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 PUBLIC LAW 99-371—AUG. 4, 1986

100 STAT. 785

this title is authorized to operate and maintain a National Technical Institute for the Deaf. SEC. 202. AGREEMENT FOR THE INSTITUTE.

20 USC 4332.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to establish or continue an agreement with an institution of higher education for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The Secretary, in considering proposals from institutions of higher education to enter into an agreement under this Act, shall give preference to institutions which are located in metropolitan industrial areas. (b) PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.—The agreement shall—

(1) provide that Federal funds appropriated for the benefit of the Institute will be used only for the purposes for which appropriated and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act and the agreement made pursuant thereto; (2) provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing body of the institution, subject to the approval of the Secretary, will appoint an advisory group to advise the Director of the Institute in formulating and carrying out the basic policies governing its establishment and operation, which group shall include individuals who are professionally concerned with education and technical training at the postsecondary school level, persons who are professionally concerned with activities relating to education and training of the deaf, and members of the public familiar with the need for services provided by the Institute; (3) provide that the Board of Trustees or other governing body Reports. of the institution will make an annual report together with an accounting of all indirect costs paid to the institution of higher education under the agreement to the Secretary, which the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary may deem appropriate; (4) include such other conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this part; and (5) provide that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction aided by Federal funds appropriated for the benefit of the Institute will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5) commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act; and the Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (5 U.S.C App.) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c). (c) LIMITATION.—If within twenty years after the completion of any construction (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which such funds have been paid— (1) the facility ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was constructed or the agreement is terminated, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation, or (2) the institution ceases to be the owner of the facility, the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which has the same ratio with respect to the current market value of the facility as the amount of

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