Attachment 2: AMF and LPIF Record Layouts

AMF Record Layouts

GA AMF Header Record Layout Length=300

Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Positional sort field for sorting the header record to Num. 9
Number the top of the file. Set the value to all zeroes;
‘000000000’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification code for guaranty agency. Char. 3
13 20 Report Begin Date Start date of fiscal year; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
21 28 Report End Date End date of fiscal year; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
29 29 Filler Spaces Char. 1
30 37 Create Date Date on which the file is created; CCYYMMDD Date 8
format.
38 45 Create Time Time when the file is created; HH:MM:SS format. Char. 8
46 75 File Description ‘GA AMF DETAIL HEADER’ Char. 30
76 300 Filler Spaces Char. 225

GA AMF Detail Record Layout Length=300

Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Student’s Social Security Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s SSN. Char. 9
Number
10 17 Date of Student’s Birth Date when a Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary Date 8
was born; CCYYMMDD format.
18 29 Student’s First Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s first name. Char. 12
30 64 Student’s Last Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s last name. Char. 35
65 66 Type of Loan Code indicating type of aid received or guaranteed: Char. 2
SF—Stafford
SU—Unsubsidized Stafford
PL—Plus
SL—Supplemental Loans
CL—Consolidation Loans
RF—Refinanced.
67 74 Date of Guaranty Date the FFEL loan was originally guaranteed; Date 8
CCYYMMDD format.
75 75 Indicator of Separate Indicator used to differentiate among multiple loans Char. 1
Loan of the same type, that have the same guaranty date
for the same student attending the same school.

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Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
76 83 Code for Original ED Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) code Char. 8
School for school where a student was enrolled or accepted
for enrollment at the time the loan was made.
84 104 GA Unique Loan ID Unique ID that has been assigned to a loan by the Char. 21
Guaranty agency (Optional – will be set to spaces if
ID is not assigned).
105 113 PLUS Borrower’s Social Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set Char. 9
Security Number to spaces otherwise.
114 121 PLUS Borrower’s Date Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set Date. 8
of Birth to zero otherwise.
122 133 PLUS Borrower’s First Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set Char. 12
Name to spaces otherwise.
134 168 PLUS Borrower’s Last Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set Char. 35
Name to spaces otherwise.
169 174 Amount of Guaranty Original dollar amount, before any cancellations, of Num. 6
the FFEL loan guaranty. For loans subrogated and
received by NSLDS before the date of extract but
after the end of the FY, this reflects the cumulative
disbursement amount.
175 182 Date of Disbursement Date of latest disbursement as reported to NSLDS Date 8
prior to FY end date; CCYYMMDD format.
183 188 Amount of Disbursement Cumulative amount of loan disbursement(s) last Num. 6
reported to NSLDS prior to FY end date.
189 196 Date of Cancellation Date when all or part of a loan was cancelled prior Date 8
to FY end date; CCYYMMDD format. When the
Amount of Cancellation is zero, this will have the
default value 00000000.
197 202 Amount of Cancellation Cumulative amount of loan or disbursement(s) that Num. 6
was cancelled prior to FY end date, including other
loans cancelled and unconsummated loans
cancelled as of the end of the FY.
203 210 Date of Outstanding Date on which value in Amount of Outstanding Date 8
Principal Balance Principal Balance was updated.
211 216 Amount of Outstanding Cumulative dollar value of the outstanding balance Num. 6
Principal Balance due on a loan, including capitalized interest.
217 224 Date of Loan Status Date the loan status current at the end of the FY Date 8
became effective.
225 226 Code for Loan Status Code representing the loan status in the Guaranty Char. 2
Agency’s system at the end of the FY.
227 234 Date Entered Repayment Loan date of maturity (date entered repayment). Date 8
235 242 Date Enrollment Period Date the enrollment period begins. Date 8
Begins

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Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
243 250 Date Enrollment Period Date the enrollment period ends. Date 8
Ends
251 256 Code for Servicer Code for lender servicer as of the extract date of the Char. 6
file.
257 262 Code for Current Holder Code for current lender as of the extract date of the Char. 6
Lender file.
263 268 Code for Originating Code for original lender. All loans originally Char. 6
FFEL Lender created from DCS or TGA will have this set to
000000.
269 269 Indicator for exclusion Indicator when set to ‘Y’, the cancellation amount Char. 1
of Cancellation Amount reset to 0, as the guaranty amount has already been
subrogated and reflects the adjusted amount.
270 277 Responsibility Begin Responsibility begin date for loan guarantor. Date 8
Date
278 285 Responsibility End Date Responsibility end date for loan guarantor. Date 8
286 300 Filler Spaces Char. 15

