[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1561

 To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2023

  Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Fry, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 
 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 year-round daylight saving time, 
                        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 All Year Leads to Ideal 
Gains in Happiness and Temperament Act'' or the ``DAYLIGHT Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.

SEC. 3. 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.
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