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12 USC CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS

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CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS

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Sec.
1751. Short title.
1751a. Omitted.

SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
1752. Definitions.
1752a. National Credit Union Administration.
1753. Federal credit union organization.
1754. Approval of organization certificate.
1755. Fees.
1756. Reports and examinations.
1756a. Omitted.
1757. Powers.
1757a. Limitation on member business loans.
1758. Bylaws.
1759. Membership.
1760. Members' meetings.
1761. Management.
1761a. Officers of the board.
1761b. Board of directors; meetings; powers and duties;
executive committee; membership officers; membership
application.
1761c. Credit committee.
1761d. Supervisory committee; powers and duties; suspension
of members; passbook.
1762. Repealed.
1763. Dividends.
1764. Expulsion and withdrawal.
1765. Minors.
1766. Powers of Board.
1767. Fiscal agents and depositories; authorization to
secure deposits by governmental bodies.
1768. Taxation.
1769. Separability; right to alter, amend, or repeal
chapter.
1770. Allotment of space in Federal buildings or Federal
land.
1771. Conversion from Federal to State credit union and from
State to Federal credit union.
1772. Territorial application of chapter.
1772a. Gifts; acceptance of conditional gifts; deposit.
1772b. Apportionment.
1772c. Trust fund.
1772c-1. Community development revolving loan fund for credit
unions.
1772d. Forfeiture of organization certificate for money
laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses.
1773. District of Columbia credit unions; conversion to
Federal status.
1774. Approval of certificate; assets and obligations of
applicant credit union.
1775. Conditions upon conversion to Federal status.

SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE
1781. Insurance of member accounts.
1782. Administration of insurance fund.
1783. National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
1784. Examination of insured credit unions.
1785. Requirements governing insured credit unions.
1786. Termination of insured credit union status; cease and
desist orders; removal or suspension from office;
procedure.
1786a. Omitted.
1787. Payment of insurance.
1788. Special assistance to avoid liquidation.
1789. Administrative provisions.
1789a. Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal
agents; duties.
1790. Nondiscriminatory provision.
1790a. Board disapproval of directors, committee members, and
senior executive officers of insured credit unions.
1790b. Credit union employee protection remedy.
1790c. Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil
penalties.
1790d. Prompt corrective action.
1790e. Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund.

SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
1795. Congressional findings.
1795a. Definitions.
1795b. National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity
Facility; establishment; management; jurisdiction.
1795c. Membership.
1795d. Capital stock.
1795e. Extensions of credit.
1795f. Powers of Board.
1795g. Depositories, custodians, and fiscal agents.
1795h. Audit of financial transactions.
1795i. Annual report.
1795j. Agent of Federal Reserve System.
1795k. State and local tax exemption.

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12 USC Sec. 1751 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS

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Sec. 1751. Short title

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This chapter may be cited as the "Federal Credit Union Act".

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(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1216; Pub. L. 86-354,
Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 628.)


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AMENDMENTS
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 reenacted section without change.


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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
redesignated Secretary and Department of Health and Human Services
by section 3508 of Title 20, Education.
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof to Bureau of Farm Credit Unions and Director thereof under
jurisdiction of Federal Security Agency by act June 29, 1948, ch.
711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091, and abolishment of Agency and
transfer of its functions to Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, Sec. 5, eff. Apr. 11, 1953,
18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 632, see section 1752a of this title, and
notes thereunder.
Functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor thereof
under this chapter, together with functions of Secretary of
Agriculture with respect thereto, transferred to Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, Sec. 401, eff.
July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. A similar
transfer of functions for duration of World War II was effected by
Ex. Ord. No. 9148, Apr. 27, 1942, 7 F.R. 3145.
Farm Credit Administration transferred to Department of
Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, Sec. 401, eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2730, 53 Stat. 1429, set out in the Appendix to Title
5.


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SHORT TITLE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 913, provided
that: "This Act [enacting sections 1757a and 1790d of this title,
amending sections 1752a, 1759, 1782, and 1784 to 1787 of this
title, repealing section 1762 of this title, and enacting
provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 1752a,
1757a, 1759, 1790d, 4801, and 4803 of this title] may be cited as
the 'Credit Union Membership Access Act'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1987 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100-86, title VII, Sec. 701, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat.
652, provided that: "This title [enacting section 1772c of this
title and amending sections 1757, 1761a, 1761b, 1764, 1766, 1767,
and 1786 to 1788 of this title and sections 45, 46, and 57a of
Title 15, Commerce and Trade] may be cited as the 'Credit Union
Amendments of 1987'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 95-630, title XVIII, Sec. 1801, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat.
3719, provided that: "This title [enacting subchapter III of this
chapter and amending section 1757 of this title, section 709 of
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 856 of former
Title 31, Money and Finance] may be cited as the 'National Credit
Union Central Liquidity Facility Act'."

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS
Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 2, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 913, provided
that: "The Congress finds the following:
"(1) The American credit union movement began as a cooperative
effort to serve the productive and provident credit needs of
individuals of modest means.
"(2) Credit unions continue to fulfill this public purpose, and
current members and membership groups should not face divestiture
from the financial services institution of their choice as a
result of recent court action.
"(3) To promote thrift and credit extension, a meaningful
affinity and bond among members, manifested by a commonality of
routine interaction, shared and related work experiences,
interests, or activities, or the maintenance of an otherwise well-
understood sense of cohesion or identity is essential to the
fulfillment of the public mission of credit unions.
"(4) Credit unions, unlike many other participants in the
financial services market, are exempt from Federal and most State
taxes because they are member-owned, democratically operated, not-
for-profit organizations generally managed by volunteer boards
of directors and because they have the specified mission of
meeting the credit and savings needs of consumers, especially
persons of modest means.
"(5) Improved credit union safety and soundness provisions will
enhance the public benefit that citizens receive from these
cooperative financial services institutions."

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12 USC Sec. 1751a 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS

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Sec. 1751a. Omitted

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CODIFICATION
Section, act June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Sec. 2, 62 Stat. 1091,
related to establishment of Bureau of Federal Credit Unions. See
section 1752a of this title.

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12 USC SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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12 USC Sec. 1752 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 1752. Definitions

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As used in this chapter -
(1) the term "Federal credit union" means a cooperative
association organized in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter for the purpose of promoting thrift among its members and
creating a source of credit for provident or productive purposes;
(2) the term "Chairman" means the Chairman of the National
Credit Union Administration Board;
(3) the term "Administration" means the National Credit Union
Administration;
(4) the term "Board" means the National Credit Union
Administration Board;
(5) The terms "member account" and "account" mean a share,
share certificate, or share draft account of a member of a credit
union of a type approved by the Board which evidences money or
its equivalent received or held by a credit union in the usual
course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to
give credit to the account of the member, and, in the case of a
credit union serving predominantly low-income members (as defined
by the Board), such terms (when referring to the account of a
nonmember served by such credit union) mean a share, share
certificate, or share draft account of such nonmember which is of
a type approved by the Board and evidences money or its
equivalent received or held by such credit union in the usual
course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to
give credit to the account of such nonmember, and such terms mean
share, share certificate, or share draft account of nonmember
credit unions and nonmember units of Federal, State, or local
governments and political subdivisions thereof enumerated in
section 1787 of this title, and such terms mean custodial
accounts established for loans sold in whole or in part pursuant
to section 1757(13) of this title: Provided, That for purposes of
insured State credit unions, reference in this paragraph to
"share", "share certificate", or "share draft", accounts
includes, as determined by the Board, the equivalent of such
accounts under State law;
(6) The terms "State credit union" and "State-chartered credit
union" mean a credit union organized and operated according to
the laws of any State, the District of Columbia, the several
territories and possessions of the United States, the Panama
Canal Zone, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which laws
provide for the organization of credit unions similar in
principle and objectives to Federal credit unions;
(7) The term "insured credit union" means any credit union the
member accounts of which are insured in accordance with the
provisions of subchapter II of this chapter, and the term
"noninsured credit union" means any credit union the member
accounts of which are not so insured;
(8) The term "Fund" means the National Credit Union Share
Insurance Fund; and
(9) The term "branch" includes any branch credit union, branch
office, branch agency, additional office, or any branch place of
business located in any State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, the several territories, including the trust
territories, and possessions of the United States, the Panama
Canal Zone, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, at which member
accounts are established or money lent. The term "branch" also
includes a suboffice, operated by a Federal credit union or by a
credit union authorized by the Department of Defense, located on
an American military installation in a foreign country or in the
trust territories of the United States.

