100 STAT. 1542
PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986
manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $300,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.
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RECOVERY OF PAYMENTS
"SEC. 781. (a) PUBLIC BENEFIT.—The Congress declares that, if a facility constructed with the aid of a grant under part A or B of this title is used as an academic facility for 20 years following completion of such construction, the public benefit accruing to the United States will equal in value the amount of the grant. The period of 20 years after completion of such construction shall therefore be deemed to be the period of Federal interest in such facility for the purposes of this title. "(b) RECOVERY UPON CESSATION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.—If, w i t h i n 2 0
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years after completion of construction of an academic facility which has been constructed, in part with a grant under part A or B of this title— "(1) the applicant (or its successor in title or possession) ceases or fails to be a public or nonprofit institution, or "(2) the facility ceases to be used as an academic facility, or the facility is used as a facility excluded from the term 'academic facility', unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such applicant (or successor) an amount which bears to the value of the facility at that time (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project or projects) the same ratio as the amount of Federal grant bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such grant. The value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated. "(c) PROHIBITION ON USE FOR RELIGION.—Notwithstanding
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provisions of subsections (a) and (b), no project assisted with funds under this title shall ever be used for religious worship or a sectarian activity or for a school or department of divinity. "DEFINITIONS
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" S E C 782. The following definitions apply to terms used in this title: "(I)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term 'academic facilities' means structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and related facilities necessary or appropriate for instruction of students, or for research, or for administration of the educational or research programs, of an institution of higher education, and maintenance, storage, or utility facilities essential to operation of the foregoing facilities. For the purpose of part A or C, such term includes infirmaries or other facilities designed to provide primarily for outpatient care of student and instructional personnel. Plans for such
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