---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 674.20"
title: "34"
number: "674.20"
heading: "Compliance with equal credit opportunity requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/674.20"
---

# §674.20. Compliance with equal credit opportunity requirements.

- (a) In making a loan, an institution shall comply with the equal credit opportunity requirements of Regulation B ([12 CFR part 202](/cfr/12/part202.md)).
- (b) The Secretary considers the Federal Perkins Loan program to be a credit assistance program authorized by Federal law for the benefit of an economically disadvantaged class of persons within the meaning of [12 CFR 202.8(a)(1)](/cfr/12/202.8.md?p=a-1). Therefore, the institution may request a loan applicant to disclose his or her marital status, income from alimony, child support, and spouse's income and signature.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45747, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49147, Dec. 6, 1988; 59 FR 61415, Nov. 30, 1994; 64 FR 58315, Oct. 28, 1999]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 45747, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1071—1087ii; 1087dd(h)(1)(D).

### Amendments

[52 FR 45747, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49147, Dec. 6, 1988; 59 FR 61415, Nov. 30, 1994; 64 FR 58315, Oct. 28, 1999]