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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 139
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
UCHANANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine Protection 4
Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME PERMANENT. 6
(a) R
EPEAL OFTEMPORARYPERIOD FORDAYLIGHT 7
S
AVINGSTIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 8
1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 9
(b) A
DVANCEMENT OF STANDARDTIME.— 10
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub-1
section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 2
1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 3
U.S.C. 261), is amended— 4
(A) by striking ‘‘4 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘3 5
hours’’; 6
(B) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4 7
hours’’; 8
(C) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5 9
hours’’; 10
(D) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6 11
hours’’; 12
(E) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting 13
‘‘by 7 hours’’; 14
(F) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8 15
hours’’; 16
(G) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting 17
‘‘9 hours;’’; 18
(H) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting 19
‘‘10 hours’’; and 20
(I) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting 21
‘‘11 hours.’’. 22
(2) S
TATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur-23
ther amended by— 24
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(A) redesignating subsection (b) as sub-1
section (c); and 2
(B) inserting after subsection (a) the fol-3
lowing: 4
‘‘(b) S
TANDARDTIME FORCERTAINSTATES AND 5
A
REAS.—The standard time for a State that has exempted 6
itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform 7
Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on 8
the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine 9
Protection Act of 2025, pursuant to such section, or an 10
area of a State that has exempted such area from such 11
provisions pursuant to such section, shall be, as such State 12
considers appropriate— 13
‘‘(1) the standard time for such State or area, 14
as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 15
this section; or 16
‘‘(2) the standard time for such State or area, 17
as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 18
this section as it was in effect on the day before the 19
date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection 20
Act of 2025.’’. 21
(3) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Such section 22
is further amended, in the second sentence of sub-23
section (a), by striking ‘‘Except as provided in sec-24
tion 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 25
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U.S.C. 260a),’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 1
subsection (b),’’. 2
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