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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 29 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. S |
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| 9 | 9 | | COTTof Florida (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. |
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| 10 | 10 | | W |
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| 11 | 11 | | YDEN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. L |
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| 13 | 13 | | ANKFORD, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. BLACK- |
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| 14 | 14 | | BURN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Ms. SMITH) introduced the |
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| 15 | 15 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 16 | 16 | | Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine Protection 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) R |
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| 27 | 27 | | EPEAL OFTEMPORARYPERIOD FORDAYLIGHT 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | S |
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| 29 | 29 | | AVINGTIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | •S 29 IS |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARDTIME.— 1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) I |
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| 36 | 36 | | N GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub-2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | U.S.C. 261), is amended— 5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) by striking ‘‘4 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘3 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | hours’’; 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4 8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | hours’’; 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | hours’’; 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (D) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | hours’’; 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (E) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘by 7 hours’’; 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (F) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | hours’’; 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (G) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘9 hours;’’; 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (H) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘10 hours’’; and 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (I) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘11 hours.’’. 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) S |
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| 59 | 59 | | TATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur-24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ther amended by— 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (A) redesignating subsection (b) as sub-1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | section (c); and 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (B) inserting after subsection (a) the fol-3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 69 | 69 | | TANDARDTIME FORCERTAINSTATES AND 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | A |
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| 71 | 71 | | REAS.—The standard time for a State that has exempted 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Protection Act of 2025, pursuant to such section or an 10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | area of a State that has exempted such area from such 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | provisions pursuant to such section shall be, as such State 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | considers appropriate— 13 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(1) the standard time for such State or area, 14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | this section; or 16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(2) the standard time for such State or area, 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | this section as it was in effect on the day before the 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Act of 2025.’’. 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (3) C |
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| 88 | 88 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Such section 22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | is further amended, in the second sentence, by strik-23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ing ‘‘Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uni-24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the’’ and 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b),’’. 2 |
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