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H.R. 4444: EPS Improvement Act of 2016

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H.R. 4444: EPS Improvement Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-03 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

EPS Improvement Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) EPS Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude from energy conservation standards for external power supplies any power supply circuit, driver, or device designed to power certain light-emitting diodes or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed by using its authority to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors and pumps and other industrial equipment.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

EPS Improvement Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4444, EPS Improvement Act of 2016 (2016-02-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Diana DeGette (D-CO), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4444 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114