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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 582 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mrs. HYDESMITH, Mr. PAUL, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. HEINRICH) 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 2023’’. 

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9 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 


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1 (b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARD TIME.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sub3 section (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 

4 1918 (commonly known as the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 

5 U.S.C. 261), is amended— 

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

7 hours’’; 

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

9 hours’’; 

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

11 hours’’; 

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

13 hours’’; 

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

15 ‘‘by 7 hours’’; 

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

17 hours’’; 

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

19 ‘‘9 hours;’’; 

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

21 ‘‘10 hours’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘11 hours.’’. 

24 (2) STATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur25 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 2023, 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 2023.’’. 

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 UniVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:32 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S582.IS S582

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1 form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a), the’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b),’’. 

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