15 U.S.C. § 262 : US Code - Section 262: Duty to observe standard time of zones

Search 15 U.S.C. § 262 : US Code - Section 262: Duty to observe standard time of zones

Within the respective zones created under the authority of
sections 261 to 264 of this title the standard time of the zone
shall insofar as practicable (as determined by the Secretary of
Transportation) 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 Secretary of Transportation) be
the United States standard time of the zone within which the act is
to be performed.