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15 U.S. Code § 2076. Additional functions of Consumer Product Safety Commission
(a) Authority to conduct hearings or other inquiries
The Commission may, by one or more of its members or by such agents or agency as it may designate, conduct any hearing or other inquiry necessary or appropriate to its functions anywhere in the United States. A Commissioner who participates in such a hearing or other inquiry shall not be disqualified solely by reason of such participation from subsequently participating in a decision of the Commission in the same manner. The Commission shall publish notice of any proposed hearing in the Federal Register and shall afford a reasonable opportunity for interested persons to present relevant testimony and data.
(b) Commission powers; ordersThe Commission shall also have the power—
(1)
to require, by special or general orders, any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe to carry out a specific regulatory or enforcement function of the Commission; and such submission shall be made within such reasonable period and under oath or otherwise as the Commission may determine;
(2)
to administer oaths;
(3)
to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary and physical evidence relating to the execution of its duties;
(4)
in any proceeding or investigation to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by the Commission and has the power to administer oaths and, in such instances, to compel testimony and the production of evidence in the same manner as authorized under paragraph (3) of this subsection;
(5)
to pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as are paid in like circumstances in the courts of the United States;