[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1646 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1646

  To amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to modify the State exemption 
                  provisions for advancement of time.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2003

Ms. Carson of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to modify the State exemption 
                  provisions for advancement of time.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF STATE EXEMPTION PROVISIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT 
              OF TIME.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 
U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended by striking ``either the entire State as 
provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within 
any time zone'' and inserting ``the entire State as provided in (1)''.
    (b) Application.--Notwithstanding section (3)(b) of the Uniform 
Time Act of 1966, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any State which enacts a law after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and prior to April 6, 2004, which exempts the entire area of the 
State lying within any time zone from the provisions of section 3(a) of 
the Uniform Time Act of 1966 providing for the advancement of time.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall 
        take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
        April 5, 2005.
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