 
        CHAPTER 49--ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD DETECTION AND CONTROL
 
Sec. 3607. Recovery of costs by United States


(a) Suit by United States on behalf of grant or loan recipient for 
        recovery of costs of activities of recipient; proceeds of 
        judgment

    (1) As a condition of the award of any grant under section 3604 of 
this title or loan under section 3605 of this title, the recipient of 
any such grant or loan shall permit the United States to sue on behalf 
of such recipient any person determined by the Attorney General to be 
liable to the recipient for the costs of any activities undertaken by 
the recipient under such sections.
    (2) The proceeds from any judgment recovered in any suit brought by 
the United States under paragraph (1) (or, if the recipient files a 
similar suit on its own behalf, the proceeds from any judgment recovered 
by the recipient in such suit) shall be used to repay to the United 
States, to the extent that the proceeds are sufficient to provide for 
such repayment, an amount equal to the sum of--
        (A) the amount of any grant made to the recipient under section 
    3604 of this title;
        (B) the amount outstanding on any loan made to the recipient 
    under section 3605 of this title; and
        (C) an amount equal to the interest which would have been 
    charged on such loan were the loan made by a commercial lender at 
    prevailing interest rates (as determined by the Secretary).

(b) Investigation and report by Attorney General respecting feasibility 
        of recovery of costs from any person determined by Attorney 
        General to be liable

    The Attorney General shall conduct an investigation to determine 
whether, by using all available means, the United States should or could 
recover, from any person determined by the Attorney General to be liable 
for such costs, the amounts expended by the United States to carry out 
this chapter. Within one year after June 14, 1980, the Attorney General 
shall submit to the Congress a report containing the results of the 
study, together with any appropriate recommendations.

(c) Expeditious proceedings by Attorney General

    If the Attorney General determines in the report under subsection 
(b) of this section that the United States should seek to recover the 
amounts expended by the United States to carry out this chapter, the 
Attorney General shall proceed in an expeditious manner to recover such 
amounts from the persons referred to in subsection (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 96-270, Sec. 8, June 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 495.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3609 of this title.
