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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 29
To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY7, 2025
Mr. S
COTTof Florida (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr.
W
YDEN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE,
Mr. L
ANKFORD, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. BLACK-
BURN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Ms. SMITH) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To make daylight saving 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 SAVING TIME PERMANENT. 6
(a) R
EPEAL OFTEMPORARYPERIOD FORDAYLIGHT 7
S
AVINGTIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 8
1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 9
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(b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARDTIME.— 1
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub-2
section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 3
1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 4
U.S.C. 261), is amended— 5
(A) by striking ‘‘4 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘3 6
hours’’; 7
(B) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4 8
hours’’; 9
(C) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5 10
hours’’; 11
(D) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6 12
hours’’; 13
(E) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting 14
‘‘by 7 hours’’; 15
(F) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8 16
hours’’; 17
(G) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting 18
‘‘9 hours;’’; 19
(H) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting 20
‘‘10 hours’’; and 21
(I) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting 22
‘‘11 hours.’’. 23
(2) S
TATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur-24
ther amended by— 25
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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, by strik-23
ing ‘‘Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uni-24
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form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the’’ and 1
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b),’’. 2
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