20 USC § 1098f - Deferral of loan repayment following active duty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1098f"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1098f - Deferral of loan repayment following active duty"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1098f"
section_name: "Deferral of loan repayment following active duty"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 493D, as added Pub. L. 110–84, title II, § 204, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 795.)"
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# § 1098f. Deferral of loan repayment following active duty

**(a)** **Deferral of loan repayment following active duty** In addition to any deferral of repayment of a loan made under this subchapter pursuant to section 1078(b)(1)(M)(iii), 1087e(f)(2)(C), or 1087dd(c)(2)(A)(iii) of this title, a borrower of a loan under this subchapter who is a member of the National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a member of such Armed Forces in a retired status, is called or ordered to active duty, and is enrolled, or was enrolled within six months prior to the activation, in a program of instruction at an eligible institution, shall be eligible for a deferment during the 13 months following the conclusion of such service, except that a deferment under this subsection shall expire upon the borrower’s return to enrolled student status.

**(b)** **Active duty** Notwithstanding section 1088(d) of this title, in this section, the term “active duty” has the meaning given such term in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, except that such term—

**(1)** does not include active duty for training or attendance at a service school; but

**(2)** includes, in the case of members of the National Guard, active State duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 493D, as added Pub. L. 110–84, title II, § 204, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 795.)

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