House GOP resurrects Trump's plan for year-round daylight saving time - WaPo [View all]

House Republicans will try again to extend daylight saving time, seeking to end the nation’s semiannual clock changes — and deliver on a priority for President Donald Trump. The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday is set to propose adopting the Sunshine Protection Act, committee staff confirmed to The Washington Post. That legislation would allow states to adopt year-round daylight saving time and end the practice of changing clocks.

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The GOP-led committee is expected to add the Sunshine Protection Act to a larger legislative package that reauthorizes surface transportation programs and vote on it later this week. If Republicans stick together, the measure would advance to the House floor. The bill’s backers have a champion in Trump, who has repeatedly called for year-round daylight saving time, a move that would require Congress to act.

But the fight over how Americans set their clocks, and when they must do it, has not broken down along typical party lines. Republicans and Democrats, mostly from the coasts, have called for year-round daylight saving time, saying that permanently advancing the clocks one hour and never “falling back” would allow more people to enjoy sunshine and avoid the frustrations involved with time changes.

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Lawmakers from the middle of the country have often balked, however, saying that their residents would disproportionately suffer from late sunrises thanks to the drawing of state lines. In cities such as Detroit and Indianapolis, the sun would rise after 9 a.m. in the middle of the winter.

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Some sleep-medicine physicians have panned the idea of daylight saving time altogether and have said that staying on year-round standard time would be healthier and more aligned with humans’ natural circadian rhythms.

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