House to Vote Next Week on Permanent Daylight Saving Bill After 48-1 Committee Approval
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Updated · The Independent · Jul 10
House to Vote Next Week on Permanent Daylight Saving Bill After 48-1 Committee Approval
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jul 10
Summary
Next week, the House will vote on the Sunshine Protection Act, reviving an effort to make daylight saving time permanent after a similar Senate-backed push stalled last year.
The bill cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee 48-1 and would let states opt out, aiming to end the twice-yearly clock changes tied by supporters to sleep disruption, injuries and car crashes.
Backers including Donald Trump, Vern Buchanan and Frank Pallone also argue brighter evenings would boost outdoor activity and tourism.
The measure still faces resistance in the Senate, where Tom Cotton warns permanent daylight saving would bring very late winter sunrises and leave children traveling to school in darkness.
Past U.S. experiments with year-round daylight saving during World War Two and in 1974 were later repealed after proving unpopular.