Sunshine Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1556
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2019-03-06
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations

Time and calendar
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Sunshine Protection Act of 2019</b> </p> <p>This bill makes daylight savings time the new, permanent standard time.</p> <p>States with areas exempt from daylight savings time may choose the standard time for those areas.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1556 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2019 Mr. Buchanan (for himself and Mr. Steube ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2019 . 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of temporary period for daylight savings time Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ) is hereby repealed.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 (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 the date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2019 , 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 2019 . . (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), .