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Mar 17, 2022 · March 17, 2022 2:47 PM EDT. O n Tuesday afternoon, just two days after Americans set their clocks forward an hour for Daylight Saving Time, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight ...
The Sunshine Protection Act is a proposed United States federal law that would make U.S. daylight saving time permanent, meaning the time would no longer change twice per year. [1] [2] The bill has been proposed during several sessions of Congress. In 2022, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, although several senators stated later ...
Mar 15, 2022 · Washington, D.C. – Two days into Daylight Saving Time, the U.S. Senate has passed Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) legislation to make it permanent nationwide. Whitehouse joined fellow cosponsors of the Sunshine Protection Act on the Senate floor this afternoon to move the bill’s passage. The Senate then passed the legislation by unanimous consent, sending it […]
Mar 16, 2022 · For ten months in the mid-1970s, America’s clocks sprang forward and never fell back. Year-round daylight saving time (DST), signed into law by President Richard Nixon in January 1974, sought to ...
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Mar 10, 2021 · S. 623 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress. A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 623. This is the one from the 117 th Congress.
Mar 9, 2021 · Passed Senate (03/15/2022) Sunshine Protection Act of 2021. This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023. States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.
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Mar 15, 2022 · Steven Senne/AP. The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the U.S. beginning in 2023. The so-called Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 was approved by ...
