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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 518 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 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 from 

energy conservation standards for external power supplies, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘EPS Improvement Act 

3 of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STAND5 ARDS TO CERTAIN EXTERNAL POWER SUP6 PLIES. 

7 (a) DEFINITION OF EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY.— 

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

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

10 (1) by striking the subparagraph designation 

11 and all that follows through ‘‘The term’’ and insert12 ing the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 

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

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

17 power supply’ does not include a power 

18 supply circuit, driver, or device that is de19 signed exclusively to be connected to, and 

20 power— 

21 ‘‘(I) light-emitting diodes pro22 viding illumination; 

23 ‘‘(II) organic light-emitting di24 odes providing illumination; or 

25 ‘‘(III) ceiling fans using direct 

26 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 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 House of Representatives January 23, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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