BJ has a vested account balance in his employer-sponsored qualified money purchase pension plan of $60,000. He has two years of service with his employer and the plan follows the least generous graduated vesting schedule permitted under PPA 2006. If BJ has an outstanding loan balance within the prior 12 months of $15,000, what is the maximum loan BJ could take from this qualified plan, assuming the plan permitted loans?

a. $15,000.

b. $30,000.

c. $35,000.

d. $50,000.