---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 102.163"
title: "29"
number: "102.163"
heading: "Opportunity for repayment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/102.163"
---

# §102.163. Opportunity for repayment.

- (a) The Agency must afford the debtor the opportunity to repay the debt or enter into a repayment plan which is agreeable to the Agency and is in a written form signed by the debtor. The Agency may deem a repayment plan to be abrogated if the debtor, after the repayment plan is signed, fails to comply with the terms of the plan.
- (b) The Agency has discretion and may exercise sound judgment in determining whether to accept a repayment agreement in lieu of administrative offset.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 11785, Feb. 24, 2017]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 55164, Oct. 23, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 151, 156. Section 102.117 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A), and § 102.119 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k). Sections 102.143 through 102.155 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 11785, Feb. 24, 2017]