---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17141"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17141"
heading: "Prohibition on incandescent lamps by Coast Guard"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17141"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Savings in Government and Public Institutions"
  - "Part B — Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies"
---

# §17141. Prohibition on incandescent lamps by Coast Guard

- (a) **Prohibition—** Except as provided by [subsection (b)](#b), on and after January 1, 2009, a general service incandescent lamp shall not be purchased or installed in a Coast Guard facility by or on behalf of the Coast Guard.
- (b) **Exception—** A general service incandescent lamp may be purchased, installed, and used in a Coast Guard facility whenever the application of a general service incandescent lamp is—
  - (1) necessary due to purpose or design, including medical, security, and industrial applications;
  - (2) reasonable due to the architectural or historical value of a light fixture installed before January 1, 2009; or
  - (3) the Commandant of the Coast Guard determines that operational requirements necessitate the use of a general service incandescent lamp.
- (c) **Limitation—** In this section, the term “facility” does not include a vessel or aircraft of the Coast Guard.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 522, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1662.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.