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Identify two express powers Congress has?
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures
Which branch of government can create standard weights and measures?
congress
What can congress fix the standards for?
One of the most important functions of Congress is in facilitating trade among the States and between the United States and foreign countries. The intent of the so-called commerce clause was to compel Congress to only lower barriers to trade, in the attempt to achieve a no-restrictions free market among the States. One way Congress can facilitate trade is by setting and maintaining a set of national weights and measures.
Can Congress print money and establish weights and measures?
yes
What are the main expressed powers of our national government?
They include the power to lay and collect taxes, to coin money, to regulate foreign and interstate commerce, to raise and maintain armed forces, to declare war, to fix standards of weights and measures, and to grant patents and copyrights.
Congress can fix the standard for what and measures?
the congress can fix standards for weights
Who has the responsibility to fix the standard of weights and measures According to the US constitution?
federal government
Identify two express powers Congress has?
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures
This branch has the power to fix and standardize weights and measures?
Legistrative
What is an exact quanitity people use for comparison?
A standard, as in the standard values of weights and measures.
Which branch of government can create standard weights and measures?
congress
Who decides the standard of weights and measures?
In the United States, Congress has the constitutional right to fix standards, but except for purposes of customs and internal revenue, weights and measures legislation has been, for the most part, permissive. Sets of official weights and measures were sent to the states in 1856, but legislation and enforcement are largely state prerogatives.
What is city sealers?
employees responsible for checking standard weights and measures of businesses. A+
What is a city sealer?
employees responsible for checking standard weights and measures of businesses. A+
Who creates standard weights and measures?
In the U.S., the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Does congress have the power to fix the standard of weight and measures?
yes
Who or what city sealers?
City Sealers are employees responsible for checking standard weights and measures of businesses.
