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 112 STAT. 1602 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 the amount of the grant. The period of 20 years after completion of such construction shall therefore be deemed to be the period of Federal interest in such facility for the purposes of such title as so in effect. "(b) RECOVERY UPON CESSATION OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.— I f, within 20 years after completion of construction of an academic facility which has been constructed, in part with a grant under part A of title VII as such part A was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, or part B of title VII as such part B was in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992— "(1) the applicant under such parts as so in effect (or the applicant's successor in title or possession) ceases or fails to be a public or nonprofit institution; or "(2) the facility ceases to be used as an academic facility, or the facility is used as a facility excluded from the term 'academic facility (as such term was defined under title VII, as so in effect), unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the institution from its obligation, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such applicant (or successor) an amount which bears to the value of the facility at that time (or so much thereof as constituted an approved project or projects) the same ratio as the amount of Federal grant bore to the cost of the facility financed with the aid of such grant. The value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which such facility is situated. "(c) PROHIBITION ON USE FOR RELIGION.— Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), no project assisted with funds under title VII (as in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998) shall ever be used for religious worship or a sectarian activity or for a school or department of divinity. "PART C—COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION 20 USC 1015. 'SEC. 131. IMPROVEMENTS IN MARKET INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN mCHER EDUCATION. " (a) IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION.— "(1) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM METHODOLOGY. — The Secretary shall direct the Commissioner of Education Statistics to convene a series of forums to develop nationally consistent methodologies for reporting costs incurred by postsecondary institutions in providing postsecondary education. "(2) REDESIGN OF DATA SYSTEMS.—On the basis of the methodologies developed pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall redesign relevant parts of the postsecondary education data systems to improve the usefulness and timeliness of the data collected by such systems. "(3) INFORMATION TO INSTITUTIONS. — The Commissioner of Education Statistics shall— (A) develop a standard definition for the following data elements: (i) tuition and fees for a full-time undergraduate student;

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