A bill to declare a national policy of converting to the metric system in the United States, and to establish a National Metric Conversion Board to coordinate the voluntary conversion to the metric system over a period of 10 years.

Summary

Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 11035) to declare a national policy of converting to the metric system in the United States, and to establish a National Metric Conversion Board to coordinate the voluntary conversion to the metric system over a period of ten years. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that it shall be in order to consider amendments numbered 2 and 3 printed on page H1573 of the Congressional Record for March 7, 1974, and all points of order against said amendments for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 7, rule XVI are hereby waived. Provides that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

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Timeline

1. 11 March 1974

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Rules, H. Rept. 93-890.

   Source: Committee

2. 11 March 1974

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Rules, H. Rept. 93-890.

   Source: Committee

3. 11 March 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 11 March 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 March 1974

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• · hsru00 · Standing

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