Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 6 - Notes
         SUBCHAPTER I - WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY     
    Sec.                                                     
    201.        Sets of standard weights and measures for agricultural
                 colleges.                                            
    202.        Repairs to standards.                                 
    203.        Replacing lost standard weights and measures; cost.   
    204.        Metric system authorized.                             
    205.        Authorized tables.                                    
                     SUBCHAPTER II - METRIC CONVERSION                 
    205a.       Congressional statement of findings.                  
    205b.       Declaration of policy.                                
    205c.       Definitions.                                          
    205d.       United States Metric Board.                           
                  (a)  Establishment.                                 
                  (b)  Membership; Chairman; appointment of members;
                        term of office; vacancies.                    
                  (c)  Compulsory powers.                             
                  (d)  Termination.                                   
    205e.       Functions and powers of Board.                        
    205f.       Duties of Board.                                      
    205g.       Gifts, donations and bequests to Board.               
                  (a)  Authorization; deposit into Treasury and
                        disbursement.                                 
                  (b)  Federal income, estate, and gift taxation of
                        property.                                     
                  (c)  Investment of moneys; disbursement of accrued
                        income.                                       
                  (d)  Reversion to Treasury of unexpended funds.     
    205h.       Compensation of Board members; travel expenses.       
    205i.       Personnel.                                            
                  (a)  Executive Director; appointment; tenure;
                        duties.                                       
                  (b)  Executive Director; salary.                    
                  (c)  Staff personnel; appointment and compensation. 
                  (d)  Experts and consultants; employment and
                        compensation; annual review of contracts.     
    205j.       Financial and administrative services; source and
                 reimbursement.                                       
    205j-1.     Repealed.                                             
    205k.       Authorization of appropriations; availability.        
    205l.       Implementation in acquisition of construction services
                 and materials for Federal facilities.                
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Concrete masonry units.                        
                  (c)  Recessed lighting fixtures.                    
                  (d)  Limitation.                                    
                  (e)  Expiration.                                    
                  (f)  Agency ombudsman.                              
            SUBCHAPTER III - STANDARD GAUGE FOR IRON AND STEEL        
    206.        Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel.    
    207.        Preparation of standards by Secretary of Commerce.    
    208.        Variations.                                           
                       SUBCHAPTER IV - SCREW THREADS                   
    208a to 212. Repealed.                                            
                  SUBCHAPTER V - STANDARDS OF ELECTRICITY              
    221, 222.   Repealed.                                             
    223.        Units of electrical measure.                          
                 Resistance-ohm.                                      
                 Current-ampere.                                      
                 Electromotive force and electric potential-   volt.  
                 Quantity-coulomb.                                    
                 Capacitance-farad.                                   
                 Inductance-henry.                                    
                 Power-watt.                                          
                 Energy - joule; kilowatt - hour.                     
                 Intensity of light - candela.                        
                 Flux of light - lumen.                               
    224.        Establishment of values of primary electric and
                 photometric units in absolute measure; legal values. 
                     SUBCHAPTER VI - STANDARD BARRELS                 
    231.        Standard barrel for apples; steel barrels.            
    232.        Barrels below standard; marking.                      
    233.        Penalty for violations.                               
    234.        Standard barrel for fruits or other dry commodity.    
    235.        Sale or shipment of barrel of less capacity than
                 standard; punishment.                                
    236.        Variations from standard permitted; prosecutions; law
                 not applicable to certain barrels.                   
    237.        Standard barrels for lime.                            
    238.        Penalty for selling in barrels not marked.            
    239.        Sale in containers of less capacity than barrel.      
    240.        Rules and regulations.                                
    241.        Penalty for selling lime in unmarked barrels and
                 containers.                                          
    242.        Duty of United States attorney to enforce law.        
             SUBCHAPTER VII - STANDARD BASKETS AND CONTAINERS         
    251 to 256. Repealed.                                             
    SUBCHAPTER VIII - STANDARD HAMPERS, ROUND STAVE BASKETS, AND SPLINT
                     BASKETS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
    257 to 257i. Repealed.                                            
                       SUBCHAPTER IX - STANDARD TIME                   
    260.        Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and
                 observance of uniform standard of time; authority of
                 Secretary of Transportation.                         
    260a.       Advancement of time or changeover dates.              
                  (a)  Duration of period; State exemption.           
                  (b)  State laws superseded.                         
                  (c)  Violations; enforcement.                       
    261.        Zones for standard time; interstate or foreign
                 commerce.                                            
    262.        Duty to observe standard time of zones.               
    263.        Designation of zone standard times.                   
    264.        Part of Idaho in third zone.                          
    265.        Transfer of certain territory to standard central-time
                 zone.                                                
    266.        Applicability of administrative procedure provisions. 
    267.        "State" defined.                                      
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