§ 262. Duty to observe standard time of zones

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1918

   Pub. L. 65–24 § 2 · 40 Stat. 102

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 262

   Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, § 2, 40 Stat. 451

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, § 2, 40 Stat. 451

2. 1966

   Uniform Time Act of 1966

   Pub. L. 89–387 § 4(b) · 80 Stat. 107

   1. Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 262

      Pub. L. 89–387 inserted “insofar as practicable (as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission)” in two places

   2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 262

      Pub. L. 89–387 substituted “engaged in interstate or foreign commerce” for “engaged in commerce between the several States or between a State and any one of the Territories of the United States, or between a State or the Territory of Alaska and any one of the insular possessions of the United States or any foreign country”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–387 inserted “insofar as practicable (as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission)” in two places and substituted “engaged in interstate or foreign commerce” for “engaged in commerce between the several States or between a State and any one of the Territories of the United States, or between a State or the Territory of Alaska and any one of the insular possessions of the United States or any foreign country”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows: Within the respective zones created under the authority of this Act the standard time of the zone shall insofar as practicable (as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission) govern the movement of all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. In all statutes, orders, rules, and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the United States, whether in the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of the Government, or relating to the time within which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall insofar as practicable (as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission) be the United States standard time of the zone within which the act is to be performed.”

3. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–449 § 2(c) · 96 Stat. 2413

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 262

   Pub. L. 97–449 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Interstate Commerce Commission”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–449 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Interstate Commerce Commission”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) The Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 261–264), the Act of March 4, 1921 (15 U.S.C. 265), and the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260, 260a, 261–263, 266, 267) are amended by striking out the words “Interstate Commerce Commission” wherever they appear and substituting “Secretary of Transportation”.

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