An Act to promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout the United States
PL 89-387 (S.1404), enacted 04/13/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-387-APR. 13, 1966 
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SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated to the General Services Appropriations. 
Administration, the sum of $750,000 for planning, design, construc-
tion, and costs incidental thereto, including the cost of initial 
furnishings. 
SEC. 6. There is further authorized to be appropriated to the General 
Services Administration, annually, such amounts as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of section 3. 
Approved April 9, 1966, 10:25 p.m. 
Public Law 89-387 
AN ACT 
To promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout the United 
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States. 
Uniform Time 
Act of 1966. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate aind House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Uniform Time Act of 1966". 
SEC. 2. It is the policy of the United States to promote the adoption 
and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones pre-
scribed by the Act entitled "An Act to save daylight and to provide 
standard time for the United States", approved March 19, 1918 (40 
Stat. 450; 15 U.S.C. 261-264), as modified by the Act entitled "An 
Act to transfer the Panhandle and Plains section of Texas and Okla-
homa to the United States standard central time zone", approved 
March 4,1921 (41 Stat. 1446; 15 U.S.C. 265). To this end the Inter-
state Commerce Commission is authorized and directed to foster and 
promote widespread and uniform adoption and observance of the same 
standard of time within and throughout each such standard time zone. 
SEC. 3. (a) During the period commencing at 2 o'clock antemeridian 
on the last Sunday of April of each year and ending at 2 o'clock 
antemeridian on the last Sunday of October of each year, the standard 
time of each zone established by the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 
261-264), as modified by the Act of March 4, 1921 (15 U.S.C. 265), 
shall be advanced 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 such zone during such period; except that any State may by 
law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing 
for the advancement of time, but only if such law provides that the 
entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe 
the standard time otherwise applicable under such Act of March 19, 
1918, as so modified, during such period. 
(b) It is hereby declared that it is the express intent of Congress 
by this section to suj)ersede any and all laws of the States or political 
subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter provide for 
advances in time or changeover dates different from those specified in 
this section. 
(c) For any violation of the provisions of this section the Inter- 
violations 
state Commerce Commission or its duly authorized agent may apply 
to the district court of the United States for the district in wnich 
such violation occurs for the enforcement of this section; and such 
court shall have jurisdiction to enforce obedience thereto by writ of 
injunction or by other process, mandatory or otherwise, restraining 
against further violations of this section and enjoining obedience 
thereto. 
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SEC. 4. (a) The first section of the Act of March 19, 1918, as 
amended (15 U.S.C. 261), is amended to read as follows: 
"That for the purpose of establishing the standard time of the 
United States, the territory of the United States shall be divided into 
eight zones in the manner provided in this section. Except as pro-
vided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, the standard 
time of the first zone shall be based on the mean solar time of the 
sixtieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich; that of the second 
zone on the seventy-fifth degree; that of the third zone on the ninetieth 
degree; that of the fourth zone on the one hundred and fifth degree; 
that of the fifth zone on the one hundred and twentieth degree; that 
of the sixth zone on the one hundred and thirty-fifth degree; that of 
the seventh zone on the one hundred and fiftieth degree; and that of 
the eighth zone on the one hundred and ^ixty-fifth degree. The limits 
of each zone shall be defined by an order of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, having regard for the convenience of commerce and the 
existing junction points and division points of common carriers 
engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, and any such order may 
for'er*n"*m-^ "
"
^ ^^ modificd from time to time. As used in this Act, the term 'inter-
mercl""''°" 
State or foreign commerce' means commerce between a State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any posses-
sion of the United States ,and any place outside thereof." 
15 use 262. 
^|3^ Section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Within the respective zones created under the authority of 
this Act the standard time of the zone shall insofar as practicable (as 
determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission) govern the 
movement of all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign 
commerce. 
In all statutes, orders, rules, and regulations relating to 
the time of performance of any act hj any officer or department of 
the United States, whether in the legislative, executive, or judicial 
branches of the Government, or relating to the time within which any 
rights shall accrue or determine, or within which anj act shall or 
shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of 
the ITnited States, it shall be understood and intended that the time 
shall insofar as practicable (as determined by the Interstate Commerce 
Commission) be the United States standard time of the zone within 
which the act is to be performed." 
