US Congress Senate Bill 395 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 30)
Status: Introduced on February 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-03-10 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Better Use of Light Bulbs Act - Repeals provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 concerning lighting energy efficiency, including provisions that: (1) prescribe energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, rough service lamps, and other designated lamps; (2) direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct and report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on an annual assessment of the market for general service lamps and compact fluorescent lamps; (3) direct the Secretary to carry out a proactive national program of consumer awareness, information, and education about lamp labels and energy-efficient lighting choices; (4) prohibit a manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private labeler from distributing in commerce specified adapters for incandescent lamps; (5) authorize the Secretary to carry out a lighting technology research and development program; (6) set forth minimum energy efficiency standards for incandescent reflector lamps; (7) sets forth requirements for the use of energy efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs in public building construction, alteration, and acquisition; and (8) require metal halide lamp fixtures and energy efficiency labeling for designated consumer electronic products to be included within the Energy Policy and Conservation Act's (EPCA) regulatory oversight. Provides that EPCA shall be applied and administered as if such provisions had not been enacted.

Better Use of Light Bulbs Act

Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-10	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2011-02-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB91 (Same As) 2011-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
HB2417 (Related) 2011-07-12 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/395/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s395/BILLS-112s395is.pdf