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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…

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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.

Introduced: February 25, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 1998
See H.R.2400.
Mar 10, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
Feb 25, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 25, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to make permanent the prohibition against the Secretary of Transportation requiring that any State use or plan to use the metric system in designing or advertising, or preparing plans, specifications, estimates, or other documents for, a Federal-aid highway project eligible for assistance under Federal highway provisions.

What's happening now June 9, 1998

See H.R.2400.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2400 Procedurally related Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jun 3, 1997
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 16, 1997
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 6, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-813/
MLA
"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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-813/.
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H.R. 813, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-813/.
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