Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act

The Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act (Pub. L. 93–182, enacted December 15, 1973) is a law that made Daylight Saving Time effective year-round for a two-year trial period.^[1]

Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act

Long title	An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise.
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 93–182
Legislative history
Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 11324 by Harley Orrin Staggers (D–WV) on November 7, 1973 Committee consideration by House — Interstate and Foreign Commerce Passed the House of Representatives on November 27, 1973 (Roll call) Passed the Senate on December 4, 1973 (Roll call) Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 15, 1973

This trial period was intended to begin on January 6, 1974, and ended on April 7, 1975, but lawmakers ended the experiment early on October 27, 1974, and did not make the change permanent^[2] due to concerns about darkness on winter mornings.^[3]

External links

• Full text and legislative history of the Act

References

1. Staggers, Harley (November 7, 1973). "H.R.11324 - An Act to provide for daylight saving time on a year-round basis for a two-year trial period, and to require the Federal Communications Commission to permit certain daytime broadcast stations to operate before local sunrise". www.congress.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
2. Steade, Susan (October 30, 2016). "The year Daylight Saving Time went too far". San Jose Mercury News.
3. Ripley, Anthony (October 1, 1974). "Senate Votes Return to Standard Time For Four Months and Sends Bill to Ford". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.