[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 31 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Pages 1123-1124]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13221--Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices

July 31, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (Public Law 95-619, 92 Stat. 3206, 42 U.S.C. 
8252 et seq.), as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) 
(Public Law 102-486, 106 Stat. 2776), and section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, and in order to further encourage energy conservation by 
the Federal Government, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices. Each agency, when 
it purchases commercially available, off-the-shelf products that use 
external standby power devices, or that contain an internal standby 
power function, shall purchase products that use no more than one watt 
in their standby power consuming mode. If such products are not 
available, agencies shall purchase products with the lowest standby 
power wattage while in their standby power consuming mode. Agencies 
shall adhere to these requirements, when life-cycle cost-effective and 
practicable and where the relevant product's utility and performance are 
not compromised as a result. By December 31, 2001, and on an annual 
basis thereafter, the Department of Energy, in consultation with the 
Department of Defense and the General Services Administration, shall 
compile a preliminary list of products to be subject to these 
requirements. The Department of Energy shall finalize the list and may 
remove products deemed inappropriate for listing.
    Sec. 2. Independent Agencies. Independent agencies are encouraged to 
comply with the provisions of this order.
    Sec. 3. Definition. ``Agency'' means an executive agency as defined 
in 5 U.S.C. 105.

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For the purpose of this order, military departments, as defined in 5 
U.S.C. 102, are covered by the Department of Defense.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 July 31, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:04 a.m., August 1, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
August 2.