---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 685.400"
title: "34"
number: "685.400"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/685.400"
---

# §685.400. Scope and purpose.


This subpart sets forth the provisions under which a borrower defense to repayment may be asserted and applies to borrower defense applications pending with the Secretary on July 1, 2023, or received by the Secretary on or after July 1, 2023.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 66068, Nov. 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087a—1087j. Subpart A also issued under U.S.C. 1087e(a). Subpart B also issued under U.S.C 1078, 1078-3, 1087(e), 1087e(a)(2), 1087e(a), 1087e(a)(3), 1087e(b), 1087e(d), 1087e(d)(1), 1087e(f), 1087e(g), 1087(m)(1)(A), 1091(a), 1092(d)(1), 1098e(a)(2), 1098e(a)(3), 1098h(a)(2). Subpart C also issued under U.S.C 1087a.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 61690, Dec. 1, 1994, unless otherwise noted.