The Trump administration is urging Congress to make daylight saving time permanent as part of legislation needed to renew federal transportation programs.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, in a letter to lawmakers, also called on Congress to provide New York Penn Station with another $1 billion for its reconstruction and to direct Amtrak to rename Penn Station.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but it faces an uphill battle in the Senate. Trump is personally calling senators urging them to support it.
Duffy wants it passed as part of legislation needed by the end of September. The five-year surface transportation law expires on September 30.
The House has proposed a new five-year bill that would authorize $580 billion in funding and require owners of electric vehicles to pay a $130 fee for road repairs annually.
Adopting permanent Daylight Saving Time would eliminate the needless time, hassle, and cost involved in changing clocks twice a year, and a study found that it would prevent hundreds of traffic deaths every year by shifting daylight to times of day when more Americans drive.
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