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PL-106-564 An act to establish a standard time zone for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. US

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Preamble

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1 — TIME ZONE ESTABLISHED

(a) In General.--The first section of the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 261; commonly known as the Calder Act) is amended-- (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``eight zones'' and inserting ``nine zones''; and (2) in the second sentence-- (A) by striking ``; and that of the eighth'' and inserting ``; that of the eighth''; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: ``; and that of the ninth zone on the one hundred and fiftieth meridian of longitude east from Greenwich.''.

(b) Name of Zone.--Section 4 of the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 263; commonly known as the Calder Act) is amended-- (1) by striking ``and that of the eighth'' and inserting ``that of the eighth''; and (2) by inserting before the period the following: ``; and that of the ninth zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time''.

(c) Daylight Saving Time.--Section 7 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 267) is amended by inserting ``Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``Puerto Rico,''.

Approved December 23, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3756: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): Oct. 10, considered and passed House. Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.

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