Designations. 
^^.^ Scctiou 4 of sucli Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The standard time of the first zone shall be known and 
designated as Atlantic standard time; that of the second zone shall 
be known and designated as eastern standard time; that of the third 
zone shall be known and designated as central standard time; that of 
the fourth zone shall be known and designated as mountain standard 
time; that of the fifth zone shall be known and designated as Pacific 
standard time; that of the sixth zone shall be known and designated 
as Yukon standard time; that of the seventh zone shall be known and 
designated as Alaska-Hawaii standard time; and that of the eighth 
zone shall be known and designated as Bering standard time." 
60 Stat. 237. 
g^^. 5. The Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 1001-1011) 
shall apply to all proceedings under this Act, the Act of March 19, 
1918 (15 U.S.C. 261-264), and the Act of March 4, 1921 (15 U.S.C. 
265). 
Effective date. 
g^^. 6. This Act shall take efi'ect on April 1,1967: except that if any 
State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
or any possession of the United States, or any political subdivision 
thereof, observes daylight stiving time in the year 1966, such time 
shall advance the standard time otherwise applicable in such place by 
one hour and shall commence at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last 
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Sunday in April of the year 1966 and shall end at -2 o'clock ante-
meridian on the last Sunday in October of the year 1966. 
SEC. 7. As used in this Act, the term "State" includes the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Eico, or any possession of 
the United States. 
Approved April 13, 1966. 
"State." 
Public Law 89-388 
AN ACT 
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To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make permanent the existing temporary 
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suspension of duty on copra, palm nuts, and palm-nut kernels, and the oils 
crushed therefrom, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the article 
description preceding item 175.09, and items 175.09 through 175.12, 
inclusive, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 
1202) are amended to read as follows: 
Copra, palm 
nuts, etc. 
Duty suspension. 
77A Stat. 72. 
176.09 
175.10 
175.11 
175.12 
period of special procla-
leadnote 1 of this part, 
Copra: 
Entered during the effective 
mation issued pursuant to 1 
or entered after July 3, 1974. 
Entered on or before July 3,1974, when no such special 
proclamation is in effect 
If product of the Philippines or of the Trust 
Territory 
If produced elsewhere than in the Philippines or 
the Trust Territory wholly of materials the 
growth or production thereof 
Free 
1.250 per lb. 
Free 
Free 
Free 
1.25JS per lb. 
Free 
(b) Such Schedules are amended by striking out items 175.27 and 
175.30 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
" I 175.28 I Palm-nut kernels and palm nuts 
I Free 
| Free 
| " 
(c) The article description preceding item 176.04, and items 176.04 
through 176.13, inclusive, of such Schedules are amended to read as 
follows: 
176.04 
176.05 
176.06 
176.07 
176.08 
176.09 
176.10 
176.11 
176.12 
176.13 
Coconut oil: 
Entered during the effective period of special procla-
mation issued pursuant to headnote 1 of this part, 
or entereo after July 3, 1974 
If product of the Philippines or of the Trust 
Territory: 
If Philippine article within tariff-rate quota 
(see headnote 2 of this subpart), or if Trust 
Territory article, entered on or before July 
3,1974 
Other 
Entered on or before July 3, 1974, when no special 
proclamation issued pursuant to headnote 1 is in 
effect: 
Crude 
If product of the Philippines or of the Trust 
Territory: 
If Philippine article within tariff-rate 
quota (see headnote 2 of this subpart), 
or if Trust Territory article 
Other 
If produced elsewhere than in the Philippines 
or the Trust Territory wholly from mate-
rials the growth or production thereof 
Other than crude 
If product of the Philippines or of the Trust 
Territory: 
If Philippine article within tariff-rate 
quota (see headnote 2 of this subpart), 
or If Trust Territory article 
Other 
H per lb. 
Free 
H per lb. 
30 per lb. 
Free 
10 per lb. 
10 per lb. 
10 per lb. 
Free 
10 per lb. 
20 per lb. 
40 per lb. 
20 per lb. 
20 per lb. 
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