E-Warranty Act of 2015
PL 114-51 (S.1359), enacted 09/24/2015

129 STAT. 494 
PUBLIC LAW 114–51—SEPT. 24, 2015 
Public Law 114–51 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To allow manufacturers to meet warranty and labeling requirements for consumer 
products by displaying the terms of warranties on Internet websites, 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 ‘‘E-Warranty Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Many manufacturers and consumers prefer to have 
the option to provide or receive warranty information online. 
(2) Modernizing warranty notification rules is necessary 
to allow the United States to continue to compete globally 
in manufacturing, trade, and the development of consumer 
products connected to the Internet. 
(3) Allowing an electronic warranty option would expand 
consumer access to relevant consumer information in an 
environmentally friendly way, and would provide additional 
flexibility to manufacturers to meet their labeling and warranty 
requirements. 
SEC. 3. ELECTRONIC DISPLAY OF TERMS OF WRITTEN WARRANTY FOR 
CONSUMER PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(b) of the Magnuson-Moss War-
ranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (15 U.S.C. 
2302(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the rules pre-
scribed under this subsection shall allow for the satisfaction of 
all requirements concerning the availability of terms of a written 
warranty on a consumer product under this subsection by— 
‘‘(i) making available such terms in an accessible digital 
format on the Internet website of the manufacturer of the 
consumer product in a clear and conspicuous manner; and 
‘‘(ii) providing to the consumer (or prospective consumer) 
information with respect to how to obtain and review such 
terms by indicating on the product or product packaging or 
in the product manual— 
‘‘(I) the Internet website of the manufacturer where 
such terms can be obtained and reviewed; and 
‘‘(II) the phone number of the manufacturer, the postal 
mailing address of the manufacturer, or another reasonable 
15 USC 2302 
note. 
15 USC 2301 
note. 
E-Warranty Act 
of 2015. 
Sept. 24, 2015 
[S. 1359] 
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129 STAT. 495 
PUBLIC LAW 114–51—SEPT. 24, 2015 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1359 (H.R. 3154): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–243 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying 
H.R. 3154. 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114–77 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015): 
July 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 8, considered and passed House. 
non-Internet based means of contacting the manufacturer 
to obtain and review such terms. 
‘‘(B) With respect to any requirement that the terms of any 
written warranty for a consumer product be made available to 
the consumer (or prospective consumer) prior to sale of the product, 
in a case in which a consumer product is offered for sale in a 
retail location, by catalog, or through door-to-door sales, subpara-
graph (A) shall only apply if the seller makes available, through 
electronic or other means, at the location of the sale to the consumer 
purchasing the consumer product the terms of the warranty for 
the consumer product before the purchase.’’. 
(b) REVISION OF RULES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission 
shall revise the rules prescribed under such section to comply 
with the requirements of paragraph (4) of such section, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REQUIREMENT FOR ORAL PRESEN-
TATION.—In revising rules under paragraph (1), the Federal 
Trade Commission may waive the requirement of section 109(a) 
of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2309(a)) to give interested persons an 
opportunity for oral presentation if the Commission determines 
that giving interested persons such opportunity would interfere 
with the ability of the Commission to revise rules under para-
graph (1) in a timely manner. 
Approved September 24, 2015. 
Determination. 
Deadline. 
15 USC 2302. 
Applicability. 
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