Volume 67
Public Law 83–22
To permit the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish, day light-saving time in the District.
Approved April 28, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish, day light-saving time in the District.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in. Congress assembled,
That the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance the standard time applicable to the District one hour for the period commencing not earlier than the last Sunday of April of each year and ending not later than the last Sunday of September of each year. Any such time established by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act shall, during the period of the year for which it is applicable, be the standard time for the District of Columbia.
Approved April 28, 1953.