H.R. 11324 — Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973 | PoliFocus

H.R. 1132493th Congress

Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973

A bill to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a 2-year trial period.

Subjects

Science, Technology, Communications

Summary

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Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act - Requires that daylight saving time shall be observed on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress on the operation and effects of this Act.

Requires the Federal Communications Commission to make adjustments, consistent with international obligations and the public interest, to permit daytime standard AM broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise.

Provides that this Act shall take effect at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the fourth Sunday which occurs after the date of enactment of this Act and shall terminate at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday of April 1975.

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Related Legislation

S. 2702Emergency Daylight Savings Time Energy Conservation Act
1973-12-04Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
Related
H.Res. 718A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 11324) to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period.
1973-11-27Measure passed House.
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Legislative Actions

1973-11-15
Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 93-643.
1973-11-15
Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 93-643.
1973-11-27
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #597 (311-88).
Roll Call #597 (House)
1973-11-27
Measure passed House, amended, roll call #597 (311-88).
Roll Call #597 (House)
1973-12-04
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended in lieu of S. 2702, roll call #555 (68-10).
Roll Call #555 (Senate)
1973-12-04
Measure passed Senate, amended in lieu of S. 2702, roll call #555 (68-10).
Roll Call #555 (Senate)
1973-12-04
Conference scheduled in Senate.
1973-12-06
Conference scheduled in House.
1973-12-10
Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-709.
1973-12-10
Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-709.

Enacted as Public Law 93-182

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