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FGMSD-80-25 1 (1979-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabadh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. ZONS*m r e ,, 005 M ..oval R I01TED .... s:. . B-l97213 DECEMBER 20, 1979 The Honorable Jim Sasser Chairman, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Committee on Appropriations ,. United States Senate 111341 Dear Senator Sasser: Subject: ECitizenship and Residency Requirements for Government Student Loans-7(FGMSD-80-25) Your letter of December 5, 1979, asked us to answer several questions concerning the possibility that foreign nationals may be improperly receiving direct Government or Government-guaranteed student loans. As your office re- quested, initially we obtained information on the citizen- ship and/or residence requirements for the various Government student loan programs. This letter details information we have developed thus far for the National Direct Student Loan, Health Professions loan, and Nurses Training loan programs. Under these, Government funds are provided to postsecondary educational institutions so they can make loans to needy students. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare administers the programs and participating schools make, bill, and collect the loans. Our preliminary work indicates that the laws establish- ing eligibility for National Direct Student Loan (20 U.S.C. 1087), Health Professions (42 U.S.C. 294) and Nurses Train- ing (42 U.S.C. 297) loans are silent with regard to foreign national students. We are doing additional research to determine whether the Congress has ever addressed the issue of giving Government student loans to foreign national students. Implementing regulations established by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, however, do limit eligibility. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare con- siders the three student loan programs as domestic assist- ance. The Department's implementing guidance for the programs provide that to receive a loan an individual must be:

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