marketed to or installed in ap10 plications other than security or life 

11 safety alarm or surveillance systems.’’. 

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