§ 205b. Declaration of policy

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1975

   Metric Conversion Act of 1975

   Pub. L. 94–168 § 3 · 89 Stat. 1007

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 205b

   Pub. L. 94–168, § 3, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1007

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 94–168, § 3, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1007

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. It is therefore declared that the policy of the United States 15 USC 205b. shall be to coordinate and plan 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.

2. 1988

   Technology Competitiveness Act

   Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5164(b) · 102 Stat. 1107

   Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 205b

   Pub. L. 100–418 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “It is therefore declared that the policy of the United States shall be to coordinate and plan 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.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–418 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “It is therefore declared that the policy of the United States shall be to coordinate and plan 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.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Policy.— Section 3 of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 3. It is therefore the declared policy of the United States— “(1) to designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce; “(2) to require that each Federal agency, by a date certain and to the extent economically feasible by the end of the fiscal year 1992, use the metric system of measurement in its procurements, grants, and other business-related activities, except to the extent that such use is impractical or is likely to cause significant inefficiencies or loss of markets to United States firms, such as when foreign competitors are producing competing products in non-metric units; “(3) to seek out ways to increase understanding of the metric system of measurement through educational information and guidance and in Government publications; and “(4) to permit the continued use of traditional systems of weights and measures in nonbusiness activities.”.

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