[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 100 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 100

   To affirm the national policy of metric conversion benefiting the 
                             United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 8 (legislative day, June 7), 1993

  Mr. Pell introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   To affirm the national policy of metric conversion benefiting the 
                             United States.

Whereas Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205a et 
        seq.) on December 15, 1975;
Whereas it is the policy of the United States Government to coordinate and plan 
        the increasing use of the metric system;
Whereas some achievements have been made in industry toward the use of the 
        metric system, and Federal agencies have begun the process of conversion 
        to the metric system;
Whereas the principal benefit of accelerating the metric changeover is an 
        improvement in the ability of the Nation to export and compete more 
        favorably in growing world markets;
Whereas the twelve nations of the European Community are now one market and will 
        soon accept only metrically labeled imports;
Whereas United States trade deficits could be substantially reduced by the 
        increased availability to our trading partners of United States products 
        made to metric scale;
Whereas corporate policies toward the use of metrics in manufacturing and 
        international trade can expand productivity and increase small business 
        opportunity;
Whereas the metric changeover should continue to take place in the United States 
        whenever it is in the best interests of the consumer and the producer; 
        and
Whereas the Federal Government, by law or regulation, should not discourage nor 
        prohibit the voluntary process of metric transition: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the increasing use of the metric system is of benefit 
        to the United States; and
            (2) continued conversion to the metric system in the United 
        States will contribute to a reduction in the trade deficit by 
        making United States products more marketable in international 
        trade, thereby preserving jobs and promoting growth in the 
        United States economy.

SEC. 2. REAFFIRMING NATIONAL POLICY.

    Congress hereby reaffirms the national policy of the United States 
set forth in the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205a et seq.) 
and calls for the initiation of specific programs, including new 
initiatives in the field of metric education, to speed conversion to 
the metric system of measurement.

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