Overview
- The U.S. House approved the Sunshine Protection Act by 308–117 on July 14 to make daylight saving time permanent but the bill is stalled in the Senate with no vote scheduled.
- The Senate's limited calendar creates pressure because lawmakers begin another recess on Oct. 5 and clocks are set to fall back to standard time at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1 if Congress does not act.
- Nineteen states have passed laws or resolutions to adopt year‑round DST but those state measures cannot take effect until Congress changes the federal Uniform Time Act.
- Leading sleep researchers and medical groups support permanent standard time for health reasons while a coalition of 115 ski areas says year‑round DST would push winter sunrises past 8 a.m. and harm worker safety, operations, and local winter tourism.
- The United States ran a year‑round DST trial in 1973–74 that was ended early after public safety complaints and industry objections, illustrating the tradeoffs between brighter evenings and darker winter mornings.