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(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 101, formerly Sec. 2, 48
Stat. 1216; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12
F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 628;
Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 1, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49, renumbered
title I, Sec. 101, and amended Pub. L. 91-468, Secs. 1(2), 2, Oct.
19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994, 1015; Pub. L. 95-22, title III, Sec. 308,
Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Secs. 502(a),
(b), 503, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 96-161, title I,
Sec. 103(a), Dec. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 1233; Pub. L. 96-221, title
III, Secs. 305(a), 307, Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 146, 147; Pub. L.
97-320, title V, Sec. 501, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1528; Pub. L.
109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(1), (2), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat.
2002.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


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AMENDMENTS
2006 - Par. (3). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(1), struck out "and"
after semicolon.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(2), substituted "share draft
account" for "share draft account account" in two places and for
"share draft account accounts" before "of nonmember".
1982 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 97-320 inserted ", and such terms mean
custodial accounts established for loans sold in whole or in part
pursuant to section 1757(13) of this title" after "section 1787 of
this title".
1980 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 96-221, Secs. 305(a), 307, inserted
provisions respecting applicability to share draft accounts
substantially similar to provisions added by Pub. L. 96-161, and
repealed the amendment made by Pub. L. 96-161. See Repeals and
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment notes below.
Par. (10). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 307, struck out par. (10) which
defined "share draft account". See Repeals and Effective Date of
1980 Amendment notes below.
1979 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 96-161, Sec. 103(a)(1), inserted ", and
such term also includes a share draft account" after "the
equivalent of such accounts under State law".
Par. (10). Pub. L. 96-161, Sec. 103(a)(2)-(4), added par. (10).
1978 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(a)(1), substituted
provisions defining "Chairman" for provisions defining
"Administrator".
Par. (4). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(a)(2), inserted
"Administration" after "National Credit Union".
Par. (5). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 503(a), (b), redesignated
par. (4), defining "member account" and "account", as (5) and
substituted "share or share certificate" for "share, share
certificate, or share deposit" in two places; "Board" for
"Administrator" wherever appearing; "share or share certificate
accounts" for "those accounts"; and "enumerated in section 1787 of
this title: Provided, That for purposes of State credit unions,
reference in this paragraph to 'share' or 'share certificate'
accounts includes, as determined by the Board, the equivalent of
such accounts under State law;" for "in which payments are received
by a credit union pursuant to section 1757(6) of this title;".
Pars. (6) to (8). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 503(a), redesignated
former pars. (5) to (7) as (6) to (8). Former par. (8) redesignated
(9).
Par. (9). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 503(a), (c), redesignated former
par. (8) as (9), inserted ", including the trust territories,"
after "several territories", and inserted provision that term
"branch" also includes a suboffice, operated by a Federal credit
union or by a credit union authorized by the Department of Defense,
located on an American military installation in a foreign country
or in the trust territories of the United States.
1977 - Par. (4). Pub. L. 95-22 inserted provision that such terms
mean those accounts of nonmember credit unions and nonmember units
of Federal, State, or local governments and political subdivisions
thereof in which payments are received by a credit union pursuant
to section 1757(6) of this title.
1970 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 91-206 substituting "Administrator" as
meaning Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration
for "Bureau" as meaning the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administration" as meaning
the National Credit Union Administration for "Director" as meaning
Director of the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 91-206 added par. (4).
Pars. (4) to (8). Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 2, added pars. (4) to (8).
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 designated the terms defined as subsecs.
(1) to (3).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-221 effective at close of Mar. 31, 1980,
see section 306 of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as a note under section
371a of this title.

EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1979 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-161 effective Dec. 31, 1979, with that
amendment to remain in effect until the close of Mar. 31, 1980, see
section 104 of Pub. L. 96-161, formerly set out as a note under
section 371a of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Section 509 of title V of Pub. L. 95-630 provided that: "The
amendments made by this title [amending this section, sections 1753
to 1756, 1757 to 1759, 1761 to 1763, 1766, 1767, 1771, 1772a, and
1781 to 1789 of this title, and sections 5108, 5314, and 5315 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] take effect upon
the effective date of this Act [see Effective Date note under
section 375b of this title], except that the functions of the
Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration under the
provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act [this chapter], as in
effect on the date preceding the date of enactment of this title
[Nov. 10, 1978], shall continue to be performed by him in
accordance with such provisions until such time as all the members
of the National Credit Union Administration Board, established
under the amendments made by this title, take office. All rules,
regulations, policies, and procedures of the Administrator in
effect on the date of enactment of this title shall remain in
effect until amended, superseded, or repealed."

REPEALS
Amendment by section 103 of Pub. L. 96-161, cited as a credit to
this section, was repealed at the close of Mar. 31, 1980, by
section 307 of Pub. L. 96-221, and substantially identical
provisions were enacted by section 305 of Pub. L. 96-221, such
amendments to take effect at the close of Mar. 31, 1980.

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12 USC Sec. 1752a 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 1752a. National Credit Union Administration

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(a) Establishment; management under National Credit Union
Administration Board
There is established in the executive branch of the Government an
independent agency to be known as the National Credit Union
Administration. The Administration shall be under the management of
a National Credit Union Administration Board.
(b) Membership and appointment of Board
(1) In general
The Board shall consist of three members, who are broadly
representative of the public interest, appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In
appointing the members of the Board, the President shall
designate the Chairman. Not more than two members of the Board
shall be members of the same political party.
(2) Appointment criteria
(A) Experience in financial services
In considering appointments to the Board under paragraph (1),
the President shall give consideration to individuals who, by
virtue of their education, training, or experience relating to
a broad range of financial services, financial services
regulation, or financial policy, are especially qualified to
serve on the Board.
(B) Limit on appointment of credit union officers
Not more than one member of the Board may be appointed to the
Board from among individuals who, at the time of the
appointment, are, or have recently been, involved with any
insured credit union as a committee member, director, officer,
employee, or other institution-affiliated party.
(c) Term of office
The term of office of each member of the Board shall be six
years, except that the terms of the two members, other than the
Chairman, initially appointed shall expire one upon the expiration
of two years after the date of appointment, and the other upon the
expiration of four years after the date of appointment. Board
members shall not be appointed to succeed themselves except the
initial members appointed for less than a six-year term may be
reappointed for a full six-year term and future members appointed
to fill unexpired terms may be reappointed for a full six-year
term. Any Board member may continue to serve as such after the
expiration of said member's term until a successor has qualified.
(d) Management of Administration vested in Board; adoption of
rules; quorum; report to President and Congress
The management of the Administration shall be vested in the
Board. The Board shall adopt such rules as it sees fit for the
transaction of its business and shall keep permanent and complete
records and minutes of its acts and proceedings. A majority of the
Board shall constitute a quorum. Not later than April 1 of each
calendar year, and at such other times as the Congress shall
determine, the Board shall make a report to the President and to
the Congress. Such a report shall summarize the operations of the
Administration and set forth such information as is necessary for
the Congress to review the financial program approved by the Board.
(e) Functions of Chairman
The Chairman of the Board shall be the spokesman for the Board
and shall represent the Board and the National Credit Union
Administration in its official relations with other branches of the
Government. The Chairman shall determine each Board member's area
of responsibility and shall review such assignments biennially. It
shall be the Chairman's responsibility to direct the implementation
of the adopted policies and regulations of the Board.
(f) Audit by Government Accountability Office
The financial transactions of the Administration shall be subject
to audit by the Government Accountability Office in accordance with
the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate
transactions and under such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. The
audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts
of the Administration are kept.

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(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 102, formerly Sec. 3, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 628; amended
Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 3, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered
title I, Sec. 102, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84
Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 501, Nov. 10,
1978, 92 Stat. 3680; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 502, Oct. 15,
1982, 96 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 105-219, title II, Sec. 204, Aug. 7,
1998, 112 Stat. 922; Pub. L. 108-271, Sec. 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118
Stat. 814.)


