The lobbyists for NIST have apparently been more effective this year than in any previous session of congress. In the past few months three separate bills containing the identical language to switch the US from GMT to UTC have been approved by one or the other side of Capitol Hill.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-761 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2272 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1868 A notable difference between these versions and previous ones is that the CGPM's UTC shall be interpreted by the Secretary of the Navy as well as NIST. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
