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amended by striking ‘‘(6)(A)(i)’’ and all that follows 
through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) AMENDED
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
STAND-
ARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL ENERGY 
SAVINGS.—If 
ASHRAE/IES 
Standard 
90.1 is amended with respect to any small 
commercial package air conditioning and 
heating equipment, large commercial pack-
age air conditioning and heating equip-
ment, very large commercial package air 
conditioning and heating equipment, pack-
aged terminal air conditioners, packaged 
terminal heat pumps, warm-air furnaces, 
packaged boilers, storage water heaters, in-
stantaneous water heaters, or unfired hot 
water storage tanks, not later than 180 
days after the amendment of the standard, 
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register for public comment an analysis of 
the energy savings potential of amended 
energy efficiency standards. 
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‘‘(ii) AMENDED
UNIFORM
NATIONAL 
STANDARD FOR PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Except as 
provided in subclause (II), not later 
than 18 months after the date of pub-
lication of the amendment to the 
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for a 
product described in clause (i), the 
Secretary shall establish an amended 
uniform national standard for the 
product at the minimum level speci-
fied in the amended ASHRAE/IES 
Standard 90.1. 
‘‘(II) MORE STRINGENT STAND-
ARD.—Subclause (I) shall not apply if 
the Secretary determines, by rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register, and 
supported by clear and convincing evi-
dence, that adoption of a uniform na-
tional standard more stringent than 
the amended ASHRAE/IES Standard 
90.1 for the product would result in 
significant additional conservation of 
energy and is technologically feasible 
and economically justified. 
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‘‘(iii) RULE.—If the Secretary makes 
a determination described in clause (ii)(II) 
for a product described in clause (i), not 
later than 30 months after the date of 
publication of the amendment to the 
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 for the prod-
uct, the Secretary shall issue the rule es-
tablishing the amended standard.’’. 
(d) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 343(a) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all that follows through 
the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PRESCRIPTION
BY
SECRETARY; REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TEST PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) AMENDMENT.—At least once every 7 
years, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 
of each class of covered equipment and— 
‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 
amended test procedures would more accu-
rately or fully comply with the require-
ments of paragraphs (2) and (3), shall pre-
scribe test procedures for the class in ac-
cordance with this section; or 
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‘‘(ii) shall publish notice in the Fed-
eral Register of any determination not to 
amend a test procedure.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (b) and (c) take effect on January 1, 2012. 
SEC. 226. ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABELING FOR CONSUMER 
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 324(a) of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(H) LABELING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) through (iv), not later than 18 months 
after the date of issuance of applicable De-
partment of Energy testing procedures, the 
Commission, in consultation with the Sec-
retary and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental 
Protection 
Agency 
(acting 
through the Energy Star program), shall, 
by regulation, promulgate labeling or other 
disclosure requirements for the energy use 
of— 
‘‘(I) televisions; 
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