Official Summaries

Daylight Act

This bill allows states to observe daylight saving time year-round. (States may already choose to observe standard time year-round.)

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 300 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 300

   To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the 
             duration of the year, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

  Ms. Maloy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Daylight Act''.

SEC. 2. OPTIONAL YEAR-LONG APPLICATION OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

    Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or may by law apply the advancement of 
        time described in this section for the duration of the year,'' 
        after ``may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this 
        subsection providing for the advancement of time,'';
            (2) by striking ``the standard time otherwise applicable 
        during that period'' and inserting ``the same standard time'';
            (3) by striking ``may by law exempt either the entire State 
        as provided in (1) or'' and inserting ``, by law, may apply 
        either standard time provided for in paragraph (1) to the 
        entire State,''; and
            (4) by inserting ``, or may apply the advancement of time 
        for the duration of the year to the entire area of the State 
        lying within any time zone'' before the period at the end.
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