[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6331

   To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the 
             duration of the year, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2018

Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the 
             duration of the year, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Daylight Act''.

SEC. 2. OPTIONAL YEAR-LONG APPLICATION OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

    Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or may by law apply the advancement of 
        time described in this section for the duration of the year,'' 
        after ``may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this 
        subsection providing for the advancement of time,'';
            (2) by striking ``the standard time otherwise applicable 
        during that period'' and inserting ``the same standard time'';
            (3) by striking ``may by law exempt either the entire State 
        as provided in (1) or'' and inserting ``, by law, may apply 
        either standard time provided for in paragraph (1) to the 
        entire State,''; and
            (4) by inserting ``, or may apply the advancement of time 
        for the duration of the year to the entire area of the State 
        lying within any time zone'' before the period at the end.
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