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title: "20 U.S.C. § 1087–4"
description: "Discrimination in secondary markets prohibited"
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title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 1087–4 - Discrimination in secondary markets prohibited

## Text

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

## Notes

Editorial Notes

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