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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5201 
To improve the energy efficiency of outdoor lighting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2010 
Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To improve the energy efficiency of outdoor lighting, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Outdoor Lighting Effi-
ciency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OUTDOOR LIGHTING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) COVERED EQUIPMENT.—Section 340(1) of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6311(1)) is amended— 
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(A) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as 
subparagraph (O); and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (K) 
the following: 
‘‘(L) Pole-mounted outdoor luminaires. 
‘‘(M) High light output double-ended 
quartz halogen lamps. 
‘‘(N) General purpose mercury vapor 
lamps.’’. 
(2) 
INDUSTRIAL
EQUIPMENT.—Section 
340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘unfired hot 
water’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘tanks’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, pole-mounted outdoor luminaires, 
high light output double-ended quartz halogen 
lamps, and general purpose mercury vapor 
lamps’’. 
(3) NEW
DEFINITIONS.—Section 340 of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6311) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(24) AREA LUMINAIRE.—The term ‘area lumi-
naire’ means a luminaire intended for lighting park-
ing lots and general areas that— 
‘‘(A) is designed to mount on a pole using 
an arm, pendant, or vertical tenon; 
‘‘(B) has an opaque top or sides, but may 
contain a transmissive ornamental element; 
‘‘(C) has an optical aperture that is open 
or enclosed with a flat, sag, or drop lens; 
‘‘(D) is mounted in a fixed position with 
the optical aperture near horizontal, or tilted 
up; and 
‘‘(E) has photometric output measured 
using Type C photometry per IESNA LM–75– 
01. 
‘‘(25) DECORATIVE POSTTOP LUMINAIRE.—The 
term ‘decorative posttop luminaire’ means a lumi-
naire with— 
‘‘(A) open or transmissive sides that is de-
signed to be mounted directly over a pole using 
a vertical tenon or by fitting the luminaire di-
rectly into the pole; and 
‘‘(B) photometric output measured using 
Type C photometry per IESNA LM–75–01. 
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‘‘(26) DUSK-TO-DAWN LUMINAIRE.—The term 
‘dusk-to-dawn luminaire’ means a fluorescent, induc-
tion, or high intensity discharge luminaire that— 
‘‘(A) is designed to be mounted on a hori-
zontal or horizontally slanted tenon or arm; 
‘‘(B) has an optical assembly that is co-
axial with the axis of symmetry of the light 
source; 
‘‘(C) has an optical assembly that is— 
‘‘(i) a reflector or lamp enclosure that 
surrounds the light source with an open 
lower aperture; or 
‘‘(ii) a refractive optical assembly sur-
rounding the light source with an open or 
closed lower aperture; 
‘‘(D) 
contains 
a 
receptacle 
for 
a 
photocontrol that enables the operation of the 
light source and is either coaxial with both the 
axis of symmetry of the light source and the op-
tical assembly or offset toward the mounting 
bracket by less than 3 inches, or contains an in-
tegral photocontrol; and 
‘‘(E) has photometric output measured 
using Type C photometry per IESNA LM–75– 
01. 
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‘‘(27) FLOODLIGHT
LUMINAIRE.—The term 
‘floodlight luminaire’ means an outdoor luminaire 
designed with a yoke, knuckle, or other mechanism 
allowing the luminaire to be aimed 40 degrees or 
more with its photometric distributions established 
with only Type B photometry in accordance with 
IESNA LM–75, revised 2001. 
‘‘(28) GENERAL
PURPOSE
MERCURY
VAPOR 
LAMP.—The term ‘general purpose mercury vapor 
lamp’ means a mercury vapor lamp (as defined in 
section 321) that— 
‘‘(A) has a screw base; 
‘‘(B) is designed for use in general lighting 
applications (as defined in section 321); 
‘‘(C) is not a specialty application mercury 
vapor lamp; and 
‘‘(D) is designed to operate on a mercury 
vapor lamp ballast (as defined in section 321) 
or is a self-ballasted lamp. 
‘‘(29) HIGH
LIGHT
OUTPUT
DOUBLE-ENDED 
QUARTZ HALOGEN LAMP.—The term ‘high light out-
put double-ended quartz halogen lamp’ means a 
lamp that— 
‘‘(A) is designed for general outdoor light-
ing purposes; 
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