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GA AMF Trailer Record Layout Length=300
Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Positional sort field for sorting the header record to Num. 9
Number the top of the file. Set the value to all nines;
‘999999999’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification code for guaranty agency. Char. 3
13 42 File Description ‘GA AMF DETAIL TRAILER’ Char. 30
43 51 Total Number of Detail Number of detail records contained in the current Num. 9
Records file excluding header and trailer.
52 66 Total Guaranty Amount Sum of all guaranty amounts in this file. Num. 15
67 81 Total Cancellation Sum of all cancellation amounts in this file. Num. 15
Amount
82 96 Total Net Guaranty Difference between the total guaranty amount and Num. 15
Amount the total cancellation amount.
97 300 Filler Spaces Char. 204

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 Loan Processing and Issuance Fee

GA LPIF Header Record Layout Length=300

Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Number Positional sort field for sorting the header record to Num. 9
the top of the file. Set the value to all zeroes:
‘000000000’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification code for guaranty agency. Char. 3
13 20 Report Begin Date Start date of quarter; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
21 28 Report End Date End date of quarter; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
29 29 Filler Space Char. 1
30 37 Create Date Date that the file is created; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
38 45 Create Time Time when the file is created; HH:MM:SS format. Char. 8
46 75 File Description ‘GA LPIF DETAIL HEADER’ Char. 30
76 300 Filler Spaces Char. 225

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GA LPIF Detail Record Layout Length=300
Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Student’s Social Security Number Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s SSN. Char. 9
10 17 Date of Student’s Birth Date when a Title IV aid recipient or Date 8
beneficiary was born; CCYYMMDD
format.
18 29 Student’s First Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s first Char. 12
name.
30 64 Student’s Last Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s last Char. 35
name.
65 66 Type of Loan Code indicating type of aid received or Char. 2
guaranteed:
SF—Stafford
SU—Unsubsidized Stafford
PL—PLUS
CL—Consolidated
Detail is provided for consolidated but is not
used for fee computation.
67 74 Date of Guaranty Date the FFEL loan was originally Date 8
guaranteed; CCYYMMDD format.
75 75 Indicator of Separate Loan Indicators used to differentiate among Char. 1
multiple loans of the same type that have the
same guaranty date for the same student
attending the same school.
76 83 Code for Original School ED Office of Postsecondary Education Char. 8
(OPE) code for school where a student was
enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the
time the loan was made.
84 104 GA Unique Loan ID Unique ID that has been assigned to a loan Char. 21
by the Guaranty Agency. (Optional –will be
set to spaces if an ID is not assigned.)
105 113 PLUS Borrower’s Social Security Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will Char. 9
Number be set to spaces otherwise.
114 121 PLUS Borrowers’ Date of Birth Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will Date 8
be set to spaces otherwise.
122 133 PLUS Borrower’s First Name Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will Char. 12
be set to spaces otherwise.
134 168 PLUS Borrower’s Last Name Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will Char. 35
be set to spaces otherwise.
169 174 Amount of Guaranty Current Cumulative amount of loan guaranty, before Num. 6
Period any cancellations, that was reported by the
GA on or after 10/01/1999 and on or before
the current reporting period end date.

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Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
175 180 Amount of Guaranty Prior Period Cumulative amount of loan guaranty, before Num. 6
any cancellations, that was reported by the
GA on or after 10/01/1999 and before the
current reporting period begin date. This
amount should have been included in a
previous LPIF detail file. For a new loan
guaranty, this amount will be zero.
181 186 Difference Guaranty Amount Difference between amount of guaranty Num. 6
current period and amount of guaranty prior
period.
187 194 Date of Cancellation* Date of last cancellation as reported to Date 8
NSLDS on or after 10/01/1999 and on or
before the current reporting period end date;
CCYYMMDD format.
195 200 Amount of Cancellation Current Cumulative amount of loan cancellation for Num. 6
Period* loans guaranteed on or after 10/01/1999 and
last reported to NSLDS on or after
10/01/1999 and on or before the current
reporting period end date.
201 206 Amount of Cancellation prior Cumulative amount of loan cancellation for Num. 6
period** loans guaranteed on or after 10/01/1999 and
reported by the GA on or after 10/01/1999
and before the current reporting period
begin date. This amount should have been
included in a previous LPIF detail file and
include only the cancellations for which the
GA is responsible.
207 212 Difference Cancellation Amount Difference between amount of cancellation Num. 6
current period and amount of cancellation
prior period.
213 220 Date of Disbursement* Date of last disbursement as reported to Date 8
NSLDS on or after 10/01/1999 and on or
before the current reporting period end date;
CCYYMMDD format.
221 226 Amount of Disbursement Current Cumulative amount of loan disbursement for Num. 6
Period* loans guaranteed on or after 10/01/1999 and
last reported to NSLDS on or after
10/01/1999 and on or before the current
reporting period end date.
227 232 Amount of Disbursement Prior Amount of loan disbursement for loans Num. 6
Period** guaranteed on or after 10/01/1999 and last
reported by the GA on or after 10/01/1999
and before the current reporting period
begin date. This amount should have been
included in a previous LPIF detail file. And
include only the disbursements for which the
GA is responsible.

