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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 1394

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PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

"(b) HEARING REQUIREMENTS.—A hearing described in subsection (a)(5) shall be provided if the individual, on or before the 15th day following receipt of the notice described in subsection (a)(2), and in accordance with such procedures as the head of the agency may prescribe, files a petition requesting such a hearing. The timely filing of a petition for hearing shall stay the commencement of collection proceedings. A hearing under subsection (a)(5) may not be conducted by an individual under the supervision or control of the head of the agency, except that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to prohibit the appointment of an administrative law judge. The hearing official shall issue a final decision at the earliest practicable date, but not later than 60 days after the filing of the petition requesting the hearing. "(c) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.—The notice given to the employer pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall contain only such information as may be necessary for the employer to comply with the withholding order. "(d) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, the term 'disposable pay' means that part of pay of any individual remaining after the deduction of any amounts required by law to be withheld. "REHABIUTATION OF DEFAULTED LOANS

20 USC 1078-6.

428F. (a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, establish a pilot program to test the feasibility of rehabilitating defaulted loans under this part. Such pilot program shall be commenced within 3 months after the date of enactment of this section and shall be completed not later than 3 years after such date. The Secretary shall submit a report on the results of such pilot program within 3 months after its completion. "(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—The loans which shall be eligible for rehabilitation under this section shall be only those loans which are made to borrowers who, at the time of default on the loan, are unemployed or institutionalized. "SEC.

"(c) METHOD OF REHABIUTATION.— "(1) SALE OF LOAN PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT.—Upon securing

consecutive payments for 12 months of amounts owed on a loan for which the Secretary has made a payment under section 428(c)(1), the guaranty agency (pursuant to an agreement with the Secretary) or the Secretary shall, if practicable, sell the rehabilitated loan to an eligible lender, other than an eligible lender who has been found by the guaranty agency or the

^ Secretary to have substantially failed to exercise the due diligence required of lenders under this part.

"(2) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—Such agreement between the

guaranty agency and the Secretary shall provide— "(A) for the repa3anent by the agency to the Secretary of 81.5 percent of the amount of the principal balance outstanding at the time of such sale multiplied by a percentage amount equal to the reinsurance percentage in effect when payment under the guaranty agreement was made with respect to the loan; and "(B) for the reinstatement by the Secretary (I) of the obligation to reimburse such agency for the amount expended by it in discharge of its insurance obligation under its loan insurance program, and (II) of the obligation to pay