[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5710 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5710

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish minimum efficiency 
standards for self-contained commercial refrigerators and freezers, and 
  to direct the Department of Energy to establish standards for other 
                           related products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2012

   Mr. Westmoreland (for himself, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
  Garrett, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Cole, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. 
  Austin Scott of Georgia, and Mr. Kingston) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish minimum efficiency 
standards for self-contained commercial refrigerators and freezers, and 
  to direct the Department of Energy to establish standards for other 
                           related products.

    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 ``Better Use of Refrigerator 
Regulations Act''.

SEC. 2. SERVICE OVER THE COUNTER, SELF-CONTAINED, MEDIUM TEMPERATURE 
              COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS.

    Section 342(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6313(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
            ``(B) The term `(SOC-SC-M)' means a medium temperature 
        commercial refrigerator--
                    ``(i) with a self-contained condensing unit and 
                equipped with sliding or hinged doors in the back 
                intended for use by sales personnel, and with glass or 
                other transparent material in the front for displaying 
                merchandise; and
                    ``(ii) that has a height not greater than 66 inches 
                and is intended to serve as a counter for transactions 
                between sales personnel and customers.
            ``(C) The term `TDA' means the total display area 
        (ft<SUP>2</SUP>) of the refrigerated case, as defined in Air-
        Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute Standard 
        1200.'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
    ``(4) Each SOC-SC-M manufactured on or after the date which is 6 
months after the date of enactment of the Better Use of Refrigerator 
Regulations Act shall have a total daily energy consumption (in 
kilowatt hours per day) of not more than 0.6 x TDA + 1.0.''.
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