Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4236 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Truth in Lending Act to clarify the application of prepayment amoun... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Application of prepayment amounts for private education loans

210 words·~1 min read·/bill/113/hr/4236/ih/section-4

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Section 128(e) of the Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1638(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to a borrower with more than one private education loan which are held by the same holder and which have different applicable rates of interest, the holder of such loans shall, except as otherwise requested by the borrower in writing, apply the borrower’s prepayment amount (within the meaning of section 682.209(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation) for one or more of such loans, first toward the outstanding balance of principal due on the loan with the highest applicable rate of interest among such loans.
Subparagraph
(A)shall not apply to any prepayment amount made by a borrower to a holder if the borrower has an outstanding balance of fees, including collection costs and authorized late charges, due on any private education loan held by such holder. A prepayment amount (as described in subparagraph (A)) made by a borrower described in subparagraph
(B)to a holder shall be applied first toward the borrower’s outstanding balance of fees, including collection costs and authorized late charges, due on any private education loan held by such holder. .
Connectionstraces to 1
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 4
Application of prepayment amounts for private education loans
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.