99 STAT. 528
42 USC 293.
42 USC 293b.
Prohibition. 42 USC 293c note.
PUBLIC LAW 99-129—OCT. 22, 1985 "(B) in case of a facility which was not an affiliated hospital or outpatient facility but was a facility with respect to which funds have been paid under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 720(a), the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit school, or "(C) in case of a facility which was a facility with respect to which funds have been paid under section 720(a)(2), the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit entity, "(2) the facility ceases to be used for the teaching or training purposes (or other purposes permitted under section 722) for which it was constructed, or "(3) the facility is used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the owner of the facility the base amount prescribed by subsection (c)(1) plus the interest (if any) prescribed by subsection (c)(2). "(b) The owner of a facility which ceases to be a public or nonprofit agency, school, or entity as described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (a)(D, as the case may be, or the owner of a facility the use of which changes as described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), shall provide the Secretary written notice of such cessation or change of use within 10 days after the date on which such cessation or change of use occurs or within 30 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, whichever is later. "(c)(l) The base amount that the United States is entitled to recover under subsection (a) is the amount bearing the same ratio to the then value (as determined by the agreement of the parties or in an action brought in the district court of the United States for the district in which the facility is situated) of the facility as the amount of the Federal participation bore to the cost of construction. "(2)(A) The interest that the United States is entitled to recover under subsection (a) is the interest for the period (if any) described in subparagraph (B) at a rate (determined by the Secretary) based on the average of the bond equivalent rates of ninety-one-day Treasury bills auctioned during that period. "(B) The period referred to in subparagraph (A) is the period beginning— "(i) if notice is provided as prescribed by subsection (b), 191 days after the date on which the owner of the facility ceases to be a public or nonprofit agency, school, or entity as described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (a)(l), as the case may be, or 191 days after the date on which the use of the facility changes as described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), or "(ii) if notice is not provided as prescribed by subsection (b), 11 days after the date on which such cessation or change of use occurs, and ending on the date the amount the United States is entitled to recover is collected. "(d) The Secretary may waive the recovery rights of the United States under subsection (a)(2) with respect to a facility (under such conditions as the Secretary may establish by regulation) if the Secretary determines that there is good cause for waiving such rights. "(e) The right of recovery of the United States under subsection (a) shall not, prior to judgment, constitute a lien on any facility.". (b) In the case of any facility that was or is constructed on or before the date of enactment of this Act or within 180 days after the
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