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<title>Protecting Students From Automatic Default Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-04-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Protecting Students From Automatic Default Act of 2014 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a private educational lender to notify a borrower immediately if, upon receiving notification of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner jointly liable for the private education loan, the lender deems the borrower to be in default, changes the terms of the loan, or accelerates the loan's repayment terms. </p> <p>Requires a private educational lender to give a borrower at least 90 days after such a notification to identify a new cosigner for that loan. Retains the lender's right to renegotiate loan terms based on the creditworthiness of the new cosigner.</p>]]></summary-text>
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