Enrolled Bill

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 518 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] H.R.518 One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen An Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination from energy conservation standards for external power supplies, 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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``EPS Improvement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS TO CERTAIN

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS TO CERTAIN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES. (a) Definition of External Power Supply.--Section 321(36)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(36)(A)) is amended-- (1) by striking the subparagraph designation and all that follows through ``The term'' and inserting the following: ``(A) External power supply.-- ``(i) In general.--The term''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `external power supply' does not include a power supply circuit, driver, or device that is designed exclusively to be connected to, and power-- ``(I) light-emitting diodes providing illumination; ``(II) organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination; or ``(III) ceiling fans using direct current motors.''. (b) Standards for Lighting Power Supply Circuits.-- (1) Definition.--Section 340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B)) is amended by striking clause (v) and inserting the following: ``(v) electric lights and lighting power supply circuits;''. (2) Energy conservation standard for certain equipment.--

Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.

Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(g) Lighting Power Supply Circuits.--If the Secretary, acting pursuant to section 341(b), includes as covered equipment solid state lighting power supply circuits, drivers, or devices described in

section 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this part,

section 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this part, not earlier than 1 year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed, an energy conservation standard for such equipment.''. (c) Technical Corrections.-- (1) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``(19)'' and inserting ``(20)''. (2) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294) is amended by striking ``(19)'' each place it appears in each of subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and (b)(5) and inserting ``(20)''. (3) Section 325(l) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(l)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (19)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (20)''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.