[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR674.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 674_FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 674.20  Compliance with equal credit opportunity requirements.

    (a) In making a loan, an institution shall comply with the equal
credit opportunity requirements of Regulation B (12 CFR part 202).
    (b) The Secretary considers the Federal Perkins Loan program to be a
credit assistance program authorized by Federal law for the benefit of
an economically disadvantaged class of persons within the meaning of 12
CFR 202.8(a)(1). Therefore, the institution may request a loan applicant
to disclose his or her marital status, income from alimony, child
support, and spouse's income and signature.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1845-0019)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa-1087hh)

[52 FR 45747, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49147, Dec. 6, 1988; 59
FR 61415, Nov. 30, 1994; 64 FR 58315, Oct. 28, 1999]