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PRIOR PROVISIONS
Section 2 of act June 29, 1948, ch. 711, 62 Stat. 1091, which was
formerly classified to section 1751a of this title, provided for
the establishment in the Federal Security Agency of a Bureau of
Federal Credit Unions, which were under the supervision of a
Director appointed by the Federal Security Administrator. The
Bureau of Federal Credit Unions and the Director thereof were under
the general direction and supervision of the Federal Security
Administrator. The functions, powers, and duties of the Farm Credit
Administration under the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended [this
chapter], were exercised by the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions.
The functions, powers, and duties of the Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration under the Federal Credit Union Act, as
amended [this chapter], were exercised by the Director of the
Bureau of Federal Credit Unions.
Section 1 of act June 29, 1948 transferred to the Federal
Security Agency all functions, powers, and duties of the Farm
Credit Administration and of the Governor thereof under the Federal
Credit Union Act, as amended [this chapter], together with the
functions of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect thereto,
which were transferred to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
by Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1947, part IV, section 401
[set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees].
Section 3 of act June 29, 1948 transferred to the Federal
Security Agency, to be used in the administration of the functions,
transferred, (a) all property, including office equipment,
transferred to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pursuant
to Executive Order 9148 of April 27, 1942 [see note under section
1751 of this title], and in use on the effective date of this Act
[see section 5 of act June 29, 1948, set out as a note below]; (b)
all property, including office equipment, purchased by the
Corporation for use exclusively in connection with the
administration of the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended [this
chapter], the cost of which had been charged to such functions and
which were in use on the effective date of this Act; (c) all
records and files pertaining exclusively to the supervision of
Federal Credit Unions; and (d) all personnel employed primarily in
the administration of the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended
[this chapter], on the effective date of this Act.
Section 4 of act June 29, 1948 transferred all funds allocated,
specifically or otherwise, in the budget of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation for the administration of the Federal Credit
Union Act, as amended [this chapter], during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1949, which were unexpended on the effective date of this
Act [see section 5 of act June 29, 1948, set out as a note below],
to the Federal Security Agency for use in the administration of the
Federal Credit Union Act, as amended [this chapter]. The
Corporation was to be reimbursed for the funds so transferred and
for all other funds expended by it prior to the effective date of
this Act in the administration of the Federal Credit Union Act, as
amended [this chapter], in excess of fees from Federal Credit
unions received by the Corporation, by deducting such amounts from
the first moneys payable to the Secretary of the Treasury on
account of the retirement of the stock of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation owned by the United States, and the
Corporation was to have a charge on such stock for such amounts.
Section 5 of act June 29, 1948 provided that the Act was to
become effective on the thirtieth day following the date of
enactment.

AMENDMENTS
2004 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108-271 substituted "Government
Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
1998 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-219 inserted heading, designated
existing provisions as par. (1), and added par. (2).
1982 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-320 struck out "on a calendar year
basis" after "subject to audit".
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 generally revised section to eliminate the
position of Administrator and to vest the management of the
National Credit Union Administration in the National Credit Union
Administration Board.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), substituted provisions establishing an independent agency
known as the National Credit Union Administration and an
Administrator of such National Credit Union Administration for
provisions establishing a Bureau of Federal Credit Unions under the
supervision of a Director, which Director was appointed by, and,
under the general direction and supervision of, the Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare, and added subsecs. (b) to (f).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Section 6 of Pub. L. 91-206 provided that:
"(a) All functions, property, records, and personnel of the
Bureau of Federal Credit Unions are transferred to the National
Credit Union Administration created by this Act [which generally
amended this chapter].
"(b) The Director of the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions in
office on the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 10, 1970] shall
serve as acting Administrator of the National Credit Union
Administration pending the appointment of an Administrator in
accordance with section 3 of the Federal Credit Union Act as
amended by this Act [this section]."


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STUDY AND REPORT ON DIFFERING REGULATORY TREATMENT
Pub. L. 105-219, title IV, Sec. 401, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 934,
provided that:
"(a) Study. - The Secretary [of the Treasury] shall conduct a
study of -
"(1) the differences between credit unions and other federally
insured financial institutions, including regulatory differences
with respect to regulations enforced by the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Administration;
and
"(2) the potential effects of the application of Federal laws,
including Federal tax laws, on credit unions in the same manner
as those laws are applied to other federally insured financial
institutions.
"(b) Report. - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998], the Secretary shall submit a report to
the Congress on the results of the study required by subsection
(a)."

STUDY OF CORPORATE CREDIT UNIONS
Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title II, Sec. 2606, Sept. 30, 1996, 110
Stat. 3009-473, provided that:
"(a) Definitions. - For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
"(1) Administration. - The term 'Administration' means the
National Credit Union Administration.
"(2) Board. - The term 'Board' means the National Credit Union
Administration Board.
"(3) Corporate credit union. - The term 'corporate credit
union' has the meaning given such term by rule or regulation of
the Board.
"(4) Fund. - The term 'Fund' means the National Credit Union
Share Insurance Fund established under section 203 of the Federal
Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1783].
"(5) Secretary. - The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of
the Treasury.
"(b) Study. -
"(1) In general. - The Secretary, in consultation with the
Board, the Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the
Administration, shall conduct a study and evaluation of -
"(A) the oversight and supervisory practices of the
Administration concerning the Fund, including the treatment of
amounts deposited in the Fund pursuant to section 202(c) of the
Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1782(c)], including
analysis of -
"(i) whether those amounts should be -
"(I) refundable; or
"(II) treated as expenses; and
"(ii) the use of those amounts in determining equity
capital ratios;
"(B) the potential for, and potential effects of,
administration of the Fund by an entity other than the
Administration;
"(C) the 10 largest corporate credit unions in the United
States, conducted in cooperation with appropriate employees of
other Federal agencies with expertise in the examination of
federally insured financial institutions, including -
"(i) the investment practices of those credit unions; and
"(ii) the financial stability, financial operations, and
financial controls of those credit unions;
"(D) the regulations of the Administration; and
"(E) the supervision of corporate credit unions by the
Administration.
"(c) Report. - Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996], the Secretary shall submit
to the appropriate committees of the Congress, a report that
includes the results of the study and evaluation conducted under
subsection (b), together with any recommendations that the
Secretary considers to be appropriate."

STUDY OF CREDIT UNION SYSTEM BY GAO
Pub. L. 101-73, title XII, Sec. 1201, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat.
519, directed Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a
comprehensive study of Nation's credit union system and before the
close of the 18-month period beginning on Aug. 9, 1989, to submit
to Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of
Representatives and Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of Senate a final report containing a detailed statement of
findings and conclusions, including recommendations for such
administrative and legislative action as Comptroller General deemed
advisable.

FEDERALLY CHARTERED CENTRAL CREDIT UNIONS; REPORT TO CONGRESS
Section 3 of Pub. L. 86-354 directed Director of Bureau of
Federal Credit Unions to make a study of desirability of providing
for federally chartered central credit unions and to submit to
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, for transmission to
Congress on or before Apr. 15, 1960, a report of results thereof
and such recommendations for legislation thereon as Director deemed
appropriate.

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12 USC Sec. 1753 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1753. Federal credit union organization

-STATUTE-
Any seven or more natural persons who desire to form a Federal
credit union shall each subscribe either individually or
collectively before some officer competent to administer oaths an
organization certificate in duplicate which shall specifically
state:
(1) the name of the association;
(2) the location of the proposed Federal credit union and the
territory in which it will operate;
(3) the names and addresses of the subscribers to the
certificate and the number of shares subscribed by each;
(4) the initial par value of the shares;
(5) the proposed field of membership, specified in detail;
(6) the term of the existence of the corporation, which may be
perpetual; and
(7) the fact that the certificate is made to enable such
persons to avail themselves of the advantages of this chapter.

Such organization certificate may also contain any provisions
approved by the Board for the management of the business of the
association and for the conduct of its affairs and relative to the
powers of its directors, officers, or stockholders.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 103, formerly Sec. 3, 48
Stat. 1217; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12
F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; renumbered Sec. 4 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1,
Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10,
1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 103, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320,
title V, Secs. 503, 504, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1528.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 503, substituted "each subscribe
either individually or collectively" for "subscribe".
Par. (4). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 504, substituted "the initial par
value of the shares" for "the par value of the shares, which shall
be $5 each".
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director".
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 changed "The" to "the" in subsecs. (1) to
(7) and the period to a semicolon in subsecs. (1) to (6) and
inserted "and" at end of subsec. (6).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1754 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1754. Approval of organization certificate

-STATUTE-
The organization certificate shall be presented to the Board for
approval. Before any organization certificate is approved, an
appropriate investigation shall be made for the purpose of
determining (1) whether the organization certificate conforms to
the provisions of this chapter; (2) the general character and
fitness of the subscribers thereto; and (3) the economic
advisability of establishing the proposed Federal credit union.
Upon approval of such organization certificate by the Board it
shall be the charter of the corporation, and one of the originals
thereof shall be delivered to the corporation after the payment of
the fee required therefor. Upon such approval the Federal credit
union shall be a body corporate and as such, subject to the
limitations herein contained, shall be vested with all of the
powers and charged with all of the liabilities conferred and
imposed by this chapter upon corporations organized hereunder.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 104, formerly Sec. 4, 48
Stat. 1217; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12
F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; renumbered Sec. 5 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1,
Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10,
1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 104, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in
two places.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
in two places.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 substituted "The" for "Any such" in first
sentence and transferred second sentence to make it last sentence.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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12 USC Sec. 1755 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1755. Fees

