 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
              Part B--Federal Family Education Loan Program
 
Sec. 1087-4. Discrimination in secondary markets prohibited

    The Student Loan Marketing Association (and, if the Association is 
privatized under section 1087-3 of this title, any successor entity 
functioning as a secondary market for loans under this part, including 
the Holding Company described in such section) shall not engage directly 
or indirectly in any pattern or practice that results in a denial of a 
borrower's access to loans under this part because of the borrower's 
race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability status, 
income, attendance at a particular eligible institution, length of the 
borrower's educational program, or the borrower's academic year at an 
eligible institution.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 440A, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VI, Sec. 604], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-233, 3009-293.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1087-4, Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 440, as added 
Pub. L. 94-482, title I, Sec. 127(a), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2141, 
provided for criminal penalties, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-374, 
title IV, Sec. 451(b), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1458, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. 
See section 1097 of this title.
