Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are planning to move ahead with legislation that would make “springing forward” permanent across the U.S.
Matthew VanHyfte, a spokesperson for the committee’s Republicans, told The Hill that the panel plans to notice on Wednesday evening a full markup of the bill that will “list the legislation that includes the language from the Sunshine Protection Act,” which would keep the country on daylight saving time year-round.
The Washington Post first reported that House Republicans were planning to adopt the legislation. The committee is looking to add it to a larger transportation funding package, the outlet reported.
President Trump has routinely called for Congress to pass legislation on daylight saving time. Last year, he wrote in a Truth Social post that “The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!”
But such legislation has largely stalled on Capitol Hill.
