IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5057 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit 

exemptions for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards, 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 Service Parts 

3 Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES. 

5 Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conserva6 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)) is amended by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(5) EXEMPT SUPPLIES.— 

9 ‘‘(A) FEBRUARY 10, 2014, RULE.— 

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

11 supply shall not be subject to the final rule 

12 entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: 

13 Energy Conservation Standards for Exter14 nal Power Supplies’, published at 79 Fed. 

15 Reg. 7845 (February 10, 2014), if the ex16 ternal power supply— 

17 ‘‘(I) is manufactured during the 

18 period beginning on February 10, 

19 2016, and ending on February 10, 

20 2020; 

21 ‘‘(II) is marked in accordance 

22 with the External Power Supply 

23 International Efficiency Marking Pro24 tocol, as in effect on February 10, 

25 2016; 


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1 ‘‘(III) meets, where applicable, 

2 the standards under paragraph 

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

4 Secretary as meeting International 

5 Efficiency Level IV or higher of the 

6 External Power Supply International 

7 Efficiency Marking Protocol, as in ef8 fect on February 10, 2016; and 

9 ‘‘(IV) is made available by the 

10 manufacturer as a service part or a 

11 spare part for an end-use product 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri14 mary load; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) was manufactured be16 fore February 10, 2016. 

17 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary 

18 may require manufacturers of products ex19 empted pursuant to clause (i) to report an20 nual total units shipped as service and 

21 spare parts that fall below International 

22 Efficiency Level VI. 

23 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION OF EXEMPTION.— 

24 The Secretary may issue a rule, after pro25 viding public notice and opportunity for 


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1 public comment, to limit the applicability 

2 of the exemption established under clause 

3 (i) if the Secretary determines that the ex4 emption is resulting in a significant reduc5 tion of the energy savings that would oth6 erwise result from the final rule described 

7 in such clause. 

8 ‘‘(B) AMENDED STANDARDS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

10 may exempt an external power supply from 

11 any amended standard under this sub12 section if the external power supply— 

13 ‘‘(I) is manufactured within four 

14 years of the compliance date of the 

15 amended standard; 

16 ‘‘(II) complies with applicable 

17 marking requirements adopted by the 

18 Secretary prior to the amendment; 

19 ‘‘(III) meets the standards that 

20 were in effect prior to the amendment; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(IV) is made available by the 

23 manufacturer as a service part or a 

24 spare part for an end-use product 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri2 mary load; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) was manufactured be4 fore the compliance date of the 

5 amended standard. 

6 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The Secretary 

7 may require manufacturers of a product 

8 exempted pursuant to clause (i) to report 

9 annual total units shipped as service and 

10 spare parts that do not meet the amended 

11 standard.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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