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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 69
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 2021
Mr. BUCHANAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine Protection
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Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME PERMANENT.
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(a) REPEAL OF TEMPORARY PERIOD FOR DAYLIGHT
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SAVINGS TIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of
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1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed.
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(b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARD TIME.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub-
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section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19,
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1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15
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U.S.C. 261), is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘4 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘3
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hours’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4
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hours’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5
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hours’’;
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(D) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6
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hours’’;
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(E) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting
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‘‘by 7 hours’’;
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(F) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8
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hours’’;
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(G) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting
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‘‘9 hours;’’;
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(H) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting
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‘‘10 hours’’; and
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(I) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting
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‘‘11 hours.’’.
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(2) STATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur-
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ther amended by—
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(A) redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
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section (c); and
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(B) inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(b) STANDARD TIME FOR CERTAIN STATES AND
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AREAS.—The standard time for a State that has exempted
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itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform
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Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on
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the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine
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Protection Act of 2021, pursuant to such section, or an
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area of a State that has exempted such area from such
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provisions pursuant to such section, shall be, as such State
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considers appropriate—
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‘‘(1) the standard time for such State or area,
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as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of
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this section; or
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‘‘(2) the standard time for such State or area,
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as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of
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this section as it was in effect on the day before the
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date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection
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Act of 2021.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section
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is further amended, in the second sentence of sub-
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section (a), by striking ‘‘Except as provided in sec-
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tion 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
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U.S.C. 260a),’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in
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subsection (b),’’.
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