[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2791 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2791

 To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions 
for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 2014

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to permit exemptions 
for external power supplies from certain efficiency standards, 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 Service Parts Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES.

    Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6295(u)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Exempt supplies.--
                    ``(A) February 10, 2014, rule.--
                            ``(i) In general.--An external power supply 
                        shall not be subject to the final rule entitled 
                        `Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
                        Conservation Standards for External Power 
                        Supplies', published at 79 Fed. Reg. 7845 
                        (February 10, 2014), if the external power 
                        supply--
                                    ``(I) is manufactured during the 
                                period beginning on February 10, 2016, 
                                and ending on February 10, 2020;
                                    ``(II) is marked in accordance with 
                                the External Power Supply International 
                                Efficiency Marking Protocol, as in 
                                effect on February 10, 2016;
                                    ``(III) meets, where applicable, 
                                the standards under paragraph (3)(A), 
                                and has been certified to the Secretary 
                                as meeting International Efficiency 
                                Level IV or higher of the External 
                                Power Supply International Efficiency 
                                Marking Protocol, as in effect on 
                                February 10, 2016; and
                                    ``(IV) is made available by the 
                                manufacturer as a service part or a 
                                spare part for an end-use product 
                                that--
                                            ``(aa) constitutes the 
                                        primary load; and
                                            ``(bb) was manufactured 
                                        before February 10, 2016.
                            ``(ii) Reporting.--The Secretary may 
                        require manufacturers of products exempted 
                        pursuant to clause (i) to report annual total 
                        units shipped as service and spare parts that 
                        are not International Efficiency Level VI or 
                        higher.
                            ``(iii) Limitation of exemption.--The 
                        Secretary may issue a rule, after providing 
                        public notice and opportunity for public 
                        comment, to limit the applicability of the 
                        exemption established under clause (i) if the 
                        Secretary determines that the exemption is 
                        resulting in a significant reduction of the 
                        energy savings that would otherwise result from 
                        the final rule described in such clause.
                    ``(B) Amended standards.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary may exempt 
                        an external power supply from any amended 
                        standard under this subsection if the external 
                        power supply--
                                    ``(I) is manufactured within four 
                                years of the compliance date of the 
                                amended standard;
                                    ``(II) complies with applicable 
                                marking requirements adopted by the 
                                Secretary prior to the amendment;
                                    ``(III) meets the standards that 
                                were in effect prior to the amendment; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) is made available by the 
                                manufacturer as a service part or a 
                                spare part for an end-use product 
                                that--
                                            ``(aa) constitutes the 
                                        primary load; and
                                            ``(bb) was manufactured 
                                        before the compliance date of 
                                        the amended standard.
                            ``(ii) Reporting.--The Secretary may 
                        require manufacturers of a product exempted 
                        pursuant to clause (i) to report annual total 
                        units shipped as service and spare parts that 
                        do not meet the amended standard.''.
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