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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1630 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OGERSof Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving |
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| 14 | 14 | | time, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. OPTIONAL YEAR-ROUND APPLICATION OF DAY-3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | LIGHT SAVING TIME. 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | U.S.C. 260a) is amended— 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘or may by law apply the ad-7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | vancement of time described in this section for the 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | duration of the year,’’ after ‘‘may by law exempt 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:01 Mar 14, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1630.IH H1630 |
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| 25 | 25 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 1630 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | itself from the provisions of this subsection providing 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | for the advancement of time,’’; 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by striking ‘‘the standard time otherwise 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | applicable during that period’’ and inserting ‘‘the 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | same standard time’’; 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) by striking ‘‘may by law exempt either the 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | entire State as provided in (1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘, 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | by law, may apply either standard time provided for 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | in paragraph (1) to the entire State,’’; and 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) by inserting ‘‘, or may apply the advance-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ment of time for the duration of the year to the en-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tire area of the State lying within any time zone’’ 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | before the period at the end. 13 |
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