[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1819 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1819

To prohibit any Federal department or agency from requiring any State, 
 or political subdivision thereof, to convert highway signs to metric 
                                 units.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 2 (legislative day, January 25), 1994

  Mrs. Kassebaum (for herself and Mr. Dole) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any Federal department or agency from requiring any State, 
 or political subdivision thereof, to convert highway signs to metric 
                                 units.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of 
Transportation or any other Federal department, agency, or 
instrumentality shall take no action requiring, directly or indirectly, 
any State or political subdivision thereof, to convert highway signs on 
any highway, road, or parkway comprising a part of any primary system, 
urban system, secondary system, or Interstate System (as defined in 
sections 101 and 103 of title 23, United States Code) within such State 
to metric units.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATED FUNDS.

    The Department of Transportation or any other Federal department, 
agency, or instrumentality shall use no appropriated funds to require, 
directly or indirectly, any State, or political subdivision thereof, to 
convert highway signs on any highway, road, or parkway comprising a 
part of any primary system, urban system, secondary system, or 
Interstate System (as defined in sections 101 and 103 of title 23, 
United States Code) within such State to metric units.

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