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 Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
233 238 Difference Disbursement Amount Difference between amount of disbursement Num. 6
current period and amount of disbursement
prior period. This amount will be multiplied
by LPIF Fee Rate to compute LPIF fee.
239 246 Responsibility Begin Date Responsibility begin date for loan guarantor. Date 8
247 254 Responsibility End Date Responsibility end date for loan guarantor. Date 8
255 262 Report Begin Date Start Date of Quarter; CCYYMMDD Date 8
format.
263 270 Report End Date End Date of Quarter; CCYYMMDD format. Date 8
271 273 Code for GA Identification Code for GA. Char. 3
274 300 Filler Spaces Char. 27

Note:
*
This date must be on or after 10/01/1999. If a disbursement or cancellation is received late (i.e., past the quarter in
which the event took place), the detailed record will be included in the file, as long as the disbursement or
cancellation date is greater than 10/01/1999.
**
This may be different at this point of time if GA has made any past period change. However, NSLDS will use the
figures that were used to compute in the prior period but not the one with past period corrections.

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GA LPIF Trailer Record Layout Length=300
Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Number Positional sort field for sorting the header Num. 9
record to the top of the file. Set the value
to all nines: ‘999999999’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification code for guaranty agency. Char. 3
13 42 File Description ‘GA LPIF DETAIL TRAILER’ Char. 30
43 51 Total Number of Detail Records Number of detail records contained in the Num. 9
current file
52 66 Total Difference Guaranty Amount Sum of all difference guaranty amounts in Num. 15
this file
67 81 Total Difference Cancellation Amount Sum of all difference cancellation Num. 15
amounts in this file
82 96 Total Net Guaranty Amount Difference between the total difference Num. 15
guaranty amount and the total difference
cancellation amount
97 111 Total Difference Disbursement Sum of all difference disbursement Num. 15
Amount amounts in this file
112 126 Total Guaranty Amount excluding Sum of all difference guaranty amounts in Num. 15
loan type CL this file excluding consolidation loans
127 141 Total Disbursement Amount excluding Sum of all difference disbursement Num. 15
loan type CL amounts in this file excluding
consolidation loans
142 156 Total Cancellation Amount excluding Sum of all difference cancellation Num. 15
loan type CL amounts in this file excluding
consolidation loans
157 171 Total Net Guaranty Amount excluding Difference between the Total Difference Num. 15
loan type CL Guaranty Amount excluding loan type CL
in this file and the Total Difference
Cancellation Amount excluding loan type
CL in this file
172 300 Filler Spaces Char. 129

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 Cumulative LPIF File Layout
Cumulative LPIF Extract Header Record Layout Length=300
Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Positional sort field for sorting the header record to the Num. 9
Number top of the file. Set the value to all zeroes; ‘000000000’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification Code for Guaranty Agency Num. 3
13 20 Report Begin Date Quarter Begin Date: CCYYMMDD Num. 8
21 28 Report End Date Quarter End Date: CCYYMMDD Num. 8
29 29 Filler Space Char. 1
30 37 Create Date Date on which the file is created: CCYYMMDD Num. 8
38 45 Create Time Time when the file is created: HH:MM:SS format Num. 8
46 95 File Description ‘GA LPIF CUMULATIVE DETAIL HEADER’ Char. 50
96 300 Filler Spaces. Char. 205

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The cumulative LPIF detail record layout is similar to the LPIF detail record layout with the
following exceptions. The following fields are excluded and populated with filler (i.e., zeroes):

• Amount of Guaranty Prior Period (positions 175-180)

• Difference Guaranty Amount (positions 181-186)

• Amount of Cancellation Prior Period (positions 201-206)

• Difference Cancellation Amount (positions 207-212)

• Amount of Disbursement Prior Period (positions 227-232)

• Difference Disbursement Amount (positions 233-238)

