§ 1727. — National service educational awards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1727]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 37--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
SUBCHAPTER II--PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
Sec. 1727. National service educational awards
(a) Educational benefits and awards
If a participant in the Public Lands Corps or a resource assistant
also serves in an approved national service position designated under
subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
[42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.], the participant or resource assistant shall
be eligible for a national service educational award in the manner
prescribed in subtitle D of such title [42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.] upon
successfully complying with the requirements for the award. The period
during which the national service educational award may be used, the
purposes for which the award may be used, and the amount of the award
shall be determined as provided under such subtitle.
(b) Forbearance in collection of Stafford loans
For purposes of section 1078 of title 20, in the case of borrowers
who are either participants in the Corps or resource assistants, upon
written request, a lender shall grant a borrower forbearance on such
terms as are otherwise consistent with the regulations of the Secretary
of Education, during periods in which the borrower is serving as such a
participant or a resource assistant.
(Pub. L. 91-378, title II, Sec. 208, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I,
Sec. 105(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 853.)
References in Text
The National and Community Service Act of 1990, referred to in
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 101-610, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3127, as
amended. Subtitles C and D of title I of the Act are classified
generally to divisions C (Sec. 12571 et seq.) and D (Sec. 12601 et
seq.), respectively, of subchapter I of chapter 129 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 12501 of Title 42
and Tables.
