---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 2172"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "2172"
heading: "Filing of plan of adjustment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/2172"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability"
  - "Subchapter III — Adjustments of Debts"
---

# §2172. Filing of plan of adjustment

- (a) **Exclusivity—** Only the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17), after the issuance of a certificate pursuant to [section 2124(j) of this title](/usc/48/2124.md?p=j), may file a plan of adjustment of the debts of the [debtor](/usc/48/2161.md?p=c-2).
- (b) **Deadline for filing plan—** If the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) does not file a plan of adjustment with the petition, the [Oversight Board](/usc/48/2104.md?p=17) shall file a plan of adjustment at the time set by the court.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 312, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 583.)