[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR682.406]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 682_FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN (FFEL) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Administration of the Federal Family Education Loan Programs 
                          by a Guaranty Agency
 
Sec. 682.406  Conditions for claim payments from the Federal Fund and for 

reinsurance coverage.

    (a) A guaranty agency may make a claim payment from the Federal Fund 
and receive a reinsurance payment on a loan only if--
    (1) The lender exercised due diligence in making, disbursing, and 
servicing the loan as prescribed by the rules of the agency;
    (2) With respect to the reinsurance payment on the portion of a loan 
represented by a single disbursement of loan proceeds--
    (i) The check for the disbursement was cashed within 120 days after 
disbursement; or
    (ii) The proceeds of the disbursement made by electronic funds 
transfer or master check in accordance with Sec. 682.207(b)(1)(ii) (B) 
and (C) have been released from the restricted account maintained by the 
school within 120 days after disbursement;
    (3) The lender provided an accurate collection history and an 
accurate payment history to the guaranty agency with the default claim 
filed on the loan showing that the lender exercised due diligence in 
collecting the loan through collection efforts meeting the requirements 
of Sec. 682.411, including collection efforts against each endorser;
    (4) The loan was in default before the agency paid a default claim 
filed thereon;
    (5) The lender filed a default claim thereon with the guaranty 
agency within 90 days of default;
    (6) The lender resubmitted a properly documented default claim to 
the guaranty agency not later than 60 days from the date the agency had 
returned that claim due solely to inadequate documentation, except that 
interest accruing beyond the 30th day after the date the guaranty agency 
returned the claim is not reinsured unless the lender files a claim for 
loss on the loan with the guarantor together with all required 
documentation, prior to the 30th day;
    (7) The lender satisfied all conditions of guarantee coverage set by 
the agency, unless the agency reinstated guarantee coverage on the loan 
following the lender's failure to satisfy such a condition pursuant to 
written policies and procedures established by the agency;
    (8) The agency paid or returned to the lender for additional 
documentation a default claim thereon filed by the lender within 90 days 
of the date the lender filed the claim or, if applicable, the additional 
documentation, except that interest accruing beyond the 60th day after 
the date the lender originally filed the claim is not reinsured;
    (9) The agency submitted a request for the payment on a form 
required by the Secretary no later than 30 days following payment of a 
default claim to the lender;
    (10) The loan was legally enforceable by the lender when the agency 
paid a claim on the loan to the lender;
    (11) The agency exercised due diligence in collection of the loan in 
accordance with Sec. 682.410(b)(6);
    (12) The agency and lender, if applicable, complied with all other 
Federal requirements with respect to the loan including--
    (i) Payment of origination fees;
    (ii) For Consolidation loans disbursed on or after October 1, 1993, 
and prior to October 1, 1998, payment on a monthly basis, of an interest 
payment rebate fee calculated on an annual basis and equal to 1.05 
percent of the unpaid principal and accrued interest on the loan;
    (iii) For Consolidation loans for which the application was received 
by the lender on or after October 1, 1998 and prior to February 1, 1999, 
payment on a monthly basis, of an interest payment rebate fee calculated 
on an annual basis and equal to 0.62 percent of the unpaid principal and 
accrued interest on the loan;
    (iv) For Consolidation loans disbursed on or after February 1, 1999, 
payment of an interest payment rebate

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fee in accordance with paragraph (a)(12)(ii) of this section; and
    (v) Compliance with all default aversion assistance requirements in 
Sec. 682.404(a)(2)(ii).
    (13) The agency assigns the loan to the Secretary, if so directed, 
in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 682.409; and
    (14) The guaranty agency certifies to the Secretary that diligent 
attempts have been made by the lender and the guaranty agency under 
Sec. 682.411(h) to locate the borrower through the use of effective 
skip-tracing techniques, including contact with the schools the student 
attended.
    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, the Secretary may 
waive his right to refuse to make or require repayment of a reinsurance 
payment if, in the Secretary's judgment, the best interests of the 
United States so require. The Secretary's waiver policy for violations 
of paragraph (a)(3) or (a)(5) of this section is set forth in appendix D 
to this part.
    (c) In evaluating a claim for insurance or reinsurance, the issue of 
confirmation of subsequent loans under an MPN will not be reviewed and a 
claim will not be denied based on the absence of any evidence relating 
to confirmation in a particular loan file. However, if a court rules 
that a loan is unenforceable solely because of the lack of evidence of a 
confirmation process or processes, insurance and reinsurance benefits 
must be repaid.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1845-0020)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1078, 1078-1, 1078-2, 1078-3, 1082)

[57 FR 60323, Dec. 18, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 9119, Feb. 19, 1993; 59 
FR 25746, May 17, 1994; 59 FR 33356, June 28, 1994; 59 FR 61429, Nov. 
30, 1994; 61 FR 60486, Nov. 27, 1996; 64 FR 18980, Apr. 16, 1999; 64 FR 
58629, Oct. 29, 1999; 64 FR 58963, Nov. 1, 1999; 65 FR 65620, Nov. 1, 
2000; 66 FR 34764, June 29, 2001; 71 FR 45708, Aug. 9, 2006]