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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1630
To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY26, 2025
Mr. R
OGERSof Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving
time, 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. OPTIONAL YEAR-ROUND APPLICATION OF DAY-3
LIGHT SAVING TIME. 4
Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 5
U.S.C. 260a) is amended— 6
(1) by inserting ‘‘or may by law apply the ad-7
vancement of time described in this section for the 8
duration of the year,’’ after ‘‘may by law exempt 9
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itself from the provisions of this subsection providing 1
for the advancement of time,’’; 2
(2) by striking ‘‘the standard time otherwise 3
applicable during that period’’ and inserting ‘‘the 4
same standard time’’; 5
(3) by striking ‘‘may by law exempt either the 6
entire State as provided in (1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘, 7
by law, may apply either standard time provided for 8
in paragraph (1) to the entire State,’’; and 9
(4) by inserting ‘‘, or may apply the advance-10
ment of time for the duration of the year to the en-11
tire area of the State lying within any time zone’’ 12
before the period at the end. 13
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