[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1038 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1038

To clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of 
  a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2015

   Mr. Risch 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 clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of 
  a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star 
                    program, 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 ``Energy Star Program Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. NO WARRANTY.

    Section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6294a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) No Warranty.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any disclosure relating to participation 
        of a product in the Energy Star program shall not create an 
        express or implied warranty or give rise to any private claims 
        or rights of action under Federal or State law relating to the 
        disqualification of that product from Energy Star if--
                    ``(A) the product has been certified by a 
                certification body recognized by the Energy Star 
                program;
                    ``(B) the Administrator has approved corrective 
                measures, including a determination of whether consumer 
                compensation is appropriate; and
                    ``(C) the responsible party has fully complied with 
                all approved corrective measures.
            ``(2) No action by administrator necessary.--Nothing in 
        this subsection requires the Administrator to modify any 
        procedure or take any other action.''.
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