Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§202 Repairs to Standards
Title 15 › Chapter 6— WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME › Subchapter I— WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS GENERALLY › § 202
Summary
The federal government must make needed repairs and adjustments to standards of weights and measures that were given to a State or Territory when its governor asks. It must also repair or adjust standard weights and measures that were or may be supplied to U.S. customhouses and other federal offices under an Act of Congress when the Secretary of Commerce asks.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §202
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Such necessary repairs and adjustments shall be made to the standards furnished to the several States and Territories as may be requested by the governors thereof, and also to standard weights and measures that have been or may be supplied to United States customhouses and other offices of the United States under Act of Congress, when requested by the Secretary of Commerce.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act Mar. 4, 1913, created Department of Labor and renamed Department of Commerce and Labor as Department of Commerce.
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 14, 1903, transferred National Bureau of Standards from Treasury Department to Department of Commerce and Labor.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
15 U.S.C. § 202
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60