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‘‘(E) Lamp life. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may, by rule, establish requirements for 
color quality (CRI), power factor, operating frequency, and max-
imum allowable start time based on the requirements prescribed 
by the August 9, 2001, version of the Energy Star Program Require-
ments for Compact Fluorescent Lamps. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may, by rule— 
‘‘(A) revise the requirements established under paragraph 
(2); or 
‘‘(B) establish other requirements, after considering energy 
savings, cost effectiveness, and consumer satisfaction. 
‘‘(cc) DEHUMIDIFIERS.—(1) Dehumidifiers manufactured on or 
after October 1, 2007, shall have an Energy Factor that meets 
or exceeds the following values:
‘‘Product Capacity (pints/day): 
Minimum 
Energy 
Factor 
(Liters/kWh) 
25.00 or less ......................................................................................
1.00
25.01 – 35.00 .....................................................................................
1.20
35.01 – 54.00 .....................................................................................
1.30
54.01 – 74.99 .....................................................................................
1.50
75.00 or more ....................................................................................
2.25.
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than October 1, 2009, the Secretary shall 
publish a final rule in accordance with subsections (o) and (p), 
to determine whether the energy conservation standards established 
under paragraph (1) should be amended. 
‘‘(B) The final rule published under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) contain any amendment by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) provide that the amendment applies to products manu-
factured on or after October 1, 2012. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary does not publish an amendment that 
takes effect by October 1, 2012, dehumidifiers manufactured on 
or after October 1, 2012, shall have an Energy Factor that meets 
or exceeds the following values:
‘‘Product Capacity (pints/day): 
Minimum 
Energy 
Factor 
(Liters/kWh) 
25.00 or less ......................................................................................
1.20
25.01 – 35.00 .....................................................................................
1.30
35.01 – 45.00 .....................................................................................
1.40
45.01 – 54.00 .....................................................................................
1.50
54.01 – 74.99 .....................................................................................
1.60
75.00 or more ....................................................................................
2.5.
‘‘(dd) COMMERCIAL
PRERINSE
SPRAY
VALVES.—Commercial 
prerinse spray valves manufactured on or after January 1, 2006, 
shall have a flow rate of not more than 1.6 gallons per minute. 
‘‘(ee) MERCURY VAPOR LAMP BALLASTS.—Mercury vapor lamp 
ballasts shall not be manufactured or imported after January 1, 
2008. 
‘‘(ff) CEILING FANS AND CEILING FAN LIGHT KITS.—(1)(A) All 
ceiling fans manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall have 
the following features: 
‘‘(i) Fan speed controls separate from any lighting controls. 
‘‘(ii) Adjustable speed controls (either more than 1 speed 
or variable speed). 
‘‘(iii) Adjustable speed controls (either more than 1 speed 
or variable speed). 
‘‘(iv) The capability of reversible fan action, except for—
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‘‘(I) fans sold for industrial applications; 
‘‘(II) outdoor applications; and 
‘‘(III) cases in which safety standards would be violated 
by the use of the reversible mode. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may define the exceptions described in 
clause (iv) in greater detail, but shall not substantively expand 
the exceptions. 
‘‘(2)(A) Ceiling fan light kits with medium screw base sockets 
manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall be packaged with 
screw-based lamps to fill all screw base sockets. 
‘‘(B) The screw-based lamps required under subparagraph (A) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) meet the Energy Star Program Requirements for Com-
pact Fluorescent Lamps, version 3.0, issued by the Department 
of Energy; or 
‘‘(ii) use light sources other than compact fluorescent lamps 
that have lumens per watt performance at least equivalent 
to comparably configured compact fluorescent lamps meeting 
the Energy Star Program Requirements described in clause 
(i). 
‘‘(3) Ceiling fan light kits with pin-based sockets for fluorescent 
lamps manufactured on or after January 1, 2007 shall— 
‘‘(A) meet the Energy Star Program Requirements for Resi-
dential Light Fixtures version 4.0 issued by the Environmental 
Protection Agency; and 
‘‘(B) be packaged with lamps to fill all sockets. 
‘‘(4)(A) By January 1, 2007, the Secretary shall consider and 
issue requirements for any ceiling fan lighting kits other than 
those covered in paragraphs (2) and (3), including candelabra screw 
base sockets. 
‘‘(B) The requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall 
be effective for products manufactured 2 years after the date of 
the final rule. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary fails to issue a final rule by the date 
specified in subparagraph (B), any type of ceiling fan lighting kit 
described in subparagraph (A) that is manufactured after January 
1, 2009— 
‘‘(i) shall not be capable of operating with lamps that total 
more than 190 watts; and 
‘‘(ii) shall include the lamps described in clause (i) in the 
ceiling fan lighting kits. 
‘‘(5)(A) After January 1, 2010, the Secretary may consider, 
and issue, if the requirements of subsections (o) and (p) are met, 
amended energy efficiency standards for ceiling fan light kits. 
‘‘(B) Any amended standards issued under subparagraph (A) 
shall apply to products manufactured not earlier than 2 years 
after the date of publication of the final rule establishing the 
amended standard. 
‘‘(6)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary may consider, and issue, if the requirements of sub-
sections (o) and (p) are met, energy efficiency or energy use stand-
ards for electricity used by ceiling fans to circulate air in a room. 
‘‘(B) In issuing the standards under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(C) exempting, or setting different standards for, certain 
product classes for which the primary standards are not tech-
nically feasible or economically justified; and
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‘‘(D) establishing separate exempted product classes for 
highly decorative fans for which air movement performance 
is a secondary design feature. 
‘‘(7) Section 327 shall apply to the products covered in para-
graphs (1) through (4) beginning on the date of enactment of this 
subsection, except that any State or local labeling requirement 
for ceiling fans prescribed or enacted before the date of enactment 
of this subsection shall not be preempted until the labeling require-
ments applicable to ceiling fans established under section 327 take 
effect. 
‘‘(gg) APPLICATION DATE.—Section 327 applies— 
‘‘(1) to products for which energy conservation standards 
are to be established under subsection (l), (u), or (v) beginning 
on the date on which a final rule is issued by the Secretary, 
except that any State or local standard prescribed or enacted 
for the product before the date on which the final rule is 
issued shall not be preempted until the energy conservation 
standard established under subsection (l), (u), or (v) for the 
product takes effect; and 
‘‘(2) to products for which energy conservation standards 
are established under subsections (w) through (ff) on the date 
of enactment of those subsections, except that any State or 
local standard prescribed or enacted before the date of enact-
ment of those subsections shall not be preempted until the 
energy conservation standards established under subsections 
(w) through (ff) take effect.’’. 
(d) GENERAL RULE
OF PREEMPTION.—Section 327(c) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7)(A) is a regulation concerning standards for commercial 
prerinse spray valves adopted by the California Energy 
Commission before January 1, 2005; or 
‘‘(B) is an amendment to a regulation described in subpara-
graph (A) that was developed to align California regulations 
with changes in American Society for Testing and Materials 
Standard F2324; 
‘‘(8)(A) is a regulation concerning standards for pedestrian 
modules adopted by the California Energy Commission before 
January 1, 2005; or 
‘‘(B) is an amendment to a regulation described in subpara-
graph (A) that was developed to align California regulations 
to changes in the Institute for Transportation Engineers stand-
ards, entitled ‘Performance Specification: Pedestrian Traffic 
Control Signal Indications’.’’. 
SEC. 136. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL 
EQUIPMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 340 of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) 
as subparagraphs (H) through (K), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: