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graph (A) should be amended. Such rule shall 
provide that any amended standard shall apply 
to products manufactured on or after July 1, 
2013. 
‘‘(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. 
Section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6295) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (u)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5), and 
paragraphs (6) and (7) (as added by this Act) 
as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 
and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(ii) STANDBY MODE ENERGY USE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Unless the Secretary 
determines otherwise pursuant to subparagraph 
(B), the definitions in this subsection, for the 
purpose of this subsection, shall apply: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘active mode’ means the 
condition in which an energy using product 
is connected to a mains power source, has 
been activated, and provides one or more 
main functions. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘off mode’ means the 
condition in which an energy using product 
is connected to a mains power source and 
is not providing any standby or active 
mode function. 
‘‘(iii) The term ‘standby mode’ means 
the condition in which an energy using 
product is connected to a mains power 
source and offers one or more of the fol-
lowing user oriented or protective func-
tions:
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‘‘(I) To facilitate the activation 
or deactivation of other functions (in-
cluding active mode) by remote switch 
(including remote control), internal 
sensor, or timer. 
‘‘(II) Continuous functions, in-
cluding information or status displays 
(including clocks) or sensor-based 
functions. 
‘‘(B) AMENDED
DEFINITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may, by rule, amend the definitions 
under subparagraph (A), taking into consider-
ation the most current versions of Standards 
62301 and 62087 of the International Electro-
technical Commission. 
‘‘(2) TEST PROCEDURES.—(A) Test procedures 
for all covered products shall be amended pursuant 
to section 323 to include standby mode and off mode 
energy consumption, taking into consideration the 
most current versions of Standards 62301 and 
62087 of the International Electrotechnical Commis-
sion, with such energy consumption integrated into 
the overall energy efficiency, energy consumption, or 
other energy descriptor for each covered product, 
unless the Secretary determines that—
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‘‘(i) the current test procedures for a cov-
ered product already fully account for and in-
corporate its standby mode and off mode energy 
consumption; or 
‘‘(ii) such an integrated test procedure is 
technically infeasible for a particular covered 
product, whereupon the Secretary shall promul-
gate a separate standby mode and off mode en-
ergy use test procedure for such product, if 
technically feasible. 
‘‘(B) The test procedure amendments required 
by subparagraph (A) shall be prescribed in a final 
rule no later than the following dates: 
‘‘(i) December 31, 2008, for battery char-
gers and external power supplies. 
‘‘(ii) March 31, 2009, for clothes dryers, 
room air conditioners, and fluorescent lamp bal-
lasts. 
‘‘(iii) June 30, 2009, for residential clothes 
washers. 
‘‘(iv) September 30, 2009, for residential 
furnaces and boilers. 
‘‘(v) March 31, 2010, for residential water 
heaters, direct heating equipment, and pool 
heaters.
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‘‘(vi) March 31, 2011, for residential dish-
washers, ranges and ovens, microwave ovens, 
and dehumidifiers. 
‘‘(C) The test procedure amendments adopted 
pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall not be used to 
determine compliance with product standards estab-
lished prior to the adoption of such amended test 
procedures. 
‘‘(3) INCORPORATION INTO STANDARD.—Based 
on the test procedures required under paragraph 
(2), any final rule establishing or revising a standard 
for a covered product, adopted after July 1, 2010, 
shall incorporate standby mode and off mode energy 
use into a single amended or new standard, pursu-
ant to subsection (o), where feasible. Where not fea-
sible, the Secretary shall promulgate within such 
final rule a separate standard for standby mode and 
off mode energy consumption, if justified under sub-
section (o).’’. 
SEC. 9016. BATTERY CHARGERS. 
Section 325(u) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(E)(i)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(E)(i)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘battery chargers and’’ 
each place it appears; and