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Consumer Product Safety Act
15 U.S.C. Section 2054
§ 2054. Product safety information and research
(a) Injury Information Clearinghouse; duties
The Commission shall:
(1) maintain an Injury Information Clearinghouse to collect,
investigate, analyze, and disseminate injury data, and information, relating to the causes
and prevention of death, injury, and illness associated with consumer products;
(2) conduct such continuing studies and investigations of deaths,
injuries, diseases, other health impairments, and economic losses resulting from accidents
involving consumer products as it deems necessary;
(3) following publication of an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking or a notice of proposed rulemaking for a product safety rule under any
rulemaking authority administered by the Commission, assist public and private
organizations or groups of manufacturers, administratively and technically, in the
development of safety standards addressing the risk of injury identified in such notice;
and
(4) to the extent practicable and appropriate (taking into account
the resources and priorities of the Commission), assist public and private organizations
or groups of manufacturers, administratively and technically, in the development of
product safety standards and test methods.
(b) Research, investigation and testing of consumer products
The Commission may:
(1) conduct research, studies, and investigations on the safety of
consumer products and on improving the safety of such products;
(2) test consumer products and develop product safety test methods
and testing devices; and
(3) offer training in product safety investigation and test methods.
(c) Grants and contracts for conduct of functions
In carrying out its functions under this section, the Commission may
make grants or enter into contracts for the conduct of such functions with any person
(including a governmental entity).
(d) Availability to public of information
Whenever the Federal contribution for any information, research, or
development activity authorized by this chapter is more than minimal, the Commission shall
include in any contract, grant, or other arrangement for such activity, provisions
effective to insure that the rights to all information, uses, processes, patents, and
other developments resulting from that activity will be made available to the public
without charge on a nonexclusive basis. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
deprive any person of any right which he may have had, prior to entering into any
arrangement referred to in this subsection, to any patent, patent application, or
invention.
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