§ 205a. Congressional statement of findings
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The Congress finds as follows:
(1)The United States was an original signatory party to the 1875 Treaty of the Meter (20 Stat. 709), which established the General Conference of Weights and Measures, the International Committee of Weights and Measures and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
(2)Although the use of metric measurement standards in the United States has been authorized by law since 1866 (Act of July 28, 1866; 14 Stat. 339), this Nation today is the only industrially developed nation which has not established a national policy of committing itself and taking steps to facilitate conversion to the metric system.
(3)World trade is increasingly geared towards the metric system of measurement.
(4)Industry in the United States is often at a competitive disadvantage when dealing in international markets because of its nonstandard measurement system, and is sometimes excluded when it is unable to deliver goods which are measured in metric terms.
(5)The inherent simplicity of the metric system of measurement and standardization of weights and measures has led to major cost savings in certain industries which have converted to that system.
(6)The Federal Government has a responsibility to develop procedures and techniques to assist industry, especially small business, as it voluntarily converts to the metric system of measurement.
(7)The metric system of measurement can provide substantial advantages to the Federal Government in its own operations.
(Pub. L. 94–168, § 2, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5164(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1451.)
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- Public Law 94–168To declare a national policy of coordinating the increasing use of the metric system in the United States, and to establish a United States Metric Board to coordinate the voluntary conversion to the metric system
- Public Law 104–289To provide for appropriate implementation of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 in Federal construction projects, and for other purposes
- Public Law 100–418To enhance the competitiveness of American industry, and for other purposes
- Public Law 104–201To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
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- 20 Stat. 709
- 14 Stat. 339
- Pub. L. 94–168, § 2
- 89 Stat. 1007
- Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5164(a)
- 102 Stat. 1451
- Pub. L. 100–418
- Pub. L. 104–289, § 1
- 110 Stat. 3411
- Pub. L. 94–168, § 1
- Pub. L. 104–289, § 2
- Public Law 94–168
- Public Law 100–418
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§ 205a
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Stat.20 Stat. 709
Stat.14 Stat. 339
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–168, § 2
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5164(a)
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