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[CITE: 42USC6302]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 
  Part A--Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than 
                               Automobiles
 
Sec. 6302. Prohibited acts


(a) In general

    It shall be unlawful--
        (1) for any manufacturer or private labeler to distribute in 
    commerce any new covered product to which a rule under section 6294 
    of this title applies, unless such covered product is labeled in 
    accordance with such rule;
        (2) for any manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or private 
    labeler to remove from any new covered product or render illegible 
    any label required to be provided with such product under a rule 
    under section 6294 of this title;
        (3) for any manufacturer to fail to permit access to, or copying 
    of, records required to be supplied under this part, or fail to make 
    reports or provide other information required to be supplied under 
    this part;
        (4) for any person to fail to comply with an applicable 
    requirement of section 6296(a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(5) of this 
    title; or
        (5) for any manufacturer or private labeler to distribute in 
    commerce any new covered product which is not in conformity with an 
    applicable energy conservation standard established in or prescribed 
    under this part.

(b) ``New covered product'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``new covered product'' means 
a covered product the title of which has not passed to a purchaser who 
buys such product for purposes other than (1) reselling such product, or 
(2) leasing such product for a period in excess of one year.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title III, Sec. 332, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 928; Pub. 
L. 100-12, Sec. 11(a)(3), (b)(5), Mar. 17, 1987, 101 Stat. 125.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-12, Sec. 11(b)(5)(A), inserted 
heading.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 100-12, Sec. 11(a)(3), substituted ``energy 
conservation standard established in or prescribed under'' for ``energy 
efficiency standard prescribed under''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-12, Sec. 11(b)(5)(B), inserted heading.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6295, 6301, 6303, 6304, 
6316, 6317 of this title.
