§ 204. — Metric system authorized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC204]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
SUBCHAPTER I--WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY
Sec. 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. Sec. 3569.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 3569 derived from act July 28, 1866, ch. 301, Sec. 1, 14
Stat. 339.
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 investigation, research, and survey
to determine the impact 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 feasibility 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 alternative 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 desirable, 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 considered to
be appropriate and in the best interests of the United States. By its
own terms, the Act expired thirty days after the submission of the final
report.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 205a of this title.
