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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3154 
To allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for 
consumer products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet 
websites, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling re-
quirements for consumer products by displaying the 
terms of warranties on Internet websites, 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 ‘‘E-Warranty Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Many manufacturers and consumers prefer 
to have the option to provide or receive warranty in-
formation online. 
(2) Modernizing warranty notification rules is 
necessary to allow the United States to continue to 
compete globally in manufacturing, trade, and the 
development of consumer products connected to the 
Internet. 
(3) Allowing an electronic warranty option 
would expand consumer access to relevant consumer 
information in an environmentally friendly way, and 
would provide additional flexibility to manufacturers 
to meet their labeling and warranty requirements. 
SEC. 3. ELECTRONIC DISPLAY OF TERMS OF WRITTEN WAR-
RANTY FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(b) of the Magnuson- 
Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improve-
ment Act (15 U.S.C. 2302(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
rules prescribed under this subsection shall allow for the 
satisfaction of all requirements concerning the availability 
of terms of a written warranty on a consumer product 
under this subsection by— 
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‘‘(i) making available such terms in an acces-
sible digital format on the Internet website of the 
manufacturer of the consumer product in a clear 
and conspicuous manner; and 
‘‘(ii) providing to the consumer (or prospective 
consumer) information with respect to how to obtain 
and review such terms by indicating on the product 
or product packaging or in the product manual— 
‘‘(I) the Internet website of the manufac-
turer where such terms can be obtained and re-
viewed; and 
‘‘(II) the phone number of the manufac-
turer, the postal mailing address of the manu-
facturer, or another reasonable non-Internet 
based means of contacting the manufacturer to 
obtain and review such terms. 
‘‘(B) With respect to any requirement that the terms 
of any written warranty for a consumer product be made 
available to the consumer (or prospective consumer) prior 
to sale of the product, in a case in which a consumer prod-
uct is offered for sale in a retail location, by catalog, or 
through door-to-door sales, subparagraph (A) shall only 
apply if the seller makes available, through electronic or 
other means, at the location of the sale to the consumer 
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purchasing the consumer product the terms of the war-
ranty for the consumer product before the purchase.’’. 
(b) REVISION OF RULES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Trade Commission shall revise the rules prescribed 
under such section to comply with the requirements 
of paragraph (4) of such section, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(2) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REQUIREMENT FOR 
ORAL PRESENTATION.—In revising rules under para-
graph (1), the Federal Trade Commission may waive 
the requirement of section 109(a) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 2309(a)) to give interested persons an oppor-
tunity for oral presentation if the Commission deter-
mines that giving interested persons such oppor-
tunity would interfere with the ability of the Com-
mission to revise rules under paragraph (1) in a 
timely manner. 
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