(a) Institutional payments
(1) In general
The Secretary shall (in addition to stipends paid to individuals under this subpart) pay to the institution of higher education, for each individual awarded a fellowship under this subpart at such institution, an institutional allowance. Except as provided in paragraph (2), such allowance shall be, for 19992000 and succeeding academic years, the same amount as the institutional payment made for 19981999 adjusted annually thereafter in accordance with inflation as determined by the Department of Labors Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year.
(2) Reduction
The institutional allowance paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount the institution charges and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as part of the recipients instructional program.