-STATUTE-
(a) Payment by Federal credit union to Administration
In accordance with rules prescribed by the Board, each Federal
credit union shall pay to the Administration an annual operating
fee which may be composed of one or more charges identified as to
the function or functions for which assessed.
(b) Determinations of amount, assessment periods, and payment dates
The fee assessed under this section shall be determined according
to a schedule, or schedules, or other method determined by the
Board to be appropriate, which gives due consideration to the
expenses of the Administration in carrying out its responsibilities
under this chapter and to the ability of Federal credit unions to
pay the fee. The Board shall, among other things, determine the
periods for which the fee shall be assessed and the date or dates
for the payment of the fee or increments thereof.
(c) Supervision charge exception; waiver of payment
If the annual operating fee is composed of separate charges, no
supervision charge shall be payable by a Federal credit union, and
the Board may waive payment of any or all other charges comprising
the fee, with respect to the year in which its charter is issued,
or in which final distribution is made in its liquidation or the
charter is canceled.
(d) Payment into Treasury of United States
All operating fees shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the
United States for the account of the Administration and may be
expended by the Board to defray the expenses incurred in carrying
out the provisions of this chapter including the examination and
supervision of Federal credit unions.
(e) Investment of annual operating fees not needed for current
operations
(1) Upon request of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall invest and reinvest such portions of the annual operating
fees deposited under subsection (d) of this section as the Board
determines are not needed for current operations.
(2) Such investments may be made only in interest bearing
securities of the United States with maturities requested by the
Board bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on
outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of
comparable maturities.
(3) All income derived from such investments and reinvestments
shall be deposited to the account of the Administration described
in subsection (d) of this section.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 105, formerly Sec. 5, 48
Stat. 1217; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12
F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; Apr. 17, 1952, ch. 214, Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 63; renumbered
Sec. 6 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat.
629; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), (3), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49;
renumbered title I, Sec. 105, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 507, Nov.
10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3682; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 505, Oct.
15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1528.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97-320 added subsec. (e).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted provisions relating to the
payment of an operating fee by each Federal credit union to the
Board for provisions relating to the payment of costs incident to
the ascertainment of whether an organization certificate should be
approved and costs upon approval by the subscriber of such
certificate to the Administration and payment of a supervision fee
by each Federal credit union to the Administration.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
and "Administration" for "Bureau", wherever appearing.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 incorporated in last sentence subject
matter formerly contained in a proviso clause following table and
authorized fees to be expended for supervisory expenses.
1952 - Act Apr. 17, 1952, amended section, substituting a
graduated scale of supervisory fees for the $10 a year supervisory
fee.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1952 AMENDMENT
Section 2 of act Apr. 17, 1952, provided that: "The amendment by
section 1 of this Act [amending this section] shall apply to
supervision fees payable with respect to the calendar year 1952 and
subsequent calendar years."


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1756 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1756. Reports and examinations

-STATUTE-
Federal credit unions shall be under the supervision of the
Board, and shall make financial reports to it as and when it may
require, but at least annually. Each Federal credit union shall be
subject to examination by, and for this purpose shall make its
books and records accessible to, any person designated by the
Board.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 106, formerly Sec. 6, 48
Stat. 1218; Dec. 6, 1937, ch. 3, Sec. 1, 51 Stat. 4; 1947 Reorg.
Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat.
952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; renumbered
Sec. 7 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat.
629; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49;
renumbered title I, Sec. 106, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 508, Nov.
10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3683.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in
two places and "reports to it as and when it" for "reports to him
as and when he" and struck out provisions relating to the payment
of an examination fee by Federal credit unions and the deposit of
such fee to the credit of the special fund created by section 1755
of this title.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
in three places.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 provided for the making of reports to the
Director as and when he may require.
1937 - Act Dec. 6, 1937, inserted "giving due consideration to
the time and expense incident to such examinations, and to the
ability of Federal credit unions to pay such fees" and struck out
proviso relating to conditions relieving certain unions from
payment of examination fee.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1756a 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1756a. Omitted

-MISC1-
Section, act July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 700, which
authorized reimbursement of Farm Credit Administration personnel
for use of private automobiles for examining, supervising, and
servicing Federal credit unions, was from the Department of
Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1943, and was not repeated in
subsequent appropriation acts. Similar provisions were contained in
act July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 444, the Department of
Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1942.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1757 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1757. Powers

-STATUTE-
A Federal credit union shall have succession in its corporate
name during its existence and shall have power -
(1) to make contracts;
(2) to sue and be sued;
(3) to adopt and use a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure;
(4) to purchase, hold, and dispose of property necessary or
incidental to its operations;
(5) to make loans, the maturities of which shall not exceed 15
years, except as otherwise provided herein, and extend lines of
credit to its members, to other credit unions, and to credit
union organizations and to participate with other credit unions,
credit union organizations, or financial organizations in making
loans to credit union members in accordance with the following:
(A) Loans to members shall be made in conformity with
criteria established by the board of directors: Provided, That -

(i) a residential real estate loan on a one-to-four-family
dwelling, including an individual cooperative unit, that is
or will be the principal residence of a credit union member,
and which is secured by a first lien upon such dwelling, may
have a maturity not exceeding thirty years or such other
limits as shall be set by the National Credit Union
Administration Board (except that a loan on an individual
cooperative unit shall be adequately secured as defined by
the Board), subject to the rules and regulations of the
Board;
(ii) a loan to finance the purchase of a mobile home, which
shall be secured by a first lien on such mobile home, to be
used by the credit union member as his residence, a loan for
the repair, alteration, or improvement of a residential
dwelling which is the residence of a credit union member, or
a second mortgage loan secured by a residential dwelling
which is the residence of a credit union member, shall have a
maturity not to exceed 15 years or any longer term which the
Board may allow;
(iii) a loan secured by the insurance or guarantee of, or
with advance commitment to purchase the loan by, the Federal
Government, a State government, or any agency of either may
be made for the maturity and under the terms and conditions
specified in the law under which such insurance, guarantee,
or commitment is provided;
(iv) a loan or aggregate of loans to a director or member
of the supervisory or credit committee of the credit union
making the loan which exceeds $20,000 plus pledged shares, be
approved by the board of directors;
(v) loans to other members for which directors or members
of the supervisory or credit committee act as guarantor or
endorser be approved by the board of directors when such
loans standing alone or when added to any outstanding loan or
loans of the guarantor or endorser exceeds $20,000;
(vi) the rate of interest may not exceed 15 per centum per
annum on the unpaid balance inclusive of all finance charges,
except that the Board may establish -
(I) after consultation with the appropriate committees of
the Congress, the Department of Treasury, and the Federal
financial institution regulatory agencies, an interest rate
ceiling exceeding such 15 per centum per annum rate, for
periods not to exceed 18 months, if it determines that
money market interest rates have risen over the preceding
six-month period and that prevailing interest rate levels
threaten the safety and soundness of individual credit
unions as evidenced by adverse trends in liquidity,
capital, earnings, and growth; and
(II) a higher interest rate ceiling for Agent members for
the Central Liquidity Facility in carrying out the
provisions of subchapter III of this chapter for such
periods as the Board may authorize;

(vii) the taking, receiving, reserving, or charging of a
rate of interest greater than is allowed by this paragraph,
when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the
entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of
debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid
thereon. If such greater rate of interest has been paid, the
person by whom it has been paid, or his legal
representatives, may recover back from the credit union
taking or receiving the same, in an action in the nature of
an action of debt, the entire amount of interest paid; but
such action must be commenced within two years from the time
the usurious collection was made;
(viii) a borrower may repay his loan, prior to maturity in
whole or in part on any business day without penalty, except
that on a first or second mortgage loan a Federal credit
union may require that any partial prepayments (I) be made on
the date monthly installments are due, and (II) be in the
amount of that part of one or more monthly installments which
would be applicable to principal;
(ix) loans shall be paid or amortized in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the Board after taking
into account the needs or conditions of the borrowers, the
amounts and duration of the loans, the interests of the
members and the credit unions, and such other factors as the
Board deems relevant;
(x) loans must be approved by the credit committee or a
loan officer, but no loan may be made to any member if, upon
the making of that loan, the member would be indebted to the
Federal credit union upon loans made to him in an aggregate
amount which would exceed 10 per centum of the credit union's
unimpaired capital and surplus.

