[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2427. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division G, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT.

       (a) Repeal of Temporary Period for Daylight Saving Time.--
     Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is 
     hereby repealed.
       (b) Advancement of Standard Time.--
       (1) In general.--The second sentence of subsection (a) of 
     the first section of the Act of March 19, 1918 (commonly 
     known as the ``Calder Act'') (15 U.S.C. 261), is amended--
       (A) by striking ``4 hours'' and inserting ``3 hours'';
       (B) by striking ``5 hours'' and inserting ``4 hours'';
       (C) by striking ``6 hours'' and inserting ``5 hours'';
       (D) by striking ``7 hours'' and inserting ``6 hours'';
       (E) by striking ``8 hours'' and inserting ``by 7 hours'';
       (F) by striking ``9 hours'' and inserting ``8 hours'';
       (G) by striking ``10 hours;'' and inserting ``9 hours;'';
       (H) by striking ``11 hours'' and inserting ``10 hours''; 
     and
       (I) by striking ``10 hours.'' and inserting ``11 hours.''.
       (2) State exemption.--The first section of the Act of March 
     19, 1918 (commonly known as the ``Calder Act'') (15 U.S.C. 
     261) is further amended by--
       (A) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (B) inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Standard Time for Certain States and Areas.--The 
     standard time for a State that has exempted itself from the 
     provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 
     (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), as in effect on the day before the date 
     of the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
     Act, pursuant to such section or an area of a State that has 
     exempted such area from such provisions pursuant to such 
     section shall be, as such State considers appropriate--
       ``(1) the standard time for such State or area, as the case 
     may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; or
       ``(2) the standard time for such State or area, as the case 
     may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section as it was 
     in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 
     Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.''.
       (3) Conforming amendment.--The first section of the Act of 
     March 19, 1918 (commonly known as the ``Calder Act'') (15 
     U.S.C. 261) is further amended, in the second sentence, by 
     striking ``Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform 
     Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the'' and inserting 
     ``Except as provided in subsection (b),''.
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