§ 260. — Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary of Transportation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC260]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER IX--STANDARD TIME
Sec. 260. Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and
observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary
of Transportation
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.
(Pub. L. 89-387, Sec. 2, Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 97-449,
Sec. 2(c), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439.)
Amendments
1983--Pub. L. 97-449 substituted ``Secretary of Transportation'' for
``Interstate Commerce Commission''.
Effective Date
Section 6 of Pub. L. 89-387 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;
except 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, observes 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'clock antemeridian on the
last Sunday in April of the year 1966 and shall end at 2 o'clock
antemeridian on the last Sunday in October of the year 1966.''
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-387 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] may be cited as the `Uniform Time Act
of 1966'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 266, 267 of this title.
