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By "US Office of Weights and Measures", I take it you are referring to NIST's Weights and Measures division? They do not have the power to require anything, the
by rsj_hn 6y ago
By "US Office of Weights and Measures", I take it you are referring to NIST's Weights and Measures division? They do not have the power to require anything, they publish standards documents and make reference measures available to the public if someone needs to calibrate.
- protomyth 6y agoCongress is capable of writing legislation to force a measurement.
- pseudalopex 6y agoCongress passed legislation preferring the metric system.[1] [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/205b https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/205b