(B) A self-replenishing line of credit to a borrower may be
established to a stated maximum amount on certain terms and
conditions which may be different from the terms and conditions
established for another borrower.
(C) Loans to other credit unions shall be approved by the
board of directors.
(D) Loans to credit union organizations shall be approved by
the board of directors and shall not exceed 1 per centum of the
paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union.
A credit union organization means any organization as
determined by the Board, which is established primarily to
serve the needs of its member credit unions, and whose business
relates to the daily operations of the credit unions they
serve.
(E) Participation loans with other credit unions, credit
union organizations, or financial organizations shall be in
accordance with written policies of the board of directors:
Provided, That a credit union which originates a loan for which
participation arrangements are made in accordance with this
subsection shall retain an interest of at least 10 per centum
of the face amount of the loan;

(6) to receive from its members, from other credit unions, from
an officer, employee, or agent of those nonmember units of
Federal, Indian tribal, State, or local governments and political
subdivisions thereof enumerated in section 1787 of this title and
in the manner so prescribed, from the Central Liquidity Facility,
and from nonmembers in the case of credit unions serving
predominately low-income members (as defined by the Board)
payments, representing equity, on -
(A) shares which may be issued at varying dividend rates;
(B) share certificates which may be issued at varying
dividend rates and maturities; and
(C) share draft accounts authorized under section 1785(f) of
this title;

subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be
established by the board of directors, within limitations
prescribed by the Board;
(7) to invest its funds (A) in loans exclusively to members;
(B) in obligations of the United States of America, or securities
fully guaranteed as to principal and interest thereby; (C) in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, in
loans to other credit unions in the total amount not exceeding 25
per centum of its paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus; (D)
in shares or accounts of savings and loan associations or mutual
savings banks, the accounts of which are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation; (E) in obligations issued by banks
for cooperatives, Federal land banks, Federal intermediate credit
banks, Federal home loan banks, the Federal Housing Finance
Board, or any corporation designated in section 9101(3) of title
31 as a wholly owned Government corporation; or in obligations,
participations, or other instruments of or issued by, or fully
guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the Federal National
Mortgage Association or the Government National Mortgage
Association, or in mortgages, obligations, or other securities
which are or ever have been sold by the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation pursuant to section 1454 or 1455 of this
title; or in obligations or other instruments or securities of
the Student Loan Marketing Association; or in obligations,
participations, securities, or other instruments of, or issued
by, or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by any other
agency of the United States and a Federal credit union may issue
and sell securities which are guaranteed pursuant to section
1721(g) of this title; (F) in participation certificates
evidencing beneficial interests in obligations, or in the right
to receive interest and principal collections therefrom, which
obligations have been subjected by one or more Government
agencies to a trust or trusts for which any executive department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States (or the head
thereof) has been named to act as trustee; (G) in shares or
deposits of any central credit union in which such investments
are specifically authorized by the board of directors of the
Federal credit union making the investment; (H) in shares, share
certificates, or share deposits of federally insured credit
unions; (I) in the shares, stocks, or obligations of any other
organization, providing services which are associated with the
routine operations of credit unions, up to 1 per centum of the
total paid in and unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit
union with the approval of the Board: Provided, however, That
such authority does not include the power to acquire control
directly or indirectly, of another financial institution, nor
invest in shares, stocks or obligations of an insurance company,
trade association, liquidity facility or any other similar
organization, corporation, or association, except as otherwise
expressly provided by this chapter; (J) in the capital stock of
the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility; (K)
investments in obligations of, or issued by, any State or
political subdivision thereof (including any agency, corporation,
or instrumentality of a State or political subdivision), except
that no credit union may invest more than 10 per centum of its
unimpaired capital and surplus in the obligations of any one
issuer (exclusive of general obligations of the issuer);
(8) to make deposits in national banks and in State banks,
trust companies, and mutual savings banks operating in accordance
with the laws of the State in which the Federal credit union does
business, or in banks or institutions the accounts of which are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and for Federal
credit unions or credit unions authorized by the Department of
Defense operating suboffices on American military installations
in foreign countries or trust territories of the United States to
maintain demand deposit accounts in banks located in those
countries or trust territories, subject to such regulations as
may be issued by the Board and provided such banks are
correspondents of banks described in this paragraph;
(9) to borrow, in accordance with such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the Board, from any source, in an aggregate
amount not exceeding, except as authorized by the Board in
carrying out the provisions of subchapter III of this chapter, 50
per centum of its paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus:
Provided, That any Federal credit union may discount with or sell
to any Federal intermediate credit bank any eligible obligations
up to the amount of its paid-in and unimpaired capital;
(10) to levy late charges, in accordance with the bylaws, for
failure of members to meet promptly their obligations to the
Federal credit union;
(11) to impress and enforce a lien upon the shares and
dividends of any member, to the extent of any loan made to him
and any dues or charges payable by him;
(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board -
(A) to sell, to persons in the field of membership,
negotiable checks (including travelers checks), money orders,
and other similar money transfer instruments (including
international and domestic electronic fund transfers and
remittance transfers, as defined in section 1693o-1 of title
15); and
(B) to cash checks and money orders for persons in the field
of membership for a fee;

(13) in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the
Board, to purchase, sell, pledge, or discount or otherwise
receive or dispose of, in whole or in part, any eligible
obligations (as defined by the Board) of its members and to
purchase from any liquidating credit union notes made by
individual members of the liquidating credit union at such prices
as may be agreed upon by the board of directors of the
liquidating credit union and the board of directors of the
purchasing credit union, but no purchase may be made under
authority of this paragraph if, upon the making of that purchase,
the aggregate of the unpaid balances of notes purchased under
authority of this paragraph would exceed 5 per centum of the
unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union;
(14) to sell all or a part of its assets to another credit
union, to purchase all or part of the assets of another credit
union and to assume the liabilities of the selling credit union
and those of its members subject to regulations of the Board;
(15) to invest in securities that -
(A) are offered and sold pursuant to section 77d(5) of title
15;
(B) are mortgage related securities (as that term is defined
in section 78c(a)(41) of title 15), subject to such regulations
as the Board may prescribe, including regulations prescribing
minimum size of the issue (at the time of initial distribution)
or minimum aggregate sales prices, or both; or
(C) are small business related securities (as defined in
section 78c(a)(53) of title 15), subject to such regulations as
the Board may prescribe, including regulations prescribing the
minimum size of the issue (at the time of the initial
distribution), the minimum aggregate sales price, or both;

(16) subject to such regulations as the Board may prescribe, to
provide technical assistance to credit unions in Poland and
Hungary; and
(17) to exercise such incidental powers as shall be necessary
or requisite to enable it to carry on effectively the business
for which it is incorporated.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 107, formerly Sec. 7, 48
Stat. 1218; Dec. 6, 1937, ch. 3, Sec. 2, 51 Stat. 4; July 31, 1946,
ch. 711, Sec. 1, 60 Stat. 744; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401,
eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch.
711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 713, Sec. 1, 63
Stat. 890; May 13, 1952, ch. 264, 66 Stat. 70; renumbered Sec. 8
and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 630;
Pub. L. 88-353, Sec. 1, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 89-429,
Sec. 7, May 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 90-44, Secs. 2, 3, July
3, 1967, 81 Stat. 110, 111; Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(1)-(3), July 5,
1968, 82 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 90-448, title VIII, Sec. 807(n), Aug.
1, 1968, 82 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84
Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 107, and amended Pub. L. 91-468,
Secs. 1(2), 10, Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994, 1017; Pub. L. 92-318,
title I, Sec. 133(c)(4), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 93-
383, title VII, Sec. 721, title VIII, Sec. 805(c)(5), Aug. 22,
1974, 88 Stat. 719, 727; Pub. L. 93-495, title I, Sec. 101(d), Oct.
28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1502; Pub. L. 93-569, Sec. 6, Dec. 31, 1974, 88
Stat. 1866; Pub. L. 95-22, title III, Secs. 302, 303, Apr. 19,
1977, 91 Stat. 49, 51; Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1803, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3723; Pub. L. 96-
153, title III, Sec. 323(d), Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1120; Pub. L.
96-161, title I, Sec. 103(b), Dec. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 1234; Pub. L.
96-221, title III, Secs. 305(b), 307, 309(a)(1), 310, Mar. 31,
1980, 94 Stat. 146-149; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Secs. 506-514, 516-
518, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1528-1530; Pub. L. 97-457, Secs. 25,
26, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2510; Pub. L. 98-440, title I, Sec.
105(b), Oct. 3, 1984, 98 Stat. 1691; Pub. L. 98-479, title II, Sec.
206, Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2234; Pub. L. 100-86, title VII, Secs.
702, 703, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 652; Pub. L. 101-179, title II,
Sec. 206(b), Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1311; Pub. L. 103-325, title
II, Sec. 206(b), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2199; Pub. L. 104-208,
div. A, title II, Sec. 2306, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-426;
Pub. L. 109-351, title V, Secs. 502, 503, title VII, Sec. 726(3)-
(8), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1975, 2002; Pub. L. 111-203, title
III, Sec. 362(1), title X, Sec. 1073(d), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat.
1549, 2066.)


-STATAMEND-
AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH (8)
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Secs. 351, 362(1), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1546, 1549, provided that, effective on the transfer date,
paragraph (8) of this section is amended by striking out "or the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation". See Effective Date
of 2010 Amendment note below.

