[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4339. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Toomey, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Lankford) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and 
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Sunshine Protection Act of 2021''.
       (b) 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     hereby repealed.
       (c) 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 Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, 
     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 
     Sunshine Protection Act of 2021.''.
       (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),''.
       (4) Effective date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section take effect on November 6, 2022.
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