---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 204.5"
title: "17"
number: "204.5"
heading: "Debtor's failure to respond."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/204.5"
---

# §204.5. Debtor's failure to respond.


If the debtor fails to respond to the notice described in [§ 204.4(a)](/cfr/17/204.4.md?p=a) by the proposed effective date specified in the notice, the Commission may take further action under this section or under the Federal Claims Collection Standards ([31 CFR 901.3](/cfr/31/901.3.md)). The commission may collect by administrative offset if the debtor:

- (a) Has not made payment by the payment due date;
- (b) Has not requested a review of the claim within the agency as set out in [§ 204.6](/cfr/17/204.6.md); or
- (c) **Has not made an arrangement for payment by the payment due date.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 54130, Oct. 26, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3716, 31 CFR 901.3.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 64370, Dec. 7, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 54130, Oct. 26, 2001]