There is no practical difference now, but the passage would relinquish almost any notion of sovereignty of the US over the characteristics of its legal time scale.
I certainly don't agree with this. The bills in question certainly refer to UTC "as interpreted by" the secretary of commerce, and the secretary of defense. If BIPM were do to something that those two considered "unwise", a new law could be passed yanking os *off* the international system. Of course I'll continue with my opinion that not going along with the changes because someone in the fututre might do something dumb is paranoia.
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