I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5279 
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Mr. CURBELO of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sunshine Protection 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME PERMANENT. 
(a) REPEAL OF TEMPORARY PERIOD FOR DAYLIGHT 
SAVINGS TIME.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 
1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed. 
(b) ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARD TIME.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1 
of the Act of March 19, 1918 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Calder Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 261), is amended, in 
the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘5 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘4 
hours’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘6 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
hours’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘7 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘6 
hours’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘8 hours’’ and inserting 
‘‘by 7 hours’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘9 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘8 
hours’’; 
(F) by striking ‘‘10 hours;’’ and inserting 
‘‘9 hours;’’; 
(G) by striking ‘‘11 hours’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 hours’’; and 
(H) by striking ‘‘10 hours.’’ and inserting 
‘‘11 hours.’’. 
(2) STATE EXEMPTION.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by— 
(A) redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
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(B) inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) STANDARD TIME FOR CERTAIN STATES AND 
AREAS.—The standard time for a State that has exempted 
itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform 
Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine 
Protection Act of 2018, pursuant to such section or an 
area of a State that has exempted such area from such 
provisions pursuant to such section shall be, as such State 
considers appropriate— 
‘‘(1) the standard time for such State or area, 
as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section; or 
‘‘(2) the standard time for such State or area, 
as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section as it was in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection 
Act of 2018.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section 
is further amended, in the second sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uni-
form Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection 
(b),’’. 
Æ 
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