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.
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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.
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§ 205a. Congressional statement of findings
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States was an original signa-
tory party to the 1875 Treaty of the Meter (20
Stat. 709), which established the General Con-
ference of Weights and Measures, the Inter-
national 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 au-
thorized by law since 1866 (Act of July 28, 1866;
14 Stat. 339), this Nation today is the only in-
dustrially developed nation which has not es-
tablished a national policy of committing
itself and taking steps to facilitate conversion
to the metric system.
(3) World trade is increasingly geared to-
wards 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 non-
standard measurement system, and is some-
times 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 con-
verted to that system.
(6) The Federal Government has a responsi-
bility 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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