15 U.S.C. § 260 — Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary of Transportation

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It is U.S. policy to use one standard time within each time zone set by sections 261 through 265. The Secretary of Transportation must promote everyone following that standard time, zone by zone. This law states the policy and assigns the job, without setting specific rules itself.

This section sets a national policy: everyone within each standard time zone - as defined by sections 261 through 264, adjusted by section 265 - should follow that zone's uniform time. To make that happen, the Secretary of Transportation is directed and authorized to promote and encourage widespread, uniform adoption of each zone's standard time throughout that zone.

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It is the policy of the United States to promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones prescribed by sections 261 to 264 of this title, as modified by section 265 of this title. To this end the Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to foster and promote widespread and uniform adoption and observance of the same standard of time within and throughout each such standard time zone.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–387, § 2, Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(c), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439.)

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1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-387 · 80 Stat. 107
1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2439

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-387 on 1966-04-13.

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