An original bill to provide for daylight saving time on an eight-month and one-week basis, beginning with the first Sunday in March and ending with the second Sunday in November, for a two-year period beginning with the first Sunday in March of 1976 and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain day time broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise.
Daylight Saving Time Act - Advances the standard time in each time zone by one hour from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March 1976 and 1977 until 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of October 1976 and 1977.
Permits any State that lies entirely within one time zone to exempt itself from such time change if it exempts the entire State therefrom. Permits a State that lies in more than one time zone to exempt the entire State or a part of the State that lies within one time zone.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress by July 31, 1977, on the operation and effects of this Act, including the effects on energy use and the safety of children traveling to and from school.
Introduced in Senate
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, S. Rept. 94-628.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, S. Rept. 94-628.
Placed on calendar in Senate.
Call of calendar in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #47 (70-23).
Roll Call #47 (Senate)Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #47 (70-23).
Roll Call #47 (Senate)Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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