-COD-
CODIFICATION
In par. (7), "section 9101(3) of title 31" substituted for
"section 101 of the Government Corporation Control Act [31 U.S.C.
846]" on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2010 - Par. (12). Pub. L. 111-203, Sec. 1073(d), amended par.
(12) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (12) read as follows: "in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Board -
"(A) to sell, to persons in the field of membership, negotiable
checks (including travelers checks), money orders, and other
similar money transfer instruments (including international and
domestic electronic fund transfers); and
"(B) to cash checks and money orders and receive international
and domestic electronic fund transfers for persons in the field
of membership for a fee;".
2006 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 502, substituted "to make
loans, the maturities of which shall not exceed 15 years," for "to
make loans, the maturities of which shall not exceed twelve years"
in introductory provisions.
Par. (5)(E). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(3), substituted semicolon
for period at end.
Par. (6). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(4), substituted semicolon for
period at end.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(4), substituted semicolon for
period at end.
Par. (7)(D). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(5), struck out "the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or" before "the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation".
Par. (7)(E). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(6), substituted "the
Federal Housing Finance Board," for "the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board,".
Par. (9). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(7), made technical amendment
to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to
subchapter III.
Par. (12). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 503, amended par. (12)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (12) read as follows: "in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, to
sell to members negotiable checks (including travelers checks),
money orders, and other similar money transfer instruments, and to
cash checks and money orders for members, for a fee;".
Par. (13). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(8), struck out "and" after
semicolon at end.
1996 - Par. (5)(A)(iv), (v). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted
"$20,000" for "$10,000".
1994 - Par. (15)(C). Pub. L. 103-325 added subpar. (C).
1989 - Pars. (16), (17). Pub. L. 101-179 added par. (16) and
redesignated former par. (16) as (17).
1987 - Par. (5)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 702, substituted "15
years or any longer term which the Board may allow" for "fifteen
years unless such loan is insured or guaranteed as provided in
subparagraph (iii)".
Par. (6). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 703, inserted ", representing
equity," after "payments".
1984 - Par. (5)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 98-479 inserted "a loan for the
repair, alteration, or improvement of a residential dwelling which
is the residence of a credit union member,".
Pars. (15), (16). Pub. L. 98-440, Sec. 105(b), added par. (15)
and redesignated former par. (15) as (16).
1983 - Par. (5)(A)(i). Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 25, substituted
"Administration" for "Association" after "National Credit Union".
Par. (7)(K). Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 26, redesignated cl. (L) as (K)
and substituted a period for "; and" at end.
1982 - Par. (5)(A)(i). Pub. L. 97-320, Secs. 507-509, substituted
"on" for "which is made to finance the acquisition of" after "real
estate loan" and "that is or will be" for "for" after "cooperative
unit,", struck out "the sales price of which is not more than 150
per centum of the median sales price of residential real property
situated in the geographical area (as determined by the board of
directors) in which the property is located," after "credit union
member", and inserted "or such other limits as shall be set by the
National Credit Union Association Board" after "not exceeding
thirty years".
Par. (5)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 510, substituted "or a
second mortgage loan secured by a residential dwelling" for "or for
the repair, alteration, or improvement of a residential dwelling".
Par. (5)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 511, inserted ", or with
advance commitment to purchase the loan by," and substituted
"insurance, guarantee, or commitment" for "insurance or guarantee".
Par. (5)(A)(iv), (v). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 512, substituted
"$10,000" for "$5,000".
Par. (5)(A)(viii). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 513, inserted condition
relating to partial prepayments of first or second mortgage loans.
Par. (5)(A)(x). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 506, added cl. (x).
Par. (7)(E). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 516, inserted provisions
relating to instruments issued or guaranteed by any other agency of
the United States, and that a Federal Credit Union may issue and
sell securities which are guaranteed pursuant to section 1721(g) of
this title.
Par. (7)(L). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 514, added cl. (L).
Par. (8). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 517, inserted "or in banks or
institutions the accounts of which are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation," after "in which the Federal Credit Union
does business,".
Par. (12). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 518, substituted ", money orders,
and other similar money transfer instruments" for "and money
orders", and struck out "which does not exceed the direct and
indirect costs incident to providing such service" after "for a
fee".
1980 - Par. (5)(A)(i). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(1), inserted
provisions relating to an individual cooperative unit.
Par. (5)(A)(vi). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 310, substituted provisions
setting forth maximum interest rate of 15 per centum per annum,
subject to specified exceptions, for provisions setting forth a
maximum interest rate of 1 per centum per month.
Par. (6). Pub. L. 96-221, Secs. 305(b), 307, revised existing
provisions respecting credit unions serving predominately low-
income members including provisions added by Pub. L. 96-161, and
repealed the amendment made by Pub. L. 96-161. See Repeals and
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment notes below.
1979 - Par. (6). Pub. L. 96-161 inserted ", and to issue, deal
in, and accept share drafts as orders of withdrawal against shares,
subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be prescribed
by the Board" after "within limitations prescribed by the Board".
Pub. L. 96-153 substituted "Federal, Indian tribal, State" for
"Federal, State".
1978 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board"
for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
Par. (6). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 1803(a), inserted "from
the Central Liquidity Facility," after "in the manner so
prescribed," and substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in two
places.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 1803(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing and added cl. (J).
Par. (8). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator".
Par. (9). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 1803(c), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" and inserted ", except as authorized by
the Board in carrying out the provisions of subchapter III of this
chapter," after "amount not exceeding".
Pars. (12) to (14). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
1977 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 302(a), among other changes,
inserted provisions permitting Federal credit unions to establish
lines of credit for their members, to raise the maximum loan
maturity for most loans to twelve years, and to make loans secured
by a first lien and made for the purchase of a one-to-four-family
dwelling for the principal residence of a credit union member.
Par. (6). Pub. L. 95-22, Secs. 302(b), 303(a), redesignated par.
(7) as (6) and substituted reference to payments on shares which
may be issued at varying dividend rates and payments on share
certificates which may be issued at varying dividend rates and
maturities, subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be
established by the board of directors, within limitations
prescribed by the Administrator for reference to payments on
shares, share certificates, or share deposits. Former par. (6),
relating to the power of Federal credit unions to make loans to its
own directors and to its own supervisory credit committee, was
struck out.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 303(b), redesignated par. (8) as
(7) and added subpar. (I). Former par. (7) redesignated (6).
Pars. (8) to (12). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 303(c), redesignated pars.
(9) to (13) as (8) to (12), respectively. Former par. (8)
redesignated (7).
Par. (13). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 303(c), (d), redesignated par.
(14) as (13) and inserted reference to purchase, sell, pledge, or
discount or otherwise receive or dispose of, in whole or in part,
any eligible obligations (as defined by the Administrator) of its
members. Former par. (13) redesignated (12).
Par. (14). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 303(e), added par. (14).
1974 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 93-569 inserted "except that loans made
in accordance with section 1703(b) of this title and section 1819
of title 38, may be for the maturities specified therein," after
"ten years".
Par. (6). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 721(a), substituted provisions
relating to approval of loans by the board of directors for
provisions requiring annual reports to the Administrator with
respect to loans and setting forth conditions for the making of
loans.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 93-495 inserted provisions relating to receipt
of payments of shares, etc., from officers, employees, or agents of
nonmember units of Federal, State, or local governments and
political subdivisions enumerated in section 1787 of this title.
Par. (8)(E). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 805(c)(5), inserted reference
to mortgages, obligations, or other securities sold by the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation pursuant to section 1454 or 1455 of
this title.
Par. (9). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 721(b), inserted provisions
relating to Federal credit unions or credit unions authorized by
the Department of Defense.
1972 - Par. (8)(E). Pub. L. 92-318 authorized investments in
obligations or other instruments or securities of the Student Loan
Marketing Association.
1970 - Pars. (5), (6), (8), (10), (13), (14), Pub. L. 91-206
substituted "Administrator" for "Director" wherever appearing.
Par. (7). Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 10(1), permitted a Federal credit
union to not only receive from members but also from other
federally insured credit unions, payments on shares as well as
share certificates or share deposits and, in the case of credit
unions serving predominantly low-income members, to receive
payments on shares, share certificates or share deposits from
nonmembers.
Par. (8). Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 10(2), authorized a Federal credit
union to invest in shares, share certificates or share deposits of
federally insured credit unions.
1968 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(1), substituted
provisions authorizing Federal credit unions to make unsecured
loans with maturities not exceeding five years, and secured loans
with maturities not exceeding ten years for provisions authorizing
federal credit unions to make loans with maturities not exceeding
five years.
Par. (8). Pub. L. 90-448 authorized investments in obligations,
participations, or other instruments of or issued by, or guaranteed
as to principal and interest by, the Government National Mortgage
Association.
Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(2), added cl. (G).
Pars. (14), (15). Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(3), added par. (14) and
redesignated former par. (14) as (15).
1967 - Par. (5). Pub. L. 90-44, Sec. 2(1), substituted "may be
made except as authorized under paragraph (6) of this section" for
"shall exceed the amount of his holdings in the Federal Credit
Union as represented by shares thereof plus the total unencumbered
and unpledged shareholdings in the Federal Credit Union of any
member pledged as security for the obligation of such director or
committee member".
Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 90-44, Sec. 2(3), added par. (6) and
redesignated former pars. (6) and (7) as (7) and (8), respectively.
Pars. (8) to (14). Pub. L. 90-44, Secs. 2(2), (3), redesignated
former par. (7) as (8), authorized in cl. (D) investment of funds
in shares or accounts of mutual savings banks, the accounts of
which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
redesignated former pars. (8) to (13) as (9) to (14), respectively.
1966 - Par. (7). Pub. L. 89-429 expanded list of possible areas
of investment of funds by Federal credit unions to include
obligations, participations, or other instruments of or issued by,
or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the Federal
National Mortgage Association and participation certificates
evidencing beneficial interests in obligations, or in the right to
receive interest and principal collections therefrom, which
obligations have been subjected by one or more Government agencies
to a trust or trusts for which any executive department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States (or the head thereof) has been
named to act as trustee.
1964 - Par. (7)(E). Pub. L. 88-353 added cl. (E).
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 made numerous capitalization, punctuation
and phraseological changes throughout text; increased maturities
limits for loans from three to five years, authorized approval of
loans by a loan officer and authorized loans in an amount which
shall include total unencumbered and unpledged shareholdings in the
Federal credit union of any member pledged as security for the
obligation of the director or committee member, provided for
payment and amortization of loans, redesignated provisions (a) to
(d) as (A) to (D) in par. (7), substituted "levy late charges" for
"fine members" and inserted "of members" in par. (10), substituted
"charges" for "fines" in par. (11), added par. (12); and
redesignated former par. (12) as par. (13).
1952 - Par. (7)(d). Act May 13, 1952, authorized investment of
funds in shares or accounts of any other institutions whose
accounts are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation.
1949 - Par. (5). Act Oct. 25, 1949, increased from 2 years to 3
years the limit for maturity of loans.
1946 - Par. (5). Act July 31, 1946, inserted last two sentences
to provide for the forfeiture of the entire amount of interest
reserved and for the recovery of the entire amount of interest paid
for the violation of the interest limitation.
1937 - Par. (7)(c), (d). Act Dec. 6, 1937, added cls. (c) and
(d).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 362(1) of Pub. L. 111-203 effective on the
transfer date, see section 351 of Pub. L. 111-203, set out as a
note under section 906 of Title 2, The Congress.
Amendment by section 1073(d) of Pub. L. 111-203 effective 1 day
after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 111-203, set out as an Effective Date note under section
5301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 305(b) of Pub. L. 96-221 effective at close
of Mar. 31, 1980, see section 306 of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as a
note under section 371a of this title.

EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1979 AMENDMENTS
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-161 effective Dec. 31, 1979, with that
amendment to remain in effect until the close of Mar. 31, 1980, see
section 104 of Pub. L. 96-161, formerly set out as a note under
section 371a of this title.
Section 323(e) of Pub. L. 96-153 provided that: "The amendments
made by subsections (a) through (d) [amending this section and
sections 1728, 1787, and 1821 of this title] are not applicable to
any claim arising out of the closing of a bank, savings and loan
association, or credit union prior to the date of enactment of this
Act [Dec. 21, 1979], but shall be applicable to any such claim
arising on or after such date."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 502(b) of Pub. L. 95-630 effective on
expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional
provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note
under section 1752 of this title.
Amendment by section 1803 of Pub. L. 95-630 effective Oct. 1,
1979, see section 1806 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 1795 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENTS
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-569 effective Dec. 31, 1974, see section
10 of Pub. L. 93-569, set out as a note under section 3702 of Title
38, Veterans' Benefits.
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-495 effective on 30th day beginning after
Oct. 28, 1974, see section 101(g) of Pub. L. 93-495, set out as a
note under section 1813 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by title VIII of Pub. L. 90-448,
see section 808 of Pub. L. 90-448, set out as a note under section
1716b of this title.

REPEALS
Amendment by section 103 of Pub. L. 96-161, cited as a credit to
this section, was repealed at the close of Mar. 31, 1980, by
section 307 of Pub. L. 96-221, and substantially identical
provisions were enacted by section 305 of Pub. L. 96-221, such
amendments to take effect at the close of Mar. 31, 1980.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation abolished and
functions transferred, see sections 401 to 406 of Pub. L. 101-73,
set out as a note under section 1437 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1757a 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1757a. Limitation on member business loans

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
On and after August 7, 1998, no insured credit union may make any
member business loan that would result in a total amount of such
loans outstanding at that credit union at any one time equal to
more than the lesser of -
(1) 1.75 times the actual net worth of the credit union; or
(2) 1.75 times the minimum net worth required under section
1790d(c)(1)(A) of this title for a credit union to be well
capitalized.
(b) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section does not apply in the case of -
(1) an insured credit union chartered for the purpose of
making, or that has a history of primarily making, member
business loans to its members, as determined by the Board; or
(2) an insured credit union that -
(A) serves predominantly low-income members, as defined by
the Board; or
(B) is a community development financial institution, as
defined in section 4702 of this title.
(c) Definitions
As used in this section -
(1) the term "member business loan" -
(A) means any loan, line of credit, or letter of credit, the
proceeds of which will be used for a commercial, corporate or
other business investment property or venture, or agricultural
purpose; and
(B) does not include an extension of credit -
(i) that is fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family
dwelling that is the primary residence of a member;
(ii) that is fully secured by shares in the credit union
making the extension of credit or deposits in other financial
institutions;
(iii) that is described in subparagraph (A), if it was made
to a borrower or an associated member that has a total of all
such extensions of credit in an amount equal to less than
$50,000;
(iv) the repayment of which is fully insured or fully
guaranteed by, or where there is an advance commitment to
purchase in full by, any agency of the Federal Government or
of a State, or any political subdivision thereof; or
(v) that is granted by a corporate credit union (as that
term is defined by the Board) to another credit union.

(2) the term "net worth" -
(A) with respect to any insured credit union, means the
credit union's retained earnings balance, as determined under
generally accepted accounting principles; and
(B) with respect to a credit union that serves predominantly
low-income members, as defined by the Board, includes secondary
capital accounts that are -
(i) uninsured; and
(ii) subordinate to all other claims against the credit
union, including the claims of creditors, shareholders, and
the Fund; and

(3) the term "associated member" means any member having a
shared ownership, investment, or other pecuniary interest in a
business or commercial endeavor with the borrower.
(d) Effect on existing loans
An insured credit union that has, on August 7, 1998, a total
amount of outstanding member business loans that exceeds the amount
permitted under subsection (a) of this section shall, not later
than 3 years after August 7, 1998, reduce the total amount of
outstanding member business loans to an amount that is not greater
than the amount permitted under subsection (a) of this section.
(e) Consultation and cooperation with State credit union
supervisors
In implementing this section, the Board shall consult and seek to
work cooperatively with State officials having jurisdiction over
State-chartered insured credit unions.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 107A, as added Pub. L. 105-
219, title II, Sec. 203(a), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 920.)


-MISC1-
STUDY AND REPORT
Pub. L. 105-219, title II, Sec. 203(b), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
922, provided that:
"(1) Study. - The Secretary [of the Treasury] shall conduct a
study of member business lending by insured credit unions,
including -
"(A) an examination of member business lending over $500,000
and under $50,000, and a breakdown of the types and sizes of
businesses that receive member business loans;
"(B) a review of the effectiveness and enforcement of
regulations applicable to insured credit union member business
lending;
"(C) whether member business lending by insured credit unions
could affect the safety and soundness of insured credit unions or
the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund;
"(D) the extent to which member business lending by insured
credit unions helps to meet financial services needs of low- and
moderate-income individuals within the field of membership of
insured credit unions;
"(E) whether insured credit unions that engage in member
business lending have a competitive advantage over other insured
depository institutions, and if any such advantage could affect
the viability and profitability of such other insured depository
institutions; and
"(F) the effect of enactment of this Act [see Short Title of
1998 Amendment note set out under section 1751 of this title] on
the number of insured credit unions involved in member business
lending and the overall amount of commercial lending.
"(2) NCUA cooperation. - The National Credit Union Administration
shall, upon request, provide such information as the Secretary may
require to conduct the study required under paragraph (1).
"(3) Report. - Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998], the Secretary shall submit a
report to the Congress on the results of the study conducted under
paragraph (1)."

