; and (ii) the loan amount shall be the amount sufficient to provide benefits of participants and beneficiaries of the plan in pay status at the time the loan is made, determined without regard to the suspension, including retroactive payment of benefits which would otherwise have been payable during the period of the suspension. (2) Coordination with PBGC financial assistance (A) In general In the case of a plan which is also applying for financial assistance under section 4261(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1431(d) )— (i) the plan sponsor shall submit the loan application and the application for financial assistance jointly to the Pension Rehabilitation Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with the information necessary to determine the amount under subparagraph (B)