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The 2022 borrower defense rule is out of effect for these loans

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 85001, Sec. 85001. Written by .

The 2022 borrower defense rule is out of effect for these loans

The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of EducationHow: statuteSec. 85001 in the PDF
What the document says

“shall not be in effect.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 85001

The section provides that from enactment, for loans that first originate before July 1, 2035, the borrower defense to repayment provisions of subpart D of part 685 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as added or amended by the final regulations published November 1, 2022 at 87 Fed. Reg. 65904, are not in effect.

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“shall not be in effect.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 85001
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Those parts of the rules do not apply.

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That covers loans first made before July 1, 2035. The rules came from a 2022 decision. They are not indexed here.

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    Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 85001, 139 Stat. 355 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

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    “The 2022 borrower defense rule is out of effect for these loans,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 85001, Sec. 85001. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec85001-delay/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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