It's a debt management tool.

Anything after July 1, game's over.

The debt management plan is really a repayment plan.

The ongoing task of debt management for the federal government will clearly be very different in the years ahead than it has been in the past, when debt was rapidly increasing, ... With $3.6 trillion in debt outstanding, even a 3 basis point (0.03 percentage point) reduction in federal borrowing costs will ultimately produce savings of more than $1 billion per year.

If creditors handle this appropriately, there could be more people helped with debt management programs - but they will need that break on principal,

The theater management handled the situation very well.