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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 623
AN ACT
To make daylight saving 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 SAVING TIME PERMANENT.
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(a) REPEAL OF TEMPORARY PERIOD FOR DAYLIGHT
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SAVING 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1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed.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 November 5, 2023, pursuant to such sec-
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tion or an area of a State that has exempted such area
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from such provisions pursuant to such section shall be,
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as such State 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 No-
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vember 5, 2023.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section
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is further amended, in the second sentence, by strik-
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ing ‘‘Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uni-
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form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the’’
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and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection
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(b),’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
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ments made by this Act take effect on November 5, 2023.
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Passed the Senate March 15, 2022.
Attest:
Secretary.
117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 623
AN ACT
To make daylight saving time permanent, and for
other purposes.