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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 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section265&num=0&edition=prelim). 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.
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section265&num=0&edition=prelim). 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.
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The Panhandle and Plains sections of Texas and Oklahoma are transferred to and placed within the United States standard central-time zone.
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**(a) Duration of period; State exemption** During the period commencing at 2 o’clock antemeridian on the second Sunday of March of each year and ending at 2 o’clock antemeridian on the first Sunday of November of each year, the standard time of each zone established by sections 261 to 264 of this title, as modified by [section 265 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section265&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be advanced one hour and such time as so advanced shall for the purposes of such sections 261 to 264, as so modified, be the standard time of such zone during such period; however, (1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the standard time otherwise applicable during that period, and (2) any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone may by law exempt either the entire State as provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within any time zone.
**(b) State laws superseded** It is hereby declared that it is the express intent of Congress by this section to supersede any and all laws of the States or political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter provide for advances in time or changeover dates different from those specified in this section.
**(c) Violations; enforcement** For any violation of the provisions of this section the Secretary of Transportation or his duly authorized agent may apply to the district court of the United States for the district in which such violation occurs for the enforcement of this section; and such court shall have jur
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Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5 shall apply to all proceedings under this Act, sections 261 to 264 of this title, and [section 265 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section265&num=0&edition=prelim).
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As used in this Act, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any possession of the United States.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 260
other agencies in carrying out sections 257 to 257i of
this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal effective 60 days after Oct. 22, 1968, see section
3 of Pub. L. 90–628, set out as a note under section 251
of this title.
SUBCHAPTER IX—STANDARD TIME
§ 260. Congressional declaration of policy; adop-
tion and observance of uniform standard of
time; authority of Secretary of Transpor-
tation
It is the policy of the United States to pro-
mote 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 Sec-
retary of Transportation is authorized and di-
rected to foster and promote widespread and
uniform adoption and observance of the same
standard of time within and throughout each
such standard time zone.
(Pub. L. 89–387, § 2, Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 107; Pub.
L. 97–449, § 2(c), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1983—Pub. L. 97–449 substituted ‘‘Secretary of Trans-
portation’’ for ‘‘Interstate Commerce Commission’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 89–387, § 6, Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 108, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this section and sections
260a, 266, and 267 of this title and amending sections 261
to 263 of this title] shall take effect on April 1, 1967; ex-
cept that if any State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the
United States, or any political subdivision thereof, ob-
serves daylight saving time in the year 1966, such time
shall advance the standard time otherwise applicable in
such place by one hour and shall commence at 2 o’c
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