I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 117 
To repeal Federal energy conservation standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal Federal energy conservation standards, 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 ‘‘Energy Efficiency Free 
Market Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 321 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with test procedures under section 
323’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with test procedures under section 
323’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (6); 
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with section 323’’; 
(5) by striking paragraphs (19), (20), (22), 
(26), and (28); 
(6) in paragraph (29), by striking subpara-
graphs (C), (D), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), 
(M), (N), (O), and (P); 
(7) in paragraph (30), by striking subpara-
graphs (G), (O), (U), and (V); 
(8) in paragraph (31), by striking subpara-
graph (H); and 
(9) by striking paragraphs (32), (33), (34), 
(35), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), 
(44), (45), (47), (48), (50), (52), (53), (54), (55), 
(56), (57), (59), (60), (62), (65), and (66). 
(b) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 323 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), and 
(f); and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a test 
procedure is applicable under subsection (a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a test procedure was applicable 
under subsection (a) or (b), as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of the Energy 
Efficiency Free Market Act of 2017,’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(c) LABELING.—Section 324 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and to which standards are applicable 
under section 325’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘and to which standards are applicable 
under section 325’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking clause (ii); and 
(II) in clause (iii)(II)— 
(aa) in item (aa), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
and 
(bb) by striking item (bb); 
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(iv) by striking subparagraph (E); 
and 
(v) by striking subparagraph (F); 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking the comma at the end 
of subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(C) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘(de-
termined in accordance with test procedures 
prescribed under section 323)’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2)(C); and 
(C) in paragraph (8)(A), by striking ‘‘in 
accordance with test procedures prescribed 
under section 323’’ and inserting ‘‘in accord-
ance with generally accepted industry testing 
procedures’’. 
(d) ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS.—Section 
325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295) is repealed. 
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(e) REQUIREMENTS OF MANUFACTURERS.—Section 
326 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6296) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3)(A); 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘in ac-
cordance with the test procedures applicable to 
such product under section 323’’ and inserting 
‘‘in accordance with generally accepted industry 
testing procedures’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘323, 
324, or 325’’ and inserting ‘‘324’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the economic impact 
of any proposed energy conservation standard’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘test procedures, labeling 
rules, and energy conservation standards’’ and 
inserting ‘‘labeling rules’’. 
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Section 327 of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is 
amended by striking subsections (a) through (f) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION
ON
ENERGY
CONSERVATION 
STANDARDS.—No State or Federal agency may adopt or 
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continue in effect any requirement to comply with a stand-
ard for energy conservation or water efficiency with re-
spect to a product.’’. 
(g) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 332(a) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6302(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and (7); 
and 
(3) in paragraph (8)(D), by striking ‘‘described 
in section 325(e)(6)(A)(ii)(V)’’. 
(h) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 333 of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6303) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or violations of paragraph 
(5), (6), (7), or (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘a violation 
of paragraph (8)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Each violation of para-
graph (1), (2), (5), (6), (7), or (8)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Each violation of paragraph (1), (2), or 
(8)’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 323, 
324, or 325’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘324’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
(l) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—Section 337 of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6307) is 
amended by striking subsection (b). 
(m) CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.—Part C of 
title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is repealed. 
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