2016 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance
Subtitle IV - Money
Chapter 51 - Coins and Currency
Subchapter I - Monetary System
Sec. 5102 - Standard weight
| 31 U.S.C. § 5102 (2016) | ||||||
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The standard troy pound of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the Department of Commerce shall be the standard used to ensure that the weight of United States coins conforms to specifications in section 5112 of this title. |
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(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 980; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, §5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.) |
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The words "National Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce" are substituted for "Bureau of Standards of the United States" because of 15:1511. The words "troy pound of the mint of the United States, conformably to which the coinage thereof shall be regulated" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The word "ensure" is substituted for "securing" as being more precise. The words "specifications in section 5112 of this title" are substituted for "the provisions of the laws relating to coinage" because of the restatement. AMENDMENTS1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted "National Institute of Standards and Technology" for "National Bureau of Standards". |
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| 36 Stat. 1354 96 Stat. 980 102 Stat. 1433 |
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| Public Law 97-258, Public Law 100-418 |
