Change to Daylight Saving time in the US?

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Wow, so this is interesting: https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-daylight20.html. Evidently congress is/was considering changing Daylight Saving time in the upcoming “Energy Policy Act of 2005”. By this proposal, it would start in March and end in November instead of the current April->October.

And yes, they did actually call it “Daylight Savings”. Ugh. 

Here’s the relevant text from HR.6 (or easier to read, probably here):

SEC. 111. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.

  • (a) Repeal- Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended--
    • (1) by striking `April' and inserting `March'; and
    • (2) by striking `October' and inserting `November'.
  • (b) Report to Congress- Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the impact this section on energy consumption in the United States.

But I’m not sure it’s going to happen. It looks like the Senate (in SA 775) agreed to totally toss the house document and replace it with their own (which doesn’t appear to have the Daylight Saving Time change). You can see the Senate amended version here. Also see the Senate original version of the “Energy Policy Act of 2005” S.10, which does not appear to mention Daylight Saving time at all.

Perhaps the Senate was so confused by calling it Daylight SavingS Time that they just dropped that section!