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[84 STAT. 1351]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1351]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-519-NOV. 2, 1970

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" (F) such a loan shall be made without security or endoreemerLt, unsecured loans, except that if the borrower is a minor and the note or other ^'=^P'^^°* evidence of obligation executed by him would not, under the applicable law, create a binding obligation, either security or endorsement may be required; and " (G) no note or other evidence of any such loan may be transferred or assigned by the agency, institution, or organization making the loan except that, if the borrower transfers to another agency, institution, or organization participating in the program under this section, such note or other evidence of a loan may be transferred to such other agency, institution, or organization. "(3) When all or any part of a loan, or interest, is canceled under this subsection, the Secretary shall pay to the agency, institution, or organization an amount equal to its proportionate share of the canceled portion, as determined by the Secretary. "(4) Any loan for any year by an agency, institution, or organiza- me^ts?^' ^"^*"" tion from a student loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this section shall be made in such installments as may be provided in regulations of the Secretary or such agreement and, upon notice to the Secretary by the agency, institution, or organization that any recipient of a loan is failing to maintain satisfactory standing, any or all further installments of his loan shall be withheld, as may be appropriate. "(5) An agreement under this section with any agency, institution, or organization shall include provisions designed to make loans from the student loan fund established thereunder reasonably available (to the extent of the available funds in such fund) to all eligible students in the agency, institution, or organization in need thereof. "(6) Subject to regulations of the Secretary, an agency, institution, inftaiiments,^r»or organization may assess a charge with respect to a loan from thfe sessments.' loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this section for failure of the borrower to pay all or any part of an installment when it is due and, in the case of a borrower who is entitled to deferment of the loan under paragraph (2)(B) or cancellation of part or all of the loan under paragraph (2)(C), for any failure to file timely and satisfactory evidence of such entitlement. The amount of any such charge Limitation. may not exceed $1 for the first month or part of a month by which such installment or evidence is late and $2 for each such month or part of a month thereafter. The agency, institution, or organization may elect to add the amount of any such charge to the principal amount of the loan as of the first day after the day on which such installment or evidence was due, or to make the amount of the charge payable to the agency, institution, or organization not later than the due date of the next installment after receipt by the borrower of notice of the assessment of the charge. " (7) An agency, institution, or organization may provide, in accord- Monthly rate. ance with regulations of the Secretary, that during the repayment period of a loan from a loan fund established pursuant to an agreement under this section payments of principal and interest by the borrower with respect to all the outstanding loans made to him from loan funds so established shall be at a rate equal to not less than $15 per month. "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for Appropriation., Federal capital contributions to student loan funds pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and there are also authorized to be appropriated such sums for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and each of the two succeeding fiscal years as may be