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HR 5470 111th Congress House

To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy…

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Official title: To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

Introduced: May 28, 2010 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Energy Crime preventionElectric power generation and transmissionEmergency communications systemsEnergy efficiency and conservation
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2011
Became Public Law No: 111-360.
Jan 4, 2011
Signed by President.
Dec 28, 2010
Presented to President.
Dec 22, 2010
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2010
Cleared for White House.
Dec 21, 2010
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10933)
Dec 21, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10933)
Dec 9, 2010
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Dec 8, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5470.
Dec 8, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 8, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8104-8105)
Dec 8, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8104-8105)
Dec 8, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8104-8105)
Dec 8, 2010
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 28, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 28, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 4, 2011

Became Public Law No: 111-360.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to exempt from the applicability of No-Load Mode energy efficiency standards an external power supply manufactured before July 1, 2017, that: (1) is an AC-to-AC external power supply; (2) has a nameplate output of 20 watts or more; (3) is certified by the Secretary of Energy (DOE) as being designed to be connected to a security or life safety alarm or surveillance system component; and (4) is permanently marked with a distinguishing mark established within the External Power Supply International Efficiency Marking Protocol for Single Voltage External AC-DC and AC-AC Power Supplies. Defines a "security or life safety alarm or surveillance system" as equipment designed and marketed to, on a continuous basis: (1) monitor, detect, record, or provide notification of intrusion or access to real property or physical assets or notification of threats to life safety; (2) deter or control access to real property or physical assets or to prevent the unauthorized removal of physical assets; or (3) monitor, detect, record, or provide notification of fire, gas, smoke, flooding, or other physical threats to real property, physical assets, or life safety.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) require, with appropriate safeguard for the protection of confidential business information, the submission of unit shipment data on an annual basis; and (2) restrict the eligibility of external power supplies for the exemption provided on a finding that a substantial number of external power supplies are being marketed to or installed in applications other than security or life safety alarm or surveillance systems.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5470: To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5470/
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"H.R. 5470: To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5470/.
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H.R. 5470, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5470/.
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[H.R. 5470: To exclude an external power supply for certain security or life safety alarms and surveillance system components from the application of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5470/)
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