Congress passed 12 measures this week. Here's what they do.
The week of July 10–17, 2026 brought a flurry of House floor votes on energy, finance, and daylight saving time, plus two Senate resolutions.
The House passed twelve measures on July 15, touching everything from permanent daylight saving time to new fairness rules for failing-bank sales. None have cleared the Senate yet. The Senate, for its part, passed two resolutions — one urging the White House not to pardon FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried, and one commemorating the Highland Park shooting's fourth anniversary.
House passes permanent daylight saving time
The House passed HR 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would make daylight saving time the permanent year-round standard across the United States.
Why it matters: Why it matters: If the Senate clears it and it's signed into law, the twice-yearly clock change — currently required by the Uniform Time Act — would be eliminated, keeping sunsets later in the evening every day of the year.
- Eliminates the spring-forward and fall-back clock changes in most states.
- States with areas already exempt from daylight saving time could still choose standard time for those areas.