[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1173 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1173

   To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or 
   modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system 
                             measurements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1995

Mr. Stump (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. 
   Everett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or 
   modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system 
                             measurements.

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

SECTION 1. METRIC SYSTEM SIGNING.

    (a) Limitation on Placement of New Signs.--No Federal funds may be 
expended to construct, erect, or otherwise place any sign relating to 
any speed limit, any distance, or any other measurement, on any highway 
if such sign establishes such speed limit, distance, or other 
measurement solely using the metric system.
    (b) Limitation on Modification of Existing Signs.--No Federal funds 
may be expended to modify any sign relating to any speed limit, any 
distance, or any other measurement on any highway for the conversion of 
such sign solely to the metric system.
    (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Highway.--The term ``highway'' means a highway as 
        defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code.
            (2) Metric system.--The term ``metric system'' means the 
        metric system of measurement as defined in section 4 of the 
        Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205c).
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