117 HR 5906 IH: Daylight All Year Leads to Ideal Gains in Happiness and Temperament Act U.S. House of Representatives 2021-11-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5906IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 5, 2021Mr. Norman (for himself and Mr. Rice of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Daylight All Year Leads to Ideal Gains in Happiness and Temperament Act or the DAYLIGHT Act.

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Optional year-long application of daylight saving 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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GAO Study

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of a study on implementing daylight savings time year-round.