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The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President Gerald Ford on December 23, 1975. [1] It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but permitted the use of United States customary units in all activities.
The US Customary system of units was developed and used in the United States after the American Revolution, based on a subset of the English units used in the Thirteen Colonies; it is the predominant system of units in the United States and in U.S. territories (except for Puerto Rico and Guam, where the metric system, which was introduced when ...
At the First United States Congress, which met in 1789 when the decimal metric system had not yet been developed in France, the system of units to be used in the U.S. was one point of discussion. Under the Constitution (article I, section 8), the Congress has the constitutional right to decide on a standard of weights and measures.
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The United States and the Metric System (LC 1136) nist.gov Archive.org; The Metric System in the United States Archived June 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine; A Metric America: A Decision Whose Time Has Come on nist.gov Archive.org; Metric Conversion Act of 1975 on nist.gov Archive.org; www.us-metric.org—U.S. Metric Association (mirror link)
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In 1974, Congress passed a law explicitly prohibiting the practice; Trump says he intends to challenge that 50-year-old law in the courts. Read more: Column: His first day back in office confirms ...
As of 2023, the United States has a national policy of adopting the metric system, and all United States government agencies are required to adopt it. [ 10 ] The metrication process can take years to implement and complete: for instance, Guyana adopted the metric system in 2002 and was only able to make it mandatory in local trade 2017 after ...