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 100 STAT. 1544

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PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

furniture, but not including books, curricular, and program materials, and items of current and operating expense such as fuel, supplies, and the like; the term 'initial equipment' means equipment acquired and installed either in connection with construction as defined in paragraph (2)(A), or as part of the rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, or improvement of an existing structure, which structure would otherwise not be adequate for use as an academic facility; the terms 'equipment', 'initial equipment', and 'built-in equipment' shall be more particularly defined by the Secretary by regulation; and the term 'rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, or improvement' includes such action as may be necessary to provide for the architectural needs of, or to remove architectural barriers to, handicapped persons with a view toward increasing the accessibility to, and use of, academic facilities by such persons. "(3)(A) 'The term 'development cost', with respect to an academic facility, means the amount found by the Secretary to be the cost, to the applicant for a grant or loan under this title, of the construction, reconstruction, or renovation involved and the cost of necessary acquisition of the land on which the facility is located and of necessary site improvements to permit its use for such facility. There shall be excluded from the development cost— "(i) in determining the amount of any grant under part A or B, an amount equal to the sum of (I) any Federal grant which the institution has obtained or is assured of obtaining, under any law other than this title, with respect to the construction, reconstruction, or renovation that is to be financed with the aid of a grant under part A or B, and (II) the amount of any non-Federal funds required to be ex1391 pended as a condition of such other Federal grant; and "(ii) in determining the amount of any loan under part C, to an amount equal to the amount of any Federal financial assistance which the institution has obtained, or is assured of obtaining, under any law other than this title, with respect to the construction, reconstruction, or renovation that is to be financed with the aid of a loan under part C. "(B) In determining the development cost with respect to an academic facility, the Secretary may include expenditures for works of art for the facility not to exceed 1 percent of the total cost (including such expenditures) to the applicant of construction, reconstruction, or renovation of, and land acquisition and site improvements for, such facility. "(4) 'The term 'maintenance', with respect to instructional and research equipment obtained with funding under this title, shall mean the care necessary to the optimal functioning of such equipment. With respect to the equipment and structural changes related to obtaining and sustaining the necessary environment (ventilation, etc.) for proper functioning of instructional and research equipment, 'maintenance' shall mean that portion of care above and beyond normal overhead costs. "(5) The term 'Federal share' means in the case of any project a percentage (as determined under the applicable State plan) not in excess of 50 percent of its development cost. ''(6) The term 'higher education building agency' means (A) an agency, public authority, or other instrumentality of a State authorized to provide, or finance the construction, reconstruc-

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