About the bill
S. 190 directs the Department of Energy to decide by 2021 whether standards for class A external power supply (EPS) should be amended. Any necessary amendments would apply to products manufactured after July 1, 2023. No-Load Mode standards provided under current law shall not apply to EPS manufactured before the effective date of such amendments. Finally, the Department may treat EPS designed to be connected to a security or life safety alarm or surveillance system as a separate product class or may extend available non-application provisions.
External power supplies are used in hundreds of types of electronics and consumer products, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, video game consoles and power tools, to convert power from a wall outlet into lower voltages. More than 300 million external power supplies are shipped …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Nov 2, 2017
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on November 2, 2017.
1 Cosponsor (1 Democrat)
Position statements
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Incorporated legislation
This bill incorporates provisions from:
H.R. 511: Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act
Passed House (Senate next) on Jan 23, 2017. 98% incorporated. (compare text)
History
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Jan 23, 2017
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Introduced
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Jan 23, 2017
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Identical Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Mar 30, 2017
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Ordered Reported
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May 24, 2017
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Reported by Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Aug 1, 2017
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Passed Senate (House next)
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Oct 11, 2017
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Passed House
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Nov 2, 2017
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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S. 190 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 190. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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