15 CFR § 273.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s273.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 273.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "273.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "METRIC CONVERSION POLICY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES"
part_number: "273"
part_name: "METRIC CONVERSION POLICY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 1512 and 3710, 15 U.S.C. 205a, DOO 30-2A."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 160, Jan. 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 56 FR 41283, Aug. 20, 1991, and further redesignated at 78 FR 4766, Jan. 23, 2013."
cfr_part: "273"
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