Public Law 106-564

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[106th Congress Public Law 564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Public Law 106-564
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To establish a standard time zone for <<NOTE: Dec. 23, 2000 -  [H.R. 
 3756]>> Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
                           for other purposes.

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

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