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22 U.S.C. § 3602 — Exemption from Metric Conversion Act of 1975
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The Commission is exempt from the provisions of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 ([15 U.S.C. 205a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section205a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 204
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of
Standards from Treasury Department to Department of
Commerce and Labor.
§ 204. Metric system authorized
It shall be lawful throughout the United
States of America to employ the weights and
measures of the metric system; and no contract
or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be
deemed invalid or liable to objection because
the weights or measures expressed or referred to
therein are weights or measures of the metric
system.
(R.S. § 3569.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 3569 derived from act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, § 1,
14 Stat. 339.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
STUDY OF METRIC SYSTEM BY THE SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE
Pub. L. 90–472, Aug. 9, 1968, 82 Stat. 693, authorized
the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a program of in-
vestigation, research, and survey to determine the im-
pact of increasing worldwide use of the metric system
on the United States; to appraise the desirability and
practicability of increasing the use of metric weights
and measures in the United States; to study the feasi-
bility of retaining and promoting by international use
of dimensional and other engineering standards based
on the customary measurement units of the United
States; and to evaluate the costs and benefits of alter-
native courses of action which might be feasible for the
United States. The Secretary was directed to submit to
the Congress such interim reports as he deemed desir-
able, and within three years after Aug. 9, 1968, a full
and complete report of the findings made under the
study, together with such recommendations as he con-
sidered to be appropriate and in the best interests of
the United States. By its own terms
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3602
cle IV of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 is delegated
to the Secretary of Defense.
1–104. The function vested in the President by Section
1701 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 492; 22
U.S.C. 3801), with respect to regulations applicable
within the areas and installations made available to
the United States pursuant to the Agreement in Imple-
mentation of Article IV of the Panama Canal Treaty of
1977, is delegated to the Secretary of Defense.
1–105. The functions vested in the President by Sec-
tions 1243(c)(1) and 2401 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979
(93 Stat. 474 and 495; 22 U.S.C. 3681(c)(1) and 3851) are
delegated to the Secretary of Defense.
1–106. The functions vested in the President by Sec-
tion 1502(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (93 Stat.
488; 22 U.S.C. 3782(a)) are delegated to the Secretary of
Defense.
1–2. COORDINATION OF PAY AND EMPLOYMENT
PRACTICES
1–201. In order to coordinate the policies and activi-
ties of agencies under subchapter II of Chapter 2 of
Title I of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 463; 22
U.S.C. 3651 et seq.), each agency shall periodically con-
sult with the Secretary of Defense with respect to the
establishment of rates of pay, in order to develop com-
patible or unified systems for basic pay. In addition,
each agency shall consult with the Secretary of De-
fense on such other matters as the Secretary may deem
appropriate in order to develop compatible or unified
employment practices.
1–202. The head of each agency shall, upon approval
by the Secretary of Defense, adopt a schedule of basic
pay pursuant to Section 1215 of the Panama Canal Act
of 1979 (93 Stat. 465; 22 U.S.C. 3655) and adopt regula-
tions governing other matters relati
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