Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents

Résumé

The Department of Defense ("Department") proposes to amend its regulation that implements the Military Lending Act, herein referred to as the "MLA". Among other protections for Service members, the MLA limits the amount of interest that a creditor may charge on "consumer credit" to a maximum annual percentage rate of 36 percent. The Department is proposing to amend its existing regulation primarily for the purpose of extending the protections of the MLA to a broader range of closed-end and open-end credit products, rather than the limited credit products currently defined as consumer credit. In addition, the Department is proposing to amend its existing regulation to amend the provisions governing a tool a creditor may use in assessing whether a consumer is a "covered borrower," modify the disclosures that a creditor must provide to a covered borrower, implement the enforcement provisions of the MLA, as amended, and for other purposes.