Sunshine Protection Act of 2021
Bill: S.623 | Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Sunshine Protection Act of 2021
This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023.
States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.

To make daylight saving time permanent, 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 ``Sunshine Protection Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT.

    (a) Repeal of Temporary Period for Daylight Saving Time.--Section 3 
of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Advancement of Standard Time.--
            (1) In general.--The second sentence of 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--
                    (A) by striking ``4 hours'' and inserting ``3 
                hours'';
                    (B) by striking ``5 hours'' and inserting ``4 
                hours'';
                    (C) by striking ``6 hours'' and inserting ``5 
                hours'';
                    (D) by striking ``7 hours'' and inserting ``6 
                hours'';
                    (E) by striking ``8 hours'' and inserting ``by 7 
                hours'';
                    (F) by striking ``9 hours'' and inserting ``8 
                hours'';
                    (G) by striking ``10 hours;'' and inserting ``9 
                hours;'';
                    (H) by striking ``11 hours'' and inserting ``10 
                hours''; and
                    (I) by striking ``10 hours.'' and inserting ``11 
                hours.''.
            (2) State exemption.--Such section is further amended by--
                    (A) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 
                and
                    (B) inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(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 November 5, 2023, 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 November 5, 2023.''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Such section is further amended, 
        in the second sentence, by striking ``Except as provided in 
        section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 
        260a(a)), the'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
        subsection (b),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
take effect on November 5, 2023.

            Passed the Senate March 15, 2022.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 623

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