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42 USC § 292i - Insurance account

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s292i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 292i - Insurance account"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "292i"
section_name: "Insurance account"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Student Loans"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2007; amended Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 143, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3581.)"
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# § 292i. Insurance account

**(a)** **In general**

**(1)** **Establishment** There is hereby established a student loan insurance account (in this section referred to as the “Account”) which shall be available without fiscal year limitation to the Secretary for making payments in connection with the collection and default of loans insured under this subpart by the Secretary.

**(2)** **Funding**

**(A)** Except as provided in subparagraph (B), all amounts received by the Secretary as premium charges for insurance and as receipts, earnings, or proceeds derived from any claim or other assets acquired by the Secretary in connection with his operations under this subpart, and any other moneys, property, or assets derived by the Secretary from the operations of the Secretary in connection with this section, shall be deposited in the Account.

**(B)** With respect to amounts described in subparagraph (A) that are received by the Secretary for fiscal year 1993 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary may, before depositing such amounts in the Account, reserve from the amounts each such fiscal year not more than $1,000,000 for obligation under section 292h(d) of this title.

**(3)** **Expenditures** All payments in connection with the default of loans insured by the Secretary under this subpart shall be paid from the Account.

**(b)** **Contingent authority for issuance of notes or other obligations** 2 U.S.C. 661

If at any time the moneys in the Account are insufficient to make payments in connection with the collection or default of any loan insured by the Secretary under this subpart, the Secretary of the Treasury may lend the Account such amounts as may be necessary to make the payments involved, subject to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 [ et seq.].

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2007; amended Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 143, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3581.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (b), is title V of , as added by , , , which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 661 et seq.) of chapter 17A of Title 2, The Congress. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under  and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 292i, , as added , , ; amended , , , related to shared schedule residency training positions, prior to repeal by , , .

Another prior section 292i, , as added , ; amended , , ; , , , related to preparation and submission of annual reports to the Congress through the President, including its contents, as to grants for construction of health research facilities, prior to repeal by , , .

A prior section 710 of act , was classified to  prior to the general revision of this subchapter by .

Another prior section 710 of act , was renumbered section 709 by  and was classified to  prior to the general revision of this subchapter by .

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(2)(B).  substituted “fiscal year 1993 and subsequent fiscal years” for “any of the fiscal years 1993 through 1996”.