S.Amdt. 152

SA 152. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION UNDER ENERGY STAR
PROGRAM.

Section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6294a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Third-party Certification.--

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``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Administrator shall revise the certification requirements for
the labeling of consumer, home, and office electronic
products for program partners that have complied with all
requirements of the Energy Star program for a period of at
least 18 months.
``(2) Administration.--In the case of a program partner
described in paragraph (1), the new requirements under
paragraph (1)--
``(A) shall not require third-party certification for a
product to be listed; but
``(B) may require that test data and other product
information be submitted to facilitate product listing and
performance verification for a sample of products.
``(3) Third parties.--Nothing in this subsection prevents
the Administrator from using third parties in the course of
the administration of the Energy Star program.
``(4) Termination.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), an
exemption from third-party certification provided to a
program partner under paragraph (1) shall terminate if the
program partner is found to have violated program
requirements with respect to at least 2 separate models
during a 2-year period.
``(B) Resumption.--A termination for a program partner
under subparagraph (A) shall cease if the program partner
complies with all Energy Star program requirements for a
period of at least 3 years.''.
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