103, enacted March 17, 1987) is a United States Act of Congress that regulates energy consumption of specific household appliances.

[1] All of these laws and regulations have to do with creating mandatory standards that deal with the energy efficiency of certain household appliances.

These standards were put in place to ensure that manufacturers were building products that are at the maximum energy efficiency levels are that are technically feasible and economically justified.

[3] The National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and was introduced and supported by democratic Senator Bennett Johnston, Jr. from Louisiana in January 1987.

[4] The new amendments to the act established minimum efficiency standards for many household appliances, including:[3] Congress set the initial efficiency standards at the start of the act then set a schedule for the United States Department of Energy to review them.