Cumulative LPIF Extract Detail Record Layout Length=300

Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Student’s Social Security Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s SSN Char. 9
Number
10 17 Date of Student’s Birth Date when a Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary was Date 8
born; CCYYMMDD
18 29 Student’s First Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s first name Char. 12
30 64 Student’s Last Name Title IV aid recipient or beneficiary’s last name Char. 35
65 66 Type of Loan Code indicating type of aid received or guaranteed: Char. 2
SF—Stafford
SU—Unsubsidized Stafford
PL—PLUS
CL—Consolidated
67 74 Date of Guaranty Date the FFEL loan was originally guaranteed; Date 8
CCYYMMDD
75 75 Indicator of Separate Loan Indicator used to differentiate among multiple loans Char. 1
of the same type, that have the same guaranty date for
the same student attending the same school
76 83 Code for Original School OPE code for school where a student was enrolled or Char. 8
accepted for enrollment at the time the loan was
made
84 104 GA Unique Loan ID Unique ID that has been assigned to a loan by the Char. 21
Guaranty Agency (Optional - will be set to spaces if
ID is not assigned)
105 113 PLUS Borrower’s Social Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set to Char. 9
Security Number spaces otherwise.
114 121 PLUS Borrowers’ Date of Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set to Date 8
Birth spaces otherwise.
122 133 PLUS Borrower’s First Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set to Char. 12
Name spaces otherwise.

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 Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
134 168 PLUS Borrower’s Last Applicable to PLUS (PL) Loans only. It will be set to Char. 35
Name spaces otherwise.
169 174 Amount of Guaranty Original dollar amount, before any cancellations, of Num. 6
the FFEL loan guaranty.
175 180 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
181 186 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
187 194 Date of Cancellation* Date of last cancellation as reported to NSLDS, on or Date 8
after 10/01/1999 and through the report period end
date. CCYYMMDD.
195 200 Amount of Cancellation Cumulative amount of loan cancellation last reported Num. 6
to NSLDS on or after 10/01/1999 and through the
report period end date.
201 206 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
207 212 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
213 220 Date of Disbursement* Date of last Disbursement as reported to NSLDS, on Date 8
or after 10/01/1999 and through the report period end
date. CCYYMMDD.
221 226 Amount of Disbursement Cumulative amount of loan disbursement last Num. 6
reported to NSLDS on or after 10/01/1999 and
through the report period end date.
227 232 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
233 238 Filler Zeroes. Num. 6
239 246 Responsibility Begin Date Responsibility begin date for loan guarantor. Date 8
247 254 Responsibility End Date Responsibility end date for loan guarantor. Date 8
255 262 Report Begin Date Start date of quarter; CCYYMMDD. Date 8
263 270 Report End Date End date of quarter; CCYYMMDD. Date 8
271 273 GA code Identification Code for GA. Char. 3
274 300 Filler Spaces. Char. 27

* If a Disbursement/Cancellation is received past the quarter in which the event took place the
detail record will be included in the file, as long as the disbursement/cancellation date is greater
than 10/01/1999.

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Cumulative LPIF Extract Trailer Record Layout Length=300
Pos Pos Attribute Description Field Lth
FR TO Format
1 9 Record Sequence Positional sort field for sorting the trailer record to the Num. 9
Number bottom of the file. Set the value to all nines; ‘999999999’.
10 12 Code for GA Identification Code for Guaranty Agency. Num. 3
13 62 File Description ‘GA LPIF CUMULATIVE DETAIL TRAILER’. Char. 50
63 71 Total Number of Number of detail records contained in the current file. Num. 9
Detail Records
72 86 Total Guaranty Sum of all guaranty amounts in this file. Num. 15
Amount
87 101 Total Cancellation Sum of all cancellation amounts in this file. Num. 15
Amount
102 116 Total Net Guaranty Difference between the Total Guaranty amount and the Num. 15
Amount Total Cancellation Amount.
117 131 Total Disbursement Sum of all disbursement amounts in the file. Num. 15
Amount
132 146 Total Guaranty Sum of all guaranty amounts in this file excluding loan Num. 15
Amount excluding type ‘CL’.
consolidated loans
147 161 Total Cancellation Sum of all cancellation amounts in this file excluding loan Num. 15
Amount excluding type ‘CL’.
consolidated loans
162 176 Total Net Guaranty Difference between the Total Guaranty amount and the Num. 15
Amount excluding Total Cancellation Amount.
consolidated loans
Excluding consolidated loans.
177 191 Total Disbursement Sum of all disbursement amounts in the file excluding loan Num. 15
Amount excluding type ‘CL’.
consolidated loans
192 300 Filler Spaces. Char. 109

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