**(a) Enforcement in House of Representatives** It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider a rule or order that waives the application of [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Disposition of points of order**
(1) **Application to House of Representatives** — This subsection shall apply only to the House of Representatives.
(2) **Threshold burden** — In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point of order under [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim) or subsection (a) of this section must specify the precise language on which it is premised.
(3) **Question of consideration** — As disposition of points of order under [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim) or subsection (a) of this section, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the proposition that is the subject of the points of order.
(4) **Debate and intervening motions** — A question of consideration under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by each Member initiating a point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent on each point of order, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the case may be.
(5) **Effect on amendment in order as original text** — The disposition of the question of consideration under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolution shall be considered also to determine the question of consideration under this subsection with respect to an amendm
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**(a) Enforcement in House of Representatives** It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider a rule or order that waives the application of [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Disposition of points of order**
(1) **Application to House of Representatives** — This subsection shall apply only to the House of Representatives.
(2) **Threshold burden** — In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point of order under [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim) or subsection (a) of this section must specify the precise language on which it is premised.
(3) **Question of consideration** — As disposition of points of order under [section 658d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section658d&num=0&edition=prelim) or subsection (a) of this section, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the proposition that is the subject of the points of order.
(4) **Debate and intervening motions** — A question of consideration under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by each Member initiating a point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent on each point of order, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the case may be.
(5) **Effect on amendment in order as original text** — The disposition of the question of consideration under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolution shall be considered also to determine the question of consideration under this subsection with respect to an amendment made in order as original text.
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§ 661. Purposes
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 bene-
ficiaries; and
(4) improve the allocation of resources
among credit programs and between credit and
other spending programs.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L.
101–508, title XIII, § 13201(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104
Stat. 1388–610.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 661, Pub. L. 93–344, title VI, § 606, July
12, 1974, 88 Stat. 325, directed that Budget Committees
of House and Senate study, on a continuing basis, any
provisions of law which exempt agencies or programs
from inclusion in the budget and make recommenda-
tions from time to time with regard to terminating or
modifying such provisions, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
99–177, title II, §§ 223, 275(a)(1), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat.
1060, 1100, effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with re-
spect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985.
A prior section 501 of Pub. L. 93–344, title V, July 12,
1974, 88 Stat. 321, was classified to section 1020 of former
Title 31, prior to repeal and reenactment as section 1102
of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b),
Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, the first section of which
enacted Title 31.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
For short title of title V of Pub. L. 93–344, which en-
acted this subchapter, as the ‘‘Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990’’, see section 500 of Pub. L. 93–344, set out as
a note under section 621 of this title.
§ 661a. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapte