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SEC. 9013. ENERGY EFFICIENT STANDBY POWER DEVICES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ 
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘agency’’ in-
cludes military departments, as the term is de-
fined in section 102 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
product’’ means a commercially available, off-the- 
shelf product that— 
(A)(i) uses external standby power devices; 
or 
(ii) contains an internal standby power 
function; and 
(B) is included on the list compiled under 
subsection (d). 
(b) FEDERAL PURCHASING REQUIREMENT.—Subject 
to subsection (c), if an agency purchases an eligible prod-
uct, the agency shall purchase— 
(1) an eligible product that uses not more than 
1 watt in the standby power consuming mode of the 
eligible product; or 
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(2) if an eligible product described in paragraph 
(1) is not available, the eligible product with the low-
est available standby power wattage in the standby 
power consuming mode of the eligible product. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The requirements of subsection (b) 
shall apply to a purchase by an agency only if— 
(1) the lower-wattage eligible product is— 
(A) lifecycle cost-effective; and 
(B) practicable; and 
(2) the utility and performance of the eligible 
product is not compromised by the lower wattage re-
quirement. 
(d) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS.—The Secretary of Energy, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Ad-
ministrator of General Services, shall compile a list of 
cost-effective eligible products that shall be subject to the 
purchasing requirements of subsection (b). 
SEC. 9014. EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY EFFICIENCY STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (36) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before 
the text and adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘class A external power supply’ 
means a device that— 
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‘‘(i) is designed to convert line voltage AC 
input into lower voltage AC or DC output; 
‘‘(ii) is able to convert to only one AC or 
DC output voltage at a time; 
‘‘(iii) is sold with, or intended to be used 
with, a separate end-use product that con-
stitutes the primary load; 
‘‘(iv) is contained in a separate physical 
enclosure from the end-use product; 
‘‘(v) is connected to the end-use product 
via a removable or hard-wired male/female elec-
trical connection, cable, cord or other wiring; 
and 
‘‘(vi) has nameplate output power less than 
or equal to 250 watts. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘class A external power 
supply’ does not include any device that— 
‘‘(i) requires Federal Food and Drug 
Administration listing and approval as a 
medical device, as described under section 
513 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
of 1938; or 
‘‘(ii) powers the charger of a detach-
able battery pack or charges the battery of 
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a product that is fully or primarily motor 
operated. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘active mode’ means the 
mode of operation when an external power sup-
ply is connected to the main electricity supply 
and the output is connected to a load. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘no-load mode’ means the 
mode of operation when an external power sup-
ply is connected to the main electricity supply 
and the output is not connected to a load.’’ 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(52) The term ‘detachable battery’ means a 
battery that is contained in a separate enclosure 
from the product and is intended to be removed or 
disconnected from the product for recharging.’’. 
(b) Section 323 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6293) is amended in subsection (b) 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) Test procedures for class A external 
power supplies shall be based upon the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s ‘Test Method for 
Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Single-Voltage 
External AC–DC and AC–AC Power Supplies’, Au-
gust 11, 2004, provided that the test voltage speci-
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fied in section 4(d) of such test method shall be only 
115 volts, 60 Hz.’’. 
(c) Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended in subsection (u) 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CLASS A EX-
TERNAL POWER SUPPLIES.— 
‘‘(A) Class A external power supplies man-
ufactured on or after July 1, 2008 (or the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, if later) shall 
meet the following standards: 
‘‘Active Mode 
‘‘Nameplate Output 
RequiredEfficiency 
(decimal equivalent of 
apercentage) 
Less than 1 watt 
0.5 times the NameplateOutput 
From 1 watt to not more than 51 
watts 
The sum of 0.09 times the Natural 
Logarithm of theNameplate Output 
and 0.5 
Greater than 51 watts 
0.85 
‘‘No-Load Mode 
‘‘Nameplate Output 
Maximum Consumption 
Not more than 250 watts 
0.5watts 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (A), any 
class A external power supply manufactured on 
or after July 1, 2008, and before July 1, 2015, 
and made available by the manufacturer as a 
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service part or a spare part for an end-use 
product— 
‘‘(i) that constitutes the primary load; 
and 
‘‘(ii) was manufactured before July 1, 
2008, 
shall not be subject to the requirements of 
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) Any class A external power supply 
manufactured on or after July 1, 2008 (or the 
date of enactment of this paragraph, if later) 
shall be clearly and permanently marked in ac-
cordance with the External Power Supply Inter-
national Efficiency Marking Protocol, as ref-
erenced in the ‘Energy Star Program Require-
ments for Single Voltage External AC–DC and 
AC–AC Power Supplies, version 1.1’ published 
by the Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(D)(i) Not later than July 1, 2011 the 
Secretary shall publish a final rule to determine 
whether the standards established under para-
graph (A) should be amended. Such rule shall 
provide that any amended standard shall apply 
to products manufactured on or after July 1, 
2013. 
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‘‘(ii) Not later than July 1, 2015 the Sec-
retary shall publish a final rule to determine 
whether the standards established under para-
graph (A) should be amended. Such rule shall 
provide that any amended standard shall apply 
to products manufactured on or after July 1, 
2017. 
‘‘(7) An energy conservation standard for exter-
nal power supplies shall not constitute an energy 
conservation standard for the separate end-use prod-
uct to which it is connected.’’. 
SEC. 9015. STANDBY MODE. 
(a) CONSUMER APPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—Section 
325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(ii) STANDBY MODE.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), any final rule adopted after July 1, 
2012, to set a new or revised energy efficiency 
standard for a covered product shall specify that a 
covered product manufactured on or after the effec-
tive date of such new or revised standard shall, when 
in standby mode, operate with not more than 1 watt 
of electric power. 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary may 
provide a single extension of up to 2 years for 
compliance with paragraph (1) with respect to 
a covered product if the Secretary finds that 
such extension is appropriate. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may 
provide an exemption from the requirement 
under paragraph (1) for a covered product, 
after public notice and opportunity for com-
ment, if the Secretary finds that— 
‘‘(i) achieving the requirement is not 
technologically feasible and economically 
justified for that covered product; or 
‘‘(ii) such an exemption is warranted 
for medical or military reasons. 
Any exemption provided under this subpara-
graph shall be reviewed at least once every 5 
years.’’. 
(b) CONSUMER APPLIANCE TEST PROCEDURES.— 
Section 323(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(18) Not later than July 1, 2009, the Secretary 
shall issue a final rule establishing test procedures for 
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standby power consumption for all covered products, ex-
cept for products for which the current test procedure al-
ready measures standby power consumption.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 325(u) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(u)), as amended by this subtitle, is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (6), re-
spectively. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date de-
scribed in section 325(ii)(I) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act as, added by subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(d) INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6313) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) STANDBY POWER.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), any final rule adopted after July 1, 
2012, to set a new or revised energy efficiency 
standard for covered equipment shall specify that 
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