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 100 STAT. 1288

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

shall not be less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000 and shall reflect the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at the recipient institution. If the funds are not sufficient to provide grants to all eligible institutions, grants shall be made to those institutions demonstrating the greatest need, based on the eligibility criteria in section 211(c). "(b) A grant under this part may be made only if the application provides— "(1) information about the institution and its library resources as prescribed by the Secretary in regulations; "(2) satisfactory assurance that the applicant has expended for all library materials (exclusive of construction) during the institutional fiscal year preceding the year of application for which the grant is sought (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'base year'), from funds other than funds received under this part, an amount not less than the average annual aggregate amount or the average amount per full-time equivalent student it expended for such purposes during the two years preceding the base year; "(3) for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as are necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this part; "(4) for making such reports as the Secretary may require, including a report on how such funds received under a grant were expended, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Secretary deems necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and "(5) a statement setting forth how the funds received under this part will be used to improve the quality of the institution's library services. "(c) In order to be considered an eligible institution, an institution must provide the Secretary assurance that— "(1) the expenditures of the institution per full-time equivalent student for library materials are less than the average of the expenditures for library materials per full-time equivalent student by other institutions of comparable size and program, as determined by the Secretary in accord with definitions established by the Center for Education Statistics; and "(2) the number of volumes per full-time equivalent student is less than the average of such number of volumes held by institutions of comparable size and program, as determined by the Secretary in accord with definitions established by the Center for Education Statistics. "(d) If the Secretary determines, in accordance with regulations, that there are very unusual circumstances which prevent the applicant from making the assurance required by subsection (b)(2), the requirement for such assurance may be waived. For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'very unusual circumstances' means theft, vandalism, fire, flood, earthquake, or other occurrence which may temporarily reduce the level of expenditures for library materials, or which resulted in unusually high expenditures for library materials. "(e) If the Secretary determines, in accordance with regulations, that there are very unusual circumstances which prevent an otherwise eligible institution from qualifying under subsection (c), the requirements of subsection (c) may be waived. The Secretary may

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