HR 502
103th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Federal aid highway program
Federal receipts and expenditures
Highway finance
Metric system
Puerto Rico
Roads and highways
Signs and signboards
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds on metric system highway signing.
Introduced: January 21, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 1994
See H.R.4385.
Feb 4, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in House
Jan 21, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds to construct, erect, or modify highway signs using metric system measurements unless the Congress specifically authorizes such expenditure.
Makes such prohibition inapplicable with respect to Puerto Rico.
What's happening now
See H.R.4385.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1