ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-175
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer affairs

Energy efficiency and conservation

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental technology

Licensing and registrations

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Energy Star program to exempt program partners that have complied with all program requirements for a period of at least 18 months from third-party certification requirements for the labeling of consumer, home, and office electronic products. In order to facilitate product listing and performance verification for a sample of products, the EPA may require test data and other product information to be submitted.</p> <p>The exemption from third-party certification provided to a program partner will be terminated if the partner is found to have violated program requirements with respect to at least two separate models during a two-year period. The exemption will resume if the partner complies with all program requirements for at least three years.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 175 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Mr. Womack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide for the revision of certification requirements for the labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ENERGY STAR Regulatory Improvement Act . 2. Third-party certification under Energy Star program Section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6294a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Third-Party certification (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall revise the certification requirements for the labeling of consumer, home, and office electronic products for program partners that have complied with all requirements of the Energy Star program for a period of at least 18 months. (2) Administration In the case of a program partner described in paragraph (1), the new requirements under paragraph (1)— (A) shall not require third-party certification for a product to be listed; but (B) may require that test data and other product information be submitted to facilitate product listing and performance verification for a sample of products. (3) Third parties Nothing in this subsection prevents the Administrator from using third parties in the course of the administration of the Energy Star program. (4) Termination (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), an exemption from third-party certification provided to a program partner under paragraph (1) shall terminate if the program partner is found to have violated program requirements with respect to at least 2 separate models during a 2-year period. (B) Resumption A termination for a program partner under subparagraph (A) shall cease if the program partner complies with all Energy Star program requirements for a period of at least 3 years. .