Daylight-savings time, having roots back to Ben Franklin and widely used by both sides during both WWI and WWII , formally became “the first Sunday in April thru the last Sunday in October” in the U.S. in 1986. That may now be broadened another two months to the first Sunday of March through the last Sunday of November, if amendments to the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 stand.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy & Commerce cleared the Act late Wednesday. Chairman Joe Barton had commented at this session’s commencement that, “Oil prices were at records highs and every day we were growing more dependent on foreign sources of oil.” The act would “put Americans to work developing our own resources & expanding production for the good of the whole nation.” A copy of the text viewed by the energy committee is posted on its website.
Meanwhile, Indiana is having another try at state-wide daylight-savings time. Indiana and Arizona are the only two states which don’t observe daylight-savings time, and then there are parts of Indiana which are. The last time Indiana tried to make it a statewide issue was in 1983, when it was decimated by a 46-4 vote.
There are several articles posted on the web, including an Associate Press story and an Indianapolis Star column from last Tuesday.
Notes and tracking information for Indiana’s Senate Bill 127 are post on AccessIndiana.
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