H. R. 5470 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms 
and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy effi-
ciency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CLASS A EXTERNAL POWER 
SUPPLIES. 
Section 325(u)(3) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(u)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(E)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) NONAPPLICATION OF NO-LOAD MODE ENERGY EFFI-
CIENCY STANDARDS TO EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES FOR CER-
TAIN SECURITY OR LIFE SAFETY ALARMS OR SURVEILLANCE 
SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF SECURITY OR LIFE SAFETY ALARM 
OR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.—In this subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘security or life 
safety alarm or surveillance system’ means equip-
ment designed and marketed to perform any of 
the following functions (on a continuous basis): 
‘‘(aa) Monitor, detect, record, or provide 
notification of intrusion or access to real prop-
erty or physical assets or notification of threats 
to life safety. 
‘‘(bb) Deter or control access to real prop-
erty or physical assets, or prevent the 
unauthorized removal of physical assets. 
‘‘(cc) Monitor, detect, record, or provide 
notification of fire, gas, smoke, flooding, or 
other physical threats to real property, phys-
ical assets, or life safety. 
‘‘(II) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘security or life 
safety alarm or surveillance system’ does not 
include any product with a principal function other 
than life safety, security, or surveillance that— 
‘‘(aa) is designed and marketed with a 
built-in alarm or theft-deterrent feature; or 
‘‘(bb) does not operate necessarily and 
continuously in active mode.
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‘‘(ii) NONAPPLICATION OF NO-LOAD MODE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The No-Load Mode energy efficiency stand-
ards established by this paragraph shall not apply 
to an external power supply manufactured before July 
1, 2017, that— 
‘‘(I) is an AC-to-AC external power supply; 
‘‘(II) has a nameplate output of 20 watts or 
more; 
‘‘(III) is certified to the Secretary as being 
designed to be connected to a security or life safety 
alarm or surveillance system component; and 
‘‘(IV) on establishment within the External 
Power Supply International Efficiency Marking 
Protocol, as referenced in the ‘Energy Star Pro-
gram Requirements for Single Voltage External 
Ac–Dc and Ac–Ac Power Supplies’, published by 
the Environmental Protection Agency, of a distin-
guishing mark for products described in this 
clause, is permanently marked with the distin-
guishing mark. 
‘‘(iii) 
ADMINISTRATION.—In 
carrying 
out 
this 
subparagraph, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) require, with appropriate safeguard for the 
protection of confidential business information, the 
submission of unit shipment data on an annual 
basis; and 
‘‘(II) restrict the eligibility of external power 
supplies for the exemption provided under this 
subparagraph on a finding that a substantial 
number of the external power supplies are being 
marketed to or installed in applications other than 
security or life safety alarm or surveillance sys-
tems.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.