I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10031 
To require manufacturers of household appliances to affix to such appliances 
a label or tag disclosing estimated performance life, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2024 
Ms. PEREZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require manufacturers of household appliances to affix 
to such appliances a label or tag disclosing estimated 
performance life, 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 ‘‘Performance Life Dis-
closure Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE LIFE LABELING FOR HOUSEHOLD 
APPLIANCES. 
(a) LABELING REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—In accordance with 
the regulations promulgated under paragraph 
(2), a manufacturer of a household appliance 
that is on the list published under paragraph 
(3) shall disclose on a conspicuous label or tag 
affixed to each such appliance sold or offered 
for sale at retail to a consumer the following: 
(i) The estimated performance life of 
such appliance (as determined by the man-
ufacturer), under normal operating condi-
tions specified under paragraph (3)(A)(ii), 
with routine maintenance recommended by 
the manufacturer. 
(ii) The estimated performance life of 
such appliance (as determined by the man-
ufacturer), under normal operating condi-
tions specified under paragraph (3)(A)(ii), 
without routine maintenance recommended 
by the manufacturer. 
(iii) The estimated annual cost of rou-
tine maintenance of such appliance rec-
ommended by the manufacturer. 
(iv) The process by which a consumer 
may, using the mechanism established 
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under subsection (c), report that such ap-
pliance has reached the end of the per-
formance life of such appliance. 
(B) 
EXCLUSION
OF
SECONDHAND 
SALES.—Subparagraph (A) does not apply to 
any sale or offer for sale of a household appli-
ance after such appliance is sold to the first 
person who purchases such appliance other 
than for purposes of resale. 
(2) NIST REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director shall promulgate regulations to carry out 
this subsection. 
(3) DESIGNATION OF APPLIANCES BY NIST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director shall— 
(i) determine the household appliances 
for which, in the discretion of the Director, 
the labeling requirement of paragraph (1) 
is appropriate; 
(ii) for each household appliance for 
which the Director has made a determina-
tion under clause (i), specify the normal 
operating conditions, reflecting typical con-
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sumer behavior, that the manufacturer of 
such appliance shall use for purposes of 
determining estimated performance life 
under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(iii) publish in the Federal Register a 
list of the household appliances for which 
the Director has made a determination 
under clause (i), including the normal op-
erating conditions specified under clause 
(ii) for each such appliance. 
(B) UPDATES.—The Director shall update 
the determinations and specifications made and 
list published under subparagraph (A), as the 
Director considers appropriate. 
(4) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to a household appliance that is sold or 
offered for sale at retail to a consumer after the 
date that is 5 years after the date on which such ap-
pliance is placed on the list published under para-
graph (3). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY FTC.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of subsection (a) or a regulation 
promulgated under such subsection shall be treated 
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as a violation of a regulation under section 
18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or decep-
tive acts or practices. 
(2) POWERS OF FTC.—The Commission shall 
enforce subsection (a) and the regulations promul-
gated under such subsection in the same manner, by 
the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties as though all applicable terms 
and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 
made a part of this section. Any person who violates 
subsection (a) or a regulation promulgated under 
such subsection shall be subject to the penalties and 
entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in 
the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(c) CONSUMER REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall establish a mechanism by which a consumer 
may easily report to the Director when a household 
appliance has reached the end of the performance 
life of such appliance. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall publish 
the information reported under paragraph (1), 
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disaggregated by manufacturer and model, on the 
website of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(3) 
HOUSEHOLD
APPLIANCE.—The 
term 
‘‘household appliance’’ includes a separate major 
component of a household appliance, but only to the 
extent that such component is sold separately from 
such appliance at retail to a consumer. 
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