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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 518 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.518

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen

                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``EPS Improvement Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS TO CERTAIN 
EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES.
    (a) Definition of External Power Supply.--Section 321(36)(A) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(36)(A)) is amended--
        (1) by striking the subparagraph designation and all that 
    follows through ``The term'' and inserting the following:
            ``(A) External power supply.--
                ``(i) In general.--The term''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `external power supply' 
            does not include a power supply circuit, driver, or device 
            that is designed exclusively to be connected to, and 
            power--

                    ``(I) light-emitting diodes providing illumination;
                    ``(II) organic light-emitting diodes providing 
                illumination; or
                    ``(III) ceiling fans using direct current 
                motors.''.

    (b) Standards for Lighting Power Supply Circuits.--
        (1) Definition.--Section 340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and 
    Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
    clause (v) and inserting the following:
                ``(v) electric lights and lighting power supply 
            circuits;''.
        (2) Energy conservation standard for certain equipment.--
    Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
    6313) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Lighting Power Supply Circuits.--If the Secretary, acting 
pursuant to section 341(b), includes as covered equipment solid state 
lighting power supply circuits, drivers, or devices described in 
section 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this part, 
not earlier than 1 year after the date on which a test procedure has 
been prescribed, an energy conservation standard for such equipment.''.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--
        (1) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
    (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``(19)'' and 
    inserting ``(20)''.
        (2) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
    U.S.C. 6294) is amended by striking ``(19)'' each place it appears 
    in each of subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and (b)(5) and 
    inserting ``(20)''.
        (3) Section 325(l) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
    (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (19)'' each 
    place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (20)''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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