3.0.0 598 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z 2023-01-11T13:19:44Z Senate S S 2009-03-16 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2009-03-19T15:57:32Z Referred to 2009-03-16T20:18:58Z American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 111 1462 S 2009-07-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 110. Related bill CRS 2009-03-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-24. Committee 2009-03-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3117-3119) IntroReferral 2009-03-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3116-3117) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-03-16 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Department of Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Government studies and investigations Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling Manufacturing Energy 00 2009-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-13T22:01:54Z Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize any person to petition the Secretary of Energy to prescribe or amend test procedures that are used to measure energy use by: (1) covered products under the Department of Energy's (DOE's) energy conservation program for consumer products; and (2) certain industrial equipment. Requires DOE to respond to petitions within 180 days and publish a rule on the standard within three years if a petition is granted.

Revises the Energy Star Program by: (1) requiring the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update agreements that delineate DOE and EPA responsibilities; (2) expanding the duties of the Secretary and the Administrator, to include reviewing product categories at least once every three years or when market share for a category reaches 35%, updating product criteria for categories, requiring qualified products to demonstrate compliance with criteria, and developing standardized building energy audit methods; and (3) authorizing appropriations for the Program.

Requires test procedures for LED fixtures and LED light engines to be based on Illuminating Engineering Society of North America test procedure LM-79, Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Testing of Solid-State Lighting Devices.

Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for portable light fixtures manufactured on or after January 1, 2012. Phases out the use of incandescent light bulbs in portable light fixtures. Excludes a GU-24 base lamp from the definition of an incandescent lamp. Prohibits GU-24 adaptors from adapting a GU-24 socket to any other line voltage socket.

Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on: (1) compliance with appliance energy standards; and (2) the costs and benefits of requiring high-quality, direct-current electricity supply in certain buildings.

Requires the Secretary to assess the use of electric motors and the electric motor market in the United States and establish a program to increase awareness of higher efficiency electric motors.

]]> Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve appliance standards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s598is/xml/BILLS-111s598is.xml 2009-03-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-24. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.