An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise.
PL 93-182 (H.R.11324), enacted 12/15/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-182-DEC. 15, 1973 
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(b) With respect to a present employee of the Postal Service who 
had prior Federal civilian service with the Post Office Department 
or other Federal agency, annual leave which accrued after June 30, 
1960, and before July 1,1971, but, because of administrative error was 
lost by operation of section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, is 
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subject to credit and liquidation by lump-sum payment only if a claim 
therefor is filed within three years immediately following the date 
of enactment of this Act with the Postal Service. Payment shall be by 
the Postal Service at the salary rate in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 5562(a) of title 5, United States Code, is mi^Tu!g^s^tauis" 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: 
so stat. 490. 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee in a miss-
ing status on or after January 1,1965, is entitled— 
"(1) to payment for annual leave which accrued to his account 
on or after January 1,1965, but which was forfeited under section 
6304 of this title because he was unable to use that leave by virtue 
of his missing status; or 
"(2) to have all of that leave restored to him and credited to 
a separate leave account in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 6304(d) (2) of this title. 
An employee shall elect in writing, within 90 days immediately fol- 
written request. 
lowing the date of enactment of this sentence or within 90 days 
imme^diately following the termination of his missing status, which-
ever is later, whether he desires payment for the leave under clause 
(1) of this subsection or credit of the leave under clause (2) of this 
subsection. Payment under clause (1) of this subsection shall be at 
the employee's rate of basic pay in effect at the time the leave was 
forfeited." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
Applicability. 
apply to former employees or their beneficiaries. 
Approved December 14, 1973. 
Public Law 93-182 
A N A C T 
December 15, 1973 
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'J\> provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial 
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period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit 
certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Refvesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
Emergency Day-
be cited as the "Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Con- Energy^c^nsJ/^! 
servation Act of 1973". 
tion Act o
f 1973. 
KSEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares— 
(1) that the United States faces severe energy shortages, espe-
cially in the winter of 1973-1974 and in the next several winters 
thereafter; 
(2) that various studies of governmental and nongovernmental 
agencies indicate that year-round daylight saving time would 
produce an energy saving in electrical power consumption; 
(3) that daylight saving time may yield energ}^ savings in other 
areas besides electrical power consumption; 
(4) that year-round daylight saving time could serve as an 
incentive for fuT'ther energy conservation by individuals, com-
panies, and the various governmental entities at all levels of 
government, and that such energy conservation efforts could lead 
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to greatly expanded energy savings and help meet the projected 
energy shortages, and that such energy conservation eflFoits could 
include but not be limited to such actions as— 
(A) lowering office, home, and store thermostats several 
ilegrees; 
(B) limiting unnecessary automobile travel and holding 
down the speed of necessary automobile travel; 
(C) using energy efficient automobiles; 
(D) using public transportation whenever possible; 
(E) turning off office air-conditioners and heating plants 
sin hour earlier in the afternoon; and 
(F) limiting unnecessary use of electric lights; 
(5) that the use of year-round daylight saving time could have 
other beneficial effects on the public interest, including the reduc-
tion of crime, improved traffic safety, more daylight outdoor play-
time for the children and youth of our Nation, greater utilization 
of parks and recreation aieas. expanded economic opportunity 
through extension of daylight hours to peak shopping hours and 
through extension of domestic office hours to periods of greater 
overlap with the European Economic Community; and 
(6) that the emergency nature of an energy shortage require 
the temporary enactment of daylight saving time. 
SEC. 3. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(a) of the 
80 Stat. 107. 
Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the standard of time 
of each zone established by the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 
8o'*stat!'iot;°' 
261-264), as modified by the Act of March 4, 1921 (15 U.S.C. 265), 
41 Stat. 1446. 
sliall bc advaiiccd one hour and such time as so advanced shall for the 
purposes of such Act of March 19,1918, as so modified, be the standard 
time of each such zone; except that any State with parts thereof in 
more than one time zone, and any State that lies entirely within one 
time zone and is not contiguous to any other State, may by law exempt 
the entire area of the State lying wdthin one time zone from the 
provisions of this subsection. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law^, if a State, by 
proclamation of its Governor, makes a finding prior to the effective 
date of this Act, that an exemption from the operation of subsection 
(a) or a realinement of time zone limits is necessary to avoid undue 
hardship or to conserve fuel in such State or part thereof, the President 
or his designee may grant an exemption or realinement to such State. 
(c) Any law in effect on October 27, 1973, adopted pursuant to 
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scctiou 3(a)(2) of the ITniform Time Act of 1966 by a State with parts 
IS use 260. 
thereof in more than one time zone, or adopted pursuant to section 
3(a) (l)()f such Act by a State that lies entirely within one time zone 
and is not (;ontiguous to any other State, shall be held and considered to 
remain in effect as the exercise by that State of the exemption per-
mitted by subsection (a) of this section unless that State, by law, 
provides that su(-h exemption shall not apply during the effective 
period of this Act. 
(d) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 3 and section 
7 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 shall apply to the provisions of 
this section. 
80 Stat. 109. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-183-DEC. 15, 1973 
709 
SEC. 4. (a) Tlie Secretary of Transportation shall, on or before g.fsT''"'° ''°"' 
June 80, 197-1-, su])init an interim report, and on or before June 30, 
1975, subniit a Hiuil report, to the Cong-ress on the operation and effects 
of this Act. K'M-h such repoil sliall give particular attention to such 
effects on tlie use of enei'<jy in the Ignited States, traffic safety, including 
the safety of cliildren traveling to and from school, and the effect 
on school hours. Each sucli repoi-t shall also include such recommenda-
tions for legislation or other action as the Secretary may determine. 
The final repoit shall include any recommendations of the Secretary 
with respe<'t to time zone limits. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the depart-
ments, agencies, and insti-umentalities of the Ignited States having 
information or expertise with respect to the operation and effects of 
this Act. Eixrh sucli department, agency, and instrumentality shall 
exercise its powers, duties, and functions in such numner as will assist 
in carrying out the provisions of this section. 
SKO. 5. The autlioritv of the Secretary of Transportation, under the 
first section of the Act of .March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C 261), to modify go^stat^'iot^"' 
the Hunts of anv time zone is suspended during the effectixe period 
of this Act. 
SE(J. (). Notwithstanding any other law or any regulation issued 
under any such law, the Fedei'al Communication Commission shall, 
consistent with any existing treaty or other agreement, make such 
adjustment by general rules, or by interim action pending such general 
rules, with respect to hours of operation of daytime standard ampli-
tude modulation broadcast stations, as may be consistent with the 
public interest, including the public's interest in receiving interference-
free service. Such general rules, or interim action, may include 
variances with respect to operating power and other technical 
operating characteristics. Subsequent to the adoption of such general 
rules, they may be varied with respect to particular stations and areas 
because of the exigencies in each. case. 
^ SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the 
Effective date. 
fourth Sunday which occurs after the date of enactment of this Act 
and shall terminate at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sundav of 
.\})ril 1975. 
Approved December 15, 1973. 
Public Law 93-183 
A N A C T 
December 15, 1973 
To name the headquarters building in the Geological Survey National Center 
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under construction in Reston, Virginia, as the "John Wesley Powell Federal 
Building". 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repyesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the headquar- po^eii^ed^eTai 
ters building in the Department of Interior's Geological Survey Building, va. 
National Center now under construction in Reston, Virginia, shall 
Designation. 
hereafter be known and designated as the "'John Wesley Powell Fed-
eral Building". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States to such building shall be 
held to be a reference to the "John Wesley Po\vell Federal Building". 
Approved December 15, 1973.