{"data":{"id":"us/2-u.s.c.-661","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 U.S.C. § 661","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this subchapter are to—(1) measure more accurately the costs of Federal credit programs; (2) place the cost of credit programs on a budgetary basis equivalent to other Federal spending; (3) encourage the delivery of benefits in the form most appropriate to the needs of beneficiaries; and (4) improve the allocation of resources among credit programs and between credit and other spending programs.","path":["Title 2—THE CONGRESS","CHAPTER 17A—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc02@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:23Z","sha256":"0249ddf03af94671622e6804e3170fa81d3e63cb19afb6520c1b5b8706f0ec69","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/2-u.s.c.-658g","next":"us/2-u.s.c.-661a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
