[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1803 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1803
To expand the applicability of daylight saving time.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 30, 2003
Mr. Enzi introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To expand the applicability of daylight saving time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Halloween Safety Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME EXTENDED TO FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER.
(a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended by striking ``last Sunday of October'' and
inserting ``first Sunday of November''.
(b) Effect on Existing State Elections.--Any law in effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act which is--
(1) adopted pursuant to section 3(a)(2) of the Uniform Time
Act of 1966 by a State with parts thereof in more than one time
zone; or
(2) adopted pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of such Act by a
State that lies entirely within one time zone,
shall be held and considered to remain in effect as the exercise by
that State of the exemption permitted by such Act unless that State, by
law, provides that such exemption shall not apply.
(c) Adjustment of Operating Hours of Daytime Broadcasters.--(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation issued
under law, the Federal Communications Commission shall, consistent with
any existing treaty or other agreement, make such adjustment by general
rules, or by interim action pending such general rules, with respect to
hours of operation of daytime standard amplitude modulation broadcast
stations as may be consistent with the public interest in receiving
interference-free service.
(2) The general rules, or interim action, undertaken under
paragraph (1) may include variances with respect to operating power and
other technical operating characteristics.
(3) At any time after the adoption of general rules under paragraph
(1), the general rules may be varied with respect to particular
stations and areas because of the exigencies in each case.
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