Daylight Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 214 To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the duration of the year, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 5, 2021 Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the duration of the year, 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 ‘‘Daylight Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. OPTIONAL YEAR-LONG APPLICATION OF DAYLIGHT 5 SAVINGS TIME. 6 Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 7 U.S.C. 260a) is amended— 8 (1) by inserting ‘‘or may by law apply the ad- 9 vancement of time described in this section for the 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Feb 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H214.IH H214 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 214 IH duration of the year,’’ after ‘‘may by law exempt 1 itself from the provisions of this subsection providing 2 for the advancement of time,’’; 3 (2) by striking ‘‘the standard time otherwise 4 applicable during that period’’ and inserting ‘‘the 5 same standard time’’; 6 (3) by striking ‘‘may by law exempt either the 7 entire State as provided in (1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘, 8 by law, may apply either standard time provided for 9 in paragraph (1) to the entire State,’’; and 10 (4) by inserting ‘‘, or may apply the advance- 11 ment of time for the duration of the year to the en- 12 tire area of the State lying within any time zone’’ 13 before the period at the end. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Feb 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H214.IH H214 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS