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Union Calendar No. 425 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5057 

[Report No. 113–574] 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions 

for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2014 

Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit 

exemptions for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards, and for other purposes. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘EPS Service Parts 

5 Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES. 

7 Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conserva8 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)) is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) EXEMPT SUPPLIES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) FEBRUARY 10, 2014, RULE.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An external power 

13 supply shall not be subject to the final rule 

14 entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: 

15 Energy Conservation Standards for Exter16 nal Power Supplies’, published at 79 Fed. 

17 Reg. 7845 (February 10, 2014), if the ex18 ternal power supply— 

19 ‘‘(I) is manufactured during the 

20 period beginning on February 10, 

21 2016, and ending on February 10, 

22 2020; 

23 ‘‘(II) is marked in accordance 

24 with the External Power Supply 

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1 tocol, as in effect on February 10, 

2 2016; 

3 ‘‘(III) meets, where applicable, 

4 the standards under paragraph 

5 (3)(A), and has been certified to the 

6 Secretary as meeting International 

7 Efficiency Level IV or higher of the 

8 External Power Supply International 

9 Efficiency Marking Protocol, as in ef10 fect on February 10, 2016; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) is made available by the 

12 manufacturer as a service part or a 

13 spare part for an end-use product 

14 that— 

15 ‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri16 mary load; and 

17 ‘‘(bb) was manufactured be18 fore February 10, 2016. 

19 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary 

20 may require manufacturers of products ex21 empted pursuant to clause (i) to report an22 nual total units shipped as service and 

23 spare parts that are not International Effi24 ciency Level VI or higher. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION OF EXEMPTION.— 

2 The Secretary may issue a rule, after pro3 viding public notice and opportunity for 

4 public comment, to limit the applicability 

5 of the exemption established under clause 

6 (i) if the Secretary determines that the ex7 emption is resulting in a significant reduc8 tion of the energy savings that would oth9 erwise result from the final rule described 

10 in such clause. 

11 ‘‘(B) AMENDED STANDARDS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

13 may exempt an external power supply from 

14 any amended standard under this sub15 section if the external power supply— 

16 ‘‘(I) is manufactured within four 

17 years of the compliance date of the 

18 amended standard; 

19 ‘‘(II) complies with applicable 

20 marking requirements adopted by the 

21 Secretary prior to the amendment; 

22 ‘‘(III) meets the standards that 

23 were in effect prior to the amendment; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(IV) is made available by the 

2 manufacturer as a service part or a 

3 spare part for an end-use product 

4 that— 

5 ‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri6 mary load; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) was manufactured be8 fore the compliance date of the 

9 amended standard. 

10 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary 

11 may require manufacturers of a product 

12 exempted pursuant to clause (i) to report 

13 annual total units shipped as service and 

14 spare parts that do not meet the amended 

15 standard.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 425 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5057 

[Report No. 113–574] 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

purposes. from certain efficiency standards, and for other to permit exemptions for external power supplies 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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