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 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 613 eligible lenders and on which the applicant shall clearly indicate a choice of a lender. "(2) CHARGES TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS FOR USE OF FORM PROHIBITED. —The common financial reporting form prescribed by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be produced, distributed, and processed by the Secretary and no parent or student shall be charged a fee for the collection, processing, or delivery of financial aid through the use of such form. Ilie need and eligibility of a student for financial assistance under parts A, C, D, and E of this title (other than under subpart 4 of part A) and the need of a student for the purpose of part B of this title, may only be determined by using the form developed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. No student may receive assistance under parts A, C, D, and E of this title (other than under subpart 4 of part A) or have the student's need established for the purpose of part B of this title, except by use of the form developed by the Secretary pursuant to this section. "(3) DISTRIBUTION OF DATA.-- Institutions of higher education and States shall receive, without charge, the data collected by the Secretary using the form developed pursuant to this section for the purposes of determining need and eligibility for institutional and State financial aid awards. "(4) CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION AND PROCESSING. —(A) The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, enter into not less than 5 contracts with States, institutions of higher education, or private organizations for the purposes of the timely collection and processing of the form developed pursuant to paragraph (1) and the timely delivery of the data submitted on such form. The Secretary ahal\ use such contracts to assist States and institutions of higher education with the collection of additional data required to award State or institutional financial assistance, except that the Secretary shall not include these additional data items on the common financial reporting form developed pxirsuant to this section. The Secretary shall include in each such contract a requirement that— "(i) any charges by the contractor to the student or parent for additional data items required by a State or institution for any purpose (regardless of the method of collection) shall be reasonable and shall not exceed the marginal cost of collecting, processing, and delivering such additional data, taking into account any payment received by the contractor to produce, distribute, and process the common financial reporting form prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1); and "(ii) the contractor will require any person or entity to whom the contractor provides such additional data to agree not to collect from any student or parent any charge that would not be permitted under this subparagraph for any such additional data. "(B) To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that at least one contractor, or a portion of one contract, under this paragraph will serve graduate and professional students. "(C) As peoct of the procurement process for the 1993-1994 award year, and for all procurements thereafter pertaining to the contracts under this paragraph, the Secretary shall

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