Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2017 or the FAIR Student Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow a person to request the removal of a previously reported default regarding a qualified education loan from a consumer report if: (1) the lender chooses to offer a loan-rehabilitation program that requires a number of consecutive on-time monthly payments equal to the number of payments specified in a default reduction program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and (2) the consumer of the loan successfully and voluntarily meets the requirements of that loan-rehabilitation program. A consumer may obtain such rehabilitation benefits only once per loan. The Government Accountability Office shall report on any hurdles borrowers experience with the private loan-rehabilitation program.
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A bill to provide for the removal of default information from a borrower's credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans.
USA115th CongressS-1066| Senate
| Updated: 5/8/2017
Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2017 or the FAIR Student Credit Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow a person to request the removal of a previously reported default regarding a qualified education loan from a consumer report if: (1) the lender chooses to offer a loan-rehabilitation program that requires a number of consecutive on-time monthly payments equal to the number of payments specified in a default reduction program under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and (2) the consumer of the loan successfully and voluntarily meets the requirements of that loan-rehabilitation program. A consumer may obtain such rehabilitation benefits only once per loan. The Government Accountability Office shall report on any hurdles borrowers experience with the private loan-rehabilitation program.