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Trump Pushes Permanent DST, Bill Advances with 50 Cosponsors

5/23/2026

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Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump promoted Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent, calling it a win.
The Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the bill, which has 32 House, 18 Senate cosponsors in bill S. 29, but needs chamber approval.
Rep. Vern Buchanan said the act, in a Modernization Act amendment, would not force non-DST states to adopt it, while Trump said clock changes cost hundreds of millions and cause inconvenience.

History

Historical Context

In 1974 President Gerald Ford signed the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, a trial that cut national electricity use by about 0.5 % during the 1973 oil crisis. The effort ended in October, but its precedent reappears in the Sunshine Protection Act, championed by former President Donald Trump and Rep. Vern Buchanan, which passed the Senate in 2022 (S. 29) to make DST permanent.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump promoted Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent, calling it a win.
The Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the bill, which has 32 House, 18 Senate cosponsors in bill S. 29, but needs chamber approval.
Rep. Vern Buchanan said the act, in a Modernization Act amendment, would not force non-DST states to adopt it, while Trump said clock changes cost hundreds of millions and cause inconvenience.

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