US House to vote on bill to make daylight saving time permanent
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, according to a notice posted on Thursday.
In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent but the House never took up the measure in the face of opposition. The proposal the House will consider next week would allow states to opt out.
Daylight saving time — putting the clocks forward one hour during the summer half of the year — has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s.
Supporters of the House measure say the time shift causes sleep disturbances, greater workplace injuries and more car crashes. They also believe brighter evenings would spur more economic activity during winter.
President Donald Trump has pushed for an end to the twice-annual clock- switching, saying in May that it was “time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production.” Tagged: Capitol Hill BACK TO HOMEPAGE