S. 29

119 S29 IS: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-07
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 29  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 7, 2025   Mr. Scott of Florida  (for himself,  Mrs. Murray ,  Mr. Tuberville ,  Mr. Wyden ,  Mr. Hagerty ,  Mr. Markey ,  Ms. Lummis ,  Mr. Whitehouse ,  Mr. Lankford ,  Mr. Heinrich ,  Mr. Paul ,  Mr. Padilla ,  Mrs. Blackburn ,  Mr. Schatz ,  Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and  Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Sunshine Protection Act of 2025  .
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Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ) is hereby repealed.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 the date of the enactment of the  Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 , 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 2025 .
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(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 ), the  and inserting  Except as provided in subsection (b), .