House Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

UNITED STATES There will be no turning back the clock in the United States if the House has its way. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent.

Proponents argue the bill would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active.

Meantime, detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings, where children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness.

Daylight saving time is that period between spring and fall when clocks in most of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time.

States could opt out if their respective legislatures do so before the bill’s enactment.

The Senate would also have to pass the bill before it could become law.