{"id":507221,"date":"2022-11-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/time-is-running-out-for-house-to-pass-permanent-daylight-saving-bill\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:00:00","slug":"time-is-running-out-for-house-to-pass-permanent-daylight-saving-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/time-is-running-out-for-house-to-pass-permanent-daylight-saving-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Time is running out for House to pass permanent daylight saving bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32cfd0598f1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32cfd0598f1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/time-is-running-out-for-house-to-pass-permanent-daylight-saving-bill\/#Time_is_running_out_for_House_to_pass_permanent_daylight_saving_bill\" >Time is running out for House to pass permanent daylight saving bill<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Time_is_running_out_for_House_to_pass_permanent_daylight_saving_bill\"><\/span>Time is running out for House to pass permanent daylight saving bill<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/031522getty_daylight-legislation.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Time is running out for the House to pass legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent in the U.S., after the Senate shocked the nation earlier this year and unanimously <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bill,\u00a0titled the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/117\/bills\/s623\/BILLS-117s623es.pdf\">Sunshine Protection Act,<\/a> skated\u00a0under the radar\u00a0for months following Senate passage, but it is back in the spotlight this weekend as Americans prepare to \u201cfall back\u201d and change their clocks to standard time until March, taking an hour of daylight away from winter mornings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Lawmakers have just 17 legislative days \u2014 the period known as the lame-duck session \u2014 remaining to pass the bill and send it to President Biden\u2019s desk before the current Congress comes to a close, and both chambers are forced to reset the clock and reconsider the controversial change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the likelihood of lawmakers pushing the bill over the finish line in the final stretch is dimming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t expect it to happen this time,\u201d Rep. Kewisi Mfume (D-Md.), who is in the process of becoming a co-sponsor of the bill, told The Hill. \u201cMy gut sense tells me that there are going to be a number of other things that happen, depending on which party dominates the election.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Senate sent shockwaves throughout the country in March when the chamber approved the Sunshine Protection Act by unanimous consent, a fast-track procedure that allows bills to pass if all members are on board and no objections are made.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paulmcleod\/daylight-saving-time-senate\">Buzzfeed News<\/a>, however, reported that some Senators were surprised to learn that the measure had passed through the special process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which has bipartisan sponsorship in both chambers, would do away with the biannual changing of the clocks and make daylight saving time the law of the land all year round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under current regulations, the sun is scheduled to rise in New York at 7:16 a.m. on Dec. 21,\u00a0the winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year. But under the Sunshine Protection Act, New Yorkers would see the sun rise at 8:16 a.m. that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The sunset would also be kicked back. Empire State residents are scheduled to see the sunset at 4:31 p.m. on Dec. 31. With the Sunshine Protection Act, however, sunset would be pushed back to 5:31 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of ditching the ritual of changing the clocks. A\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_031522\/\">Monmouth University poll<\/a>\u00a0conducted in March found that 61 percent of respondents want to do away with the practice, while 31 percent are in favor of maintaining the status quo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there are disagreements about deciding what the law of the land should be: daylight saving time or standard time. That, in part, is holding the House back from advancing the Sunshine Protection Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to find consensus in the House on this yet,\u201d Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, told The Hill in a statement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a broad variety of opinions about whether to keep the status quo, to move to a permanent time, and if so, what time that should be. These opinions don\u2019t break down by party, but instead by region,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forty-four percent of respondents in the Monmouth University poll said they would prefer year-round daylight saving time, compared to 13 percent who favor standard time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI have received calls from constituents who prefer permanent standard time because they have safety concerns for children who have to wait too long in the dark during winter for the school bus, and I have heard from constituents and businesses who prefer permanent daylight saving time because they prefer longer daylight hours,\u201d Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce subcommittee that held a hearing on daylight saving time in February, told The Hill in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A congressional aide working on the issue told The Hill that there are \u201cso many different interests\u201d clocking in their opinions, making it more difficult to reach a consensus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Orthodox Jewish community, for example, \u201cwants to make sure they\u2019re able to get in their morning prayer and then still be able to get to work in reasonable time,\u201d while some businesses \u201cwant to make sure that their customers can enjoy the evening hours in the daylight on a patio,\u201d the aide, who requested anonymity to discuss the deliberations, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s really all different interests,\u201d the aide added. \u201cIt\u2019s everyday people sharing what their quality of life would be like depending on which way this ruling goes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over time, is continuing to review and solicit feedback from Americans and stakeholders about making daylight saving time permanent,\u201d a spokesperson for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), the top Republican on the committee, told The Hill in a statement. \u201cLeader Rodgers hopes that bipartisan work will continue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the past half-decade, at least 19 states have passed legislation or approved resolutions that would make daylight saving time the norm all year round, according to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/transportation\/daylight-savings-time-state-legislation.aspx\">National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>. Those measures, however, cannot be enacted because federal law does not mandate permanent daylight saving time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii and Arizona only observe standard time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Mexico\u2019s Senate\u00a0voted to eliminate daylight saving time\u00a0for the majority of the country, nixing the practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador is expected to sign the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pallone, however, is hesitant to make the hasty change, despite its national and international support and campaigns from the\u00a0longtime lobbying effort\u00a0\u2014 which is championed by business groups, including golf organizations. He pointed to the episode nearly 50 years ago when the U.S. temporarily took away daylight saving time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to make a hasty change and then have it reversed several years later after public opinion turns against it \u2014 which is exactly what happened in the early 1970s,\u201d the chairman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 1974, former President Nixon signed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent for two years in an effort to combat the gas shortage. The move, however, was so disliked by the public that nine months later, former President Ford enacted legislation that restored the twice-a-year tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Almost a half-decade later, with the bill through one chamber, key lawmakers are advocating for the change to get another chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a uniform approach, I think, in my opinion, which is why I support the bill to do away with it,\u201d Mfume said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the sponsor of the Senate version of the bill, called ending the ritual of changing the clocks \u201ca commonsense issue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates all around the country are passing laws to make DST permanent, but Washington, D.C. needs to act. I don\u2019t know why the House refuses to pass this bill \u2014 it seems like they are rarely in session \u2014 but I will keep pushing to make this a reality,\u201d he added, making a dig at the other chamber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a co-sponsor of the House bill, said the legislation is \u201clow-hanging fruit for both sides.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a popular bill and I hope in the lame-duck session [the] Speaker will bring it forward,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>What the new status quo would become remains unknown. And key players are keenly aware that regardless of which decision the chamber makes, some individuals will be in store for a cranky wake-up call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf the country is going to be upset no matter which way we go on this issue,\u201d the aide said. \u201cAnd so we\u2019re really trying to reach a consensus, but I can tell you those talks are still ongoing as we speak right now.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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