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15 U.S.C. § 204

Metric system authorized

United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 204, Metric system authorized, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440263
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It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.

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