The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent, which if passed in the House and signed by President Joe Biden, would mean Americans would never again have to set their clocks back an hour and lose an hour of afternoon daylight in the fall and winter.

If enacted into law, it also would mean that early risers lose an hour of daylight in the mornings in November, December, January and February.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the lead sponsor of the proposal, touted an array of benefits to making daylight saving time permanent – from reduced seasonal affective disorder in the late fall and early winter to more daylight for school sports.

Rubio urged the House to quickly take up the measure and pass it.

He also noted that it would not take effect until next year.

“I think it is important to delay it until November 20, 2023, because airlines and other transportation has built out a schedule, and they asked for a few months to make the adjustment,” he said.