Daylight Act
Source: Congress.gov ·
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What This Bill Does
This bill allows states to choose to use daylight savings time (moving clocks forward) all year long if they want to. The bill changes the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which is the federal law that controls how time zones and daylight savings work across the country.
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Who It Affects
States and the areas within them that want to change their time practices.
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Key Provisions
• States can now choose to keep daylight savings time going for the entire year instead of switching back and forth between daylight savings time and standard time (Sec. 2)
• States can apply this year-long daylight savings time change to their whole state or just to the parts of their state in a particular time zone (Sec. 2)
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What Changes
If this bill becomes law, states will have a new option. Right now, states can only pick standard time (no clock changes) all year. This bill adds the choice to use daylight savings time (clocks moved forward) all year instead.
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Important Definitions
• Daylight savings time: moving clocks forward during certain times of year
• Standard time: the regular time used when daylight savings time is not in effect
• Advancement of time: moving clocks forward
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Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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