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H.R. 5343 (102nd)

To make technical amendments to the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act with respect to their treatment of the SI metric system.

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Introduced

9 June 1992

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Became Public Law No: 102-329.

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Summary

Amends the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 with regard to consumer commodities to: (1) permit labeling of contents in either inch-pound or SI metric measures; (2) exempt foods packaged at the retail store level from the requirement that the statement of net quantity of contents include the SI metric measure; and (3) permit inch-pound or SI metric measurements to be carried out to three decimal places. States that the amendments under this Act shall not: (1) apply to products with labels printed prior to the effective date of such Act; (2) apply to unit pricing, advertising, recipe programs, nutrition labeling, or other general pricing information; and (3) be construed to require package size changes.

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