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20 U.S.C. 1097: Criminal penalties

Created in 1986 by Public Law 89-329. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 20 U.S.C. 1072, 20 U.S.C. 1087tt.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2020Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019

1992Pub. L. 102-325

1986Pub. L. 89-329added it

20 U.S.C. 1097Criminal penalties

(a)In general

(b)Assignment of loans

(c)Inducements to lend or assign

(d)Obstruction of justice

(e)Access to Department of Education information technology systems for fraud, commercial advantage, or private financial gain

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2020

Pub. L. 116–251 added subsec. (e). (Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019) Law text · (e)

1992

Pub. L. 102–325 amended section generally, inserting provisions relating to attempted offenses, wherever appearing, and in subsec. (a) inserting provisions relating to failure to refund and substituting provisions relating to $20,000 and $5,000 fines for provisions relating to $10,000 and $1,000 fi…

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.