[' ', ' ', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', 'qT', '8', '9', ' ', ' ', 'practices', 'of', 'Federal,', 'State,', 'and', 'local', 'governments', 'which', 'adversely', 'aflect', 'constuners.', '+', '(b)', 'With', 'respect', 'to', 'such', 'infonuation,', 'if', 'the', 'Director', 'of', 'the', 'Service', 'finds', 'that', 'there', 'is', 'information', 'of', 'this', 'type', 'which', 'is', 'usefl', 'to', 'consumers', 'and', 'availeble', 'from', 'Federal', 'ageucies', 'which', 'is', 'otherwise', 'being', 'disseminated,', 'the', 'Director', 'shall', 'not', 'compile', 'and', 'disseminate', 'such', 'information,', '(e)', 'In', 'the', 'dissemination', 'of', 'any', 'information', 'which', 'diseluses', 'product', 'names,', 'it', 'shall', 'be', 'made', 'clear,', 'if', 'sueh', 'is', 'tho', 'ease,', 'that', 'net', 'all', 'products', 'of', 'a', 'competitive', 'nature', 'are', 'iueluded', 'aud', 'that', 'there', 'is', 'no', 'intent', 'er', 'purpose', 'to', 'rate', 'one', 'product', 'over', 'another', 'or', 'tu', 'ivuply', 'that', 'certain', 'preducts', 'are', 'superior', 'or', 'preferable', 'in', 'quality', 'to', 'other', 'products,', 'or', 'to', 'be', 'a', 'better', 'buy', 'than', 'other', 'products.', '(dj', 'All', 'Federal', 'ageucies', 'which,', 'in', 'the', 'judgment', 'of', 'the', 'Direetor,', 'possess', 'information', 'which', 'would', 'be', 'useful', 'to', 'constuners', 'are', 'authorized', 'ud', 'directed', 'to', 'cooperate', 'with', 'the', ' ', 'Service', 'in', 'making', 'such', 'infarnuation', 'available', 'to', 'the', 'public.', '(ce)', 'The', 'Ser', ' ', 'e', 'shall', '(in', 'a', 'anmanuer', 'meaningful', 'and', 'usefid', 'to', 'consumers)', 'disseminate', 'to', 'the', 'prblic,', 'on', 'a', 'con-', ' ', 'finuing', 'and', 'systomatic', 'basis,', 'information', 'whieh', 'is', 'developed', 'gout', 'its', 'fanetious', 'under', 'this', ' ', ' ', 'ar', 'revetved', 'puusnant', 'to', 'ear', ' ', ' ', 'At.', 'and', 'the', 'shall', 'avoid', 'duplicating', 'the', 'consumer', ' ', 'inforn', 'et', 'other', 'Pederal', 'agencies,', ' ', '1', 'a', '3', '4', '5', '6', '1', '8', '9', '10', '1', '12', 'Bes', 'MW', ' ', ' ', '13', 'Src.', '9.', '(a)', 'The', 'Service', 'shall,', 'in', 'the', 'exercise', 'of', 'its', 'functions—', '(1)', 'enconrage', 'and', 'support', 'methods', 'for', 'testing', 'materials,', 'mechanisms.', 'and', 'structeres', 'used', 'in', 'consumer', 'products', 'and', 'for', 'improving', 'consumer', 'services;', '{2)', 'make', 'recommendations', 'to', 'other', 'Federal', 'agencies', 'with', 'respect', 'to', 'research,', 'studies,', 'analyses,', 'and', 'other', 'information', 'within', 'their', 'anthority', 'which', 'woul', 'be', 'useful', 'and', 'beneficial', 'to', 'consumers;', 'and', '(3)', 'investigate', 'and', 'report', 'to', 'Congress', 'on', 'the', 'desirability', 'and', 'feasibility', 'of', 'establishing', 'a', 'National', 'Consumer', 'Information', 'Foundation', 'which', 'would', 'adminis-', 'ter', 'a', 'voluntary,', 'self-supporting,', 'information', 'tag', 'program', '(similar', 'to', 'the', '“Tel-Tag”', 'program', 'of', 'Great', 'Britain)', 'under', 'which', 'any', 'inanufaeturer', 'of', 'a', 'noaperishable', 'con-', 'sumer', 'product', 'to', 'be', 'sold', 'at', 'retail', 'could', 'be', 'authorized', 'to', 'attach', 'to', 'exch', 'eopy', 'of', 'such', 'a', 'product', 'a', 'tag,', 'standard', 'in', 'form,', 'containing', 'information,', 'based', 'on', 'uniform', 'stand-', 'ards,', 'relating', 'to', 'the', 'performance,', 'safety,', 'durability,', 'and', 'care', 'of', 'the', 'product.', '(b)', 'AN', 'Federal', 'agencies', 'which,', 'in', 'the', 'judgment', 'of', 'the', 'director,', 'possess', 'testing', 'factlities', 'aud', 'stall', 'expertise', 'relating', 'to', 'the', 'performance', 'of', 'consumer', 'products', 'and', 'services,', 'are', 'authorized', 'to', 'perform', 'such', 'tests', 'as', 'the', 'Director', 'may', 'request']