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 to greatly expanded energy savings and help meet the projected energy shortages, and that such energy conservation efforts could include but not be limited to such actions as— 


 * (A) lowering office, home, and store thermostats several degrees;


 * (B) limiting unnecessary automobile travel and holding down the speed of necessary automobile travel;


 * (C) using energy efficient automobiles;


 * (D) using public transportation whenever possible;


 * (E) turning off office air-conditioners and heating plants an hour earlier in the afternoon; and


 * (F) limiting unnecessary use of electric lights;


 * (5) that the use of year-round daylight saving time could have other beneficial effects on the public interest, including the reduction of crime, improved traffic safety, more daylight outdoor playtime for the children and youth of our Nation, greater utilization of parks and recreation areas, expanded economic opportunity through extension of daylight hours to peak shopping hours and through extension of domestic office hours to periods of greater overlap with the European Economic Community; and


 * (6) that the emergency nature of an energy shortage require the temporary enactment of daylight saving time.

. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), the standard of time of each zone established by the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 261-264), as modified by the Act of March 4, 1921 (15 U.S.C. 265), shall be advanced one hour and such time as so advanced shall for the purposes of such Act of March 19, 1918, as so modified, be the standard time of each such zone; except that any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone, and any State that lies entirely within one time zone and is not contiguous to any other State, may by law exempt the entire area of the State lying within one time zone from the provisions of this subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a State, by proclamation of its Governor, makes a finding prior to the effective date of this Act, that an exemption from the operation of subsection (a) or a realinement of time zone limits is necessary to avoid undue hardship or to conserve fuel in such State or part thereof, the President or his designee may grant an exemption or realinement to such State.

(c) Any law in effect on October 27, 1973, adopted pursuant to section 3(a)(2) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 by a State with parts thereof in more than one time zone, or adopted pursuant to section 3(a)(l) of such Act by a State that lies entirely within one time zone and is not contiguous to any other State, shall be held and considered to remain in effect as the exercise by that State of the exemption permitted by subsection (a) of this section unless that State, by law, provides that such exemption shall not apply during the effective period of this Act.

(d) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 3 and section 7 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 shall apply to the provisions of this section. 