To amend the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to require Federal agencies to impose certain requirements on recipients of awards for scientific and engineering research.

Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to require guidelines on government use of the metric system of measurement to require any federal agency transaction providing for a person to perform scientific or engineering research with federal funding to include provisions: (1) clearly identifying the extent to which such system or other systems of measurement will be used under the transaction and requiring such use; and (2) assigning such person the financial responsibility for failure to follow such requirements.

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[H.R. 286 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 286

To amend the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to require Federal agencies 
 to impose certain requirements on recipients of awards for scientific 
                       and engineering research.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2007

  Mr. Ehlers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Science and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to require Federal agencies 
 to impose certain requirements on recipients of awards for scientific 
                       and engineering research.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 12(b) of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205j-
1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Guidelines established under subsection (a) shall require 
that any transaction between the Federal agency and another person 
providing for such person to perform scientific or engineering research 
with Federal funding include provisions--
            ``(1) clearly identifying the extent to which the metric 
        system of measurement or other systems of measurement will be 
        used under the transaction;
            ``(2) requiring the usage of systems of measurement 
        consistent with the provisions described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) assigning to the person receiving Federal funding the 
        financial responsibility for failure to follow the requirements 
        stated in paragraph (2).''.
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