[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 813 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 813

    To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to 
 prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from requiring States to use 
the metric system with respect to designing, advertising, or preparing 
              documents for Federal-aid highway projects.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1997

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to 
 prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from requiring States to use 
the metric system with respect to designing, advertising, or preparing 
              documents for Federal-aid highway projects.

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

SECTION 1. METRIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

    Section 205(c)(2) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 
1995 (23 U.S.C. 109 note; 109 Stat. 577) is amended by striking 
``Before September 30, 2000, the Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
Secretary''.
                                 <all>