An act 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
PL 115-115 (H.R.518), enacted 01/12/2018

131 STAT. 2280 
PUBLIC LAW 115–115—JAN. 12, 2018 
Public Law 115–115 
115th Congress 
An Act 
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 illumina-
tion; 
‘‘(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 cir-
cuits;’’. 
(2) ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARD FOR CERTAIN EQUIP-
MENT.—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 
EPS 
Improvement Act 
of 2017. 
42 USC 6201 
note. 
Jan. 12, 2018 
[H.R. 518] 
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131 STAT. 2281 
PUBLIC LAW 115–115—JAN. 12, 2018 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 518: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 
Jan. 23, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate. 
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)’’. 
Approved January 12, 2018. 
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