A bill to provide for soft-metric conversion, and for other purposes.
Small Business Metrification Amendments of 1995 - Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to define specified terms, including "hard metric conversion" and "soft metric conversion".
Prohibits Federal agencies from: (1) using construction or procurement guidelines that require the use of a hard-metric conversion or product; and (2) establishing bidding requirements or preferences for federally-assisted construction contracts that mandate the use of hard-metric products if soft-metric production is feasible, and, as certified by an industry representative, hard-metric alternatives are not readily available, would exceed specified capital costs, and would result in negligible trade benefits.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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