Overview
- President Trump has made the Sunshine Protection Act a personal priority and has phoned Republican lawmakers to press for support, Politico reported and two outlets confirmed on Friday.
- A House Energy and Commerce Committee approved an amendment 48-1 in late May to insert permanent daylight saving time into a surface transportation reauthorization bill.
- Senators including Tom Cotton and lawmakers linked to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito have signaled resistance to changing the clocks, which narrows the path to final approval in the Senate.
- Supporters argue the change ends the twice-yearly clock shift and eases family and business disruption while opponents cite sleep science, winter morning darkness and religious timing concerns.
- If enacted, the policy would lock the country into year‑round daylight saving time and could produce very late winter sunrises in northern cities; about 19–20 states have laws ready to adopt year‑round DST if Congress allows it.