[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR674.59]

[Page 620]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 674--FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Loan Cancellation
 
Sec. 674.59  Cancellation for military service.

    (a) Cancellation on a Defense loan. (1) An institution shall cancel 
up to 50 percent of a Defense loan made after April 13, 1970, for the 
borrower's full-time active service starting after June 30, 1970, in the 
U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
    (2) The cancellation rate is 12\1/2\ percent of the original loan 
principal, plus the interest on the unpaid balance accruing during the 
year of qualifying service, for the first complete year of qualifying 
service, and for each consecutive year of qualifying service.
    (3) Service for less than a complete year, including any fraction of 
a year beyond a complete year of service, does not qualify for military 
cancellation.
    (b) Cancellation of an NDSL or Perkins loan. (1) An institution 
shall cancel up to 50 percent of an NDSL or Perkins loan for service as 
a member of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard 
in an area of hostilities that qualifies for special pay under section 
310 of title 37 of the United States Code.
    (2) The cancellation rate is 12\1/2\ percent of the original loan 
principal, plus the interest on the unpaid balance accruing during the 
year of qualifying service, for each complete year of qualifying 
service.
    (3) Service for less than a complete year, including any fraction of 
a year beyond a complete year of service, does not qualify for military 
cancellation.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3) and 1087ee)

[52 FR 45758, Dec. 1, 1987. Redesignated at 59 FR 61413, Nov. 30, 1994]