HR 813
105th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Advertising
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid highway program
Federal mandates
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Highway planning
Metric system
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Speed limits
Traffic signs and signals
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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
See H.R.2400.
Committees of jurisdiction
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