U.S. House Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

（Central News Washington 14th comprehensive foreign telegram report）The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bill to make daylight saving time (daylight saving time) a permanent institution, ending the practice in most regions of the United States since the 1960s of moving clocks forward one hour in the spring and back to standard time in the fall.

According to reports from Reuters and the National Broadcasting Company News Network (NBC News), the "Sunshine Protection Act" (Sunshine Protection Act) passed with a vote of 308 to 117 and is now being reviewed by the Federal Senate. If it ultimately takes effect, the United States will adopt daylight saving time, which is currently implemented every year from March to November. However, the bill also allows states to choose not to implement daylight saving time all year round.

Supporters argue that time differences disrupt sleep, increase workplace accidents, and increase traffic accidents. They also argue that moving forward one hour all year round can extend evening daylight hours and promote winter economic activities.

Opponents, on the other hand, believe this will delay winter sunrise times. At that time, some regions may not see daylight until 9 a.m., which not only means that more children will have to go to school before dawn, but commuters will also have to leave in the dark.

President Trump (Donald Trump) has repeatedly called for an end to the practice of adjusting clocks twice a year and strongly supports this measure.

Yesterday, the House of Representatives rejected another proposal to set standard time (not daylight saving time) as a permanent time zone.

The bill to adopt daylight saving time all year round has raised concerns from the U.S. Airlines Association (Airlines for America), saying it will have a major impact on the aviation industry, including passenger schedules being disrupted, crew and aircraft scheduling, and domestic and international flight connections. Any change needs to consider the global implementation schedule.

The United States once adopted daylight saving time all year round during World War II, and in 1974, it was also implemented to save energy, but the policy was extremely unpopular and was abolished by Congress at the end of the same year.

Democratic Representative Frank Pallone (Frank Pallone) said today that modern commuting and working habits have changed greatly, and now far fewer children walk to school than before. "It's time to end the practice of moving the clock forward one hour in the spring and back one hour in the fall every year," he said. (Edited by: Tsai Chia-min) 1150715

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