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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 623 

To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2021 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. 

WYDEN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. MARKEY, and 

Mr. HAGERTY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine Protection 

5 Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT. 

7 (a) REPEAL OF TEMPORARY PERIOD FOR DAYLIGHT

8 SAVING TIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 

9 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 

10 (b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARD TIME.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub2 section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 

3 1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 

4 U.S.C. 261), is amended— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘4 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘3 

6 hours’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4 

8 hours’’; 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5 

10 hours’’; 

11 (D) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6 

12 hours’’; 

13 (E) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘by 7 hours’’; 

15 (F) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8 

16 hours’’; 

17 (G) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘9 hours;’’; 

19 (H) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘10 hours’’; and 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘11 hours.’’. 

23 (2) STATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur24 ther amended by— 


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1 (A) redesignating subsection (b) as sub2 section (c); and 

3 (B) inserting after subsection (a) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(b) STANDARD TIME FOR CERTAIN STATES AND

6 AREAS.—The standard time for a State that has exempted 

7 itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform 

8 Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on 

9 the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine 

10 Protection Act of 2021, pursuant to such section or an 

11 area of a State that has exempted such area from such 

12 provisions pursuant to such section shall be, as such State 

13 considers appropriate— 

14 ‘‘(1) the standard time for such State or area, 

15 as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 

16 this section; or 

17 ‘‘(2) the standard time for such State or area, 

18 as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 

19 this section as it was in effect on the day before the 

20 date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection 

21 Act of 2021.’’. 

22 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section 

23 is further amended, in the second sentence, by strik24 ing ‘‘Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uni25 form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection 

2 (b),’’. 

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