I want us to be more metric. However, that Act and $0.50 will buy you a cheap copy of coffee. In particular look at the way Congress also gutted metric directives for highway construction and Federal buildings. They speak out both sides of their mouths.
The gutting actions have the effect of law, and the Act above has the effect of motherhood and apple pie. --- On Sat, 3/14/09, mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> wrote: > From: mech...@illinois.edu <mech...@illinois.edu> > Subject: [USMA:43819] New EO and FPLA > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:36 AM > John, > > More recently than the Act of 1866 legalizing metric units > is PL 100-418 (designating SI as preferred for US trade and > commerce...), also an Act of Congress. >
