---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 19.8"
title: "15"
number: "19.8"
heading: "When will Commerce entities suspend or terminate debt collection on a Commerce debt?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/19.8"
---

# §19.8. When will Commerce entities suspend or terminate debt collection on a Commerce debt?


If, after pursuing all appropriate means of collection, a Commerce entity determines that a Commerce debt is uncollectible, the Commerce entity may, with legal counsel approval, suspend or terminate debt collection activity in accordance with the provisions of [31 CFR part 903](/cfr/31/part903.md) and the Commerce entity's policies and procedures. Termination of debt collection activity by a Commerce entity does not discharge the indebtedness. (See Commerce Department Credit and Debt Management Operating Standards and Procedures Handbook, available at http://www.osec.doc.gov/ofm/credit/cover.html.)


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701, et seq.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 12811, Mar. 11, 2016, unless otherwise noted.