### Question
How is the term credit program account defined?


### Answer
The term **credit program account** is defined in *2 U.S.C. § 661a* as the following:

> the budget account into which an appropriation to cover the cost of a direct loan or loan guarantee program is made and from which such cost is disbursed to the financing account

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 661a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 17A-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS > SUBCHAPTER III-CREDIT REFORM**

