Title: EPS Improvement Act of 2017
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
EPS Improvement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude from energy conservation standards for external power supplies any power supply circuit, driver, or device designed to power light-emitting diodes (commonly known as LEDs) or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe new energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 518 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 518

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude power supply 
circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, 
   light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing 
  illumination from energy conservation standards for external power 
                   supplies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2017

   Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Dent) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude power supply 
circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, 
   light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing 
  illumination from energy conservation standards for external power 
                   supplies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``EPS Improvement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS TO CERTAIN 
              EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES.

    (a) Definition of External Power Supply.--Section 321(36)(A) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(36)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the subparagraph designation and all that 
        follows through ``The term'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) External power supply.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `external power 
                        supply' does not include a power supply 
                        circuit, driver, or device that is designed 
                        exclusively to be connected to, and power--
                                    ``(I) light-emitting diodes 
                                providing illumination;
                                    ``(II) organic light-emitting 
                                diodes providing illumination; or
                                    ``(III) ceiling fans using direct 
                                current motors.''.
    (b) Standards for Lighting Power Supply Circuits.--
            (1) Definition.--Section 340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and 
        Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
        clause (v) and inserting the following:
                            ``(v) electric lights and lighting power 
                        supply circuits;''.
            (2) Energy conservation standard for certain equipment.--
        Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
        U.S.C. 6313) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Lighting Power Supply Circuits.--If the Secretary, acting 
pursuant to section 341(b), includes as covered equipment solid state 
lighting power supply circuits, drivers, or devices described in 
section 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this part, 
not earlier than 1 year after the date on which a test procedure has 
been prescribed, an energy conservation standard for such equipment.''.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``(19)'' and 
        inserting ``(20)''.
            (2) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended by striking ``(19)'' each place it 
        appears in each of subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and 
        (b)(5) and inserting ``(20)''.
            (3) Section 325(l) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)) is amended by striking ``paragraph 
        (19)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (20)''.
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