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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina:H.R. 4444.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Commerce Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``Toregulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the severalstates, and with the Indian tribes;''[Page H567]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <title>H.R. 4444, EPS Improvement Act of 2016</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>EPS Improvement Act of 2016</b></p> <p>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 certain light-emitting diodes or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed by using its authority to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors and pumps and other industrial equipment.</p> <p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>EPS Improvement Act of 2016</b></p> <p>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 certain light-emitting diodes or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed by using its authority to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors and pumps and other industrial equipment.</p> <p>]]></text>
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