[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 100 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-44. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Nevada urging the United States Congress to 
     enact legislation allowing individual states to establish 
     daylight saving time as the standard time in their respective 
     states throughout the calendar year; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

                    Assembly Joint Resolution No. 4

       Whereas, When Congress enacted The Emergency Daylight 
     Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 (Pub. L. No. 93-
     182, 87 Stat. 707), it included in its findings and 
     declarations of policy that ``various studies of governmental 
     and nongovernmental agencies indicate that year-round 
     daylight saving time would produce an energy saving in 
     electrical power consumption''; and
       Whereas, Congress also found and declared that ``the use of 
     year-round daylight saving time could have other beneficial 
     effects on the public interest, including the reduction of 
     crime, improved traffic safety, more daylight outdoor 
     playtime for children and youth of our Nation, [and] greater 
     utilization of parks and recreation areas''; and
       Whereas, Congress also found and declared that the use of 
     year-round daylight saving time could result in ``expanded 
     economic opportunity through extension of daylight hours to 
     peak shopping hours and through extension of domestic office 
     hours to periods of greater overlap with the European 
     Economic Community''; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada, 
     Jointly, That the Nevada Legislature urges the members of 
     Congress to enact appropriate legislation to give individual 
     states the option of establishing daylight saving time as the 
     standard time in their respective states throughout the 
     calendar year; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and 
     transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of 
     the United States as the presiding officer of the United 
     States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     and each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and 
     be it further
       Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon 
     passage.

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