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12 USC Sec. 1758 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1758. Bylaws

-STATUTE-
In order to simplify the organization of Federal credit unions
the Board shall from time to time cause to be prepared a form of
organization certificate and a form of bylaws consistent with this
chapter, which shall be used by Federal credit union incorporators,
and shall be supplied to them on request. At the time of presenting
the organization certificate the incorporators shall also submit
proposed bylaws to the Board for its approval.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 108, formerly Sec. 8, 48
Stat. 1219; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12
F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; renumbered Sec. 9 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1,
Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10,
1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 108, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)


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AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in
two places, and "its approval" for "his approval".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
in two places.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 substituted "from time to time" for ", upon
the passage of this Act,".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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12 USC Sec. 1759 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1759. Membership

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
Subject to subsection (b) of this section, Federal credit union
membership shall consist of the incorporators and such other
persons and incorporated and unincorporated organizations, to the
extent permitted by rules and regulations prescribed by the Board,
as may be elected to membership and as such shall each, subscribe
to at least one share of its stock and pay the initial installment
thereon and a uniform entrance fee if required by the board of
directors. Shares may be issued in joint tenancy with right of
survivorship with any persons designated by the credit union
member, but no joint tenant shall be permitted to vote, obtain
loans, or hold office, unless he is within the field of membership
and is a qualified member.
(b) Membership field
Subject to the other provisions of this section, the membership
of any Federal credit union shall be limited to the membership
described in one of the following categories:
(1) Single common-bond credit union
One group that has a common bond of occupation or association.
(2) Multiple common-bond credit union
More than one group -
(A) each of which has (within the group) a common bond of
occupation or association; and
(B) the number of members, each of which (at the time the
group is first included within the field of membership of a
credit union described in this paragraph) does not exceed any
numerical limitation applicable under subsection (d) of this
section.
(3) Community credit union
Persons or organizations within a well-defined local community,
neighborhood, or rural district.
(c) Exceptions
(1) Grandfathered members and groups
(A) In general
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section -
(i) any person or organization that is a member of any
Federal credit union as of August 7, 1998, may remain a
member of the credit union after August 7, 1998; and
(ii) a member of any group whose members constituted a
portion of the membership of any Federal credit union as of
August 7, 1998, shall continue to be eligible to become a
member of that credit union, by virtue of membership in that
group, after August 7, 1998.
(B) Successors
If the common bond of any group referred to in subparagraph
(A) is defined by any particular organization or business
entity, subparagraph (A) shall continue to apply with respect
to any successor to the organization or entity.
(2) Exception for underserved areas
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, in the case of
a Federal credit union, the field of membership category of which
is described in subsection (b)(2) of this section, the Board may
allow the membership of the credit union to include any person or
organization within a local community, neighborhood, or rural
district if -
(A) the Board determines that the local community,
neighborhood, or rural district -
(i) is an "investment area", as defined in section 4702(16)
of this title, and meets such additional requirements as the
Board may impose; and
(ii) is underserved, based on data of the Board and the
Federal banking agencies (as defined in section 1813 of this
title), by other depository institutions (as defined in
section 461(b)(1)(A) of this title); and

(B) the credit union establishes and maintains an office or
facility in the local community, neighborhood, or rural
district at which credit union services are available.
(d) Multiple common-bond credit union group requirements
(1) Numerical limitation
Except as provided in paragraph (2), only a group with fewer
than 3,000 members shall be eligible to be included in the field
of membership category of a credit union described in subsection
(b)(2) of this section.
(2) Exceptions
In the case of any Federal credit union, the field of
membership category of which is described in subsection (b)(2) of
this section, the numerical limitation in paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall not apply with respect to -
(A) any group that the Board determines, in writing and in
accordance with the guidelines and regulations issued under
paragraph (3), could not feasibly or reasonably establish a new
single common-bond credit union, the field of membership
category of which is described in subsection (b)(1) of this
section because -
(i) the group lacks sufficient volunteer and other
resources to support the efficient and effective operation of
a credit union;
(ii) the group does not meet the criteria that the Board
has determined to be important for the likelihood of success
in establishing and managing a new credit union, including
demographic characteristics such as geographical location of
members, diversity of ages and income levels, and other
factors that may affect the financial viability and stability
of a credit union; or
(iii) the group would be unlikely to operate a safe and
sound credit union;

(B) any group transferred from another credit union -
(i) in connection with a merger or consolidation
recommended by the Board or any appropriate State credit
union supervisor based on safety and soundness concerns with
respect to that other credit union; or
(ii) by the Board in the Board's capacity as conservator or
liquidating agent with respect to that other credit union; or

(C) any group transferred in connection with a voluntary
merger, having received conditional approval by the
Administration of the merger application prior to October 25,
1996, but not having consummated the merger prior to October
25, 1996, if the merger is consummated not later than 180 days
after August 7, 1998.
(3) Regulations and guidelines
The Board shall issue guidelines or regulations, after notice
and opportunity for comment, setting forth the criteria that the
Board will apply in determining under this subsection whether or
not an additional group may be included within the field of
membership category of an existing credit union described in
subsection (b)(2) of this section.
(e) Additional membership eligibility provisions
(1) Membership eligibility limited to immediate family or
household members
No individual shall be eligible for membership in a credit
union on the basis of the relationship of the individual to
another person who is eligible for membership in the credit
union, unless the individual is a member of the immediate family
or household (as those terms are defined by the Board, by
regulation) of the other person.
(2) Retention of membership
Except as provided in section 1764 of this title, once a person
becomes a member of a credit union in accordance with this
subchapter, that person or organization may remain a member of
that credit union until the person or organization chooses to
withdraw from the membership of the credit union.
(f) Criteria for approval of expansion of multiple common-bond
credit unions
(1) In general
The Board shall -
(A) encourage the formation of separately chartered credit
unions instead of approving an application to include an
additional group within the field of membership of an existing
credit union whenever practicable and consistent with
reasonable standards for the safe and sound operation of the
credit union; and
(B) if the formation of a separate credit union by the group
is not practicable or consistent with the standards referred to
in subparagraph (A), require the inclusion of the group in the
field of membership of a credit union that is within reasonable
proximity to the location of the group whenever practicable and
consistent with reasonable standards for the safe and sound
operation of the credit union.
(2) Approval criteria
The Board may not approve any application by a Federal credit
union, the field of membership category of which is described in
subsection (b)(2) of this section to include any additional group
within the field of membership of the credit union (or an
application by a Federal credit union described in subsection
(b)(1) of this section to include an additional group and become
a credit union described in subsection (b)(2) of this section),
unless the Board determines, in writing, that -
(A) the credit union has not engaged in any unsafe or unsound
practice (as defined in section 1786(b) of this title) that is
material during the 1-year period preceding the date of filing
of the application;
(B) the credit union is adequately capitalized;
(C) the credit union has the administrative capability to
serve the proposed membership group and the financial resources
to meet the need for additional staff and assets to serve the
new membership group;
(D) any potential harm that the expansion of the field of
membership of the credit union may have on any other insured
credit union and its members is clearly outweighed in the
public interest by the probable beneficial effect of the
expansion in meeting the convenience and needs of the members
of the group proposed to be included in the field of
membership; and
(E) the credit union has met such additional requirements as
the Board may prescribe, by regulation.
(g) Regulations required for community credit unions
(1) Definition of well-defined local community, neighborhood, or
rural district
The Board shall prescribe, by regulation, a definition for the
term "well-defined local community, neighborhood, or rural
district" for purposes of -
(A) making any determination with regard to the field of
membership of a credit union described in subsection (b)(3) of
this section; and
(B) establishing the criteria applicable with respect to any
such determination.
(2) Scope of application
The definition prescribed by the Board under paragraph (1)
shall apply with respect to any application to form a new credit
union, or to alter or expand the field of membership of an
existing credit union, that is filed with the Board after August
7, 1998.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 109, formerly Sec. 9, 48
Stat. 1219; July 31, 1946, ch. 711, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 744; 1947
Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61
Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091;
renumbered Sec. 10 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22,
1959, 73 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84
Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 109, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2),
Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93-383, title VII,
Sec. 722, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 95-630, title V,
Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 105-219, title
I, Secs. 101-103, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 914-917; Pub. L. 109-351,
title VII, Sec. 726(9), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2002.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (c)(2)(A)(i). Pub. L. 109-351 made technical
amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as
reference to section 4702(16) of this title.
1998 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 101(1)(A), designated
existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted heading and
"Subject to subsection (b) of this section," before "Federal credit
union membership shall consist of".
Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 101(1)(B), which directed the amendment of
subsec. (a) by striking out ", except that Federal credit union
membership shall be limited to groups having a common bond of
occupation or association, or to groups within a well-defined
neighborhood, community, or rural district" after "directors", was
executed by striking out such language which began with a semicolon
rather than a comma after "directors" to reflect the probable
intent of Congress.
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 101(2), added subsecs.
(b) to (e).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 102, added subsec. (f).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 103, added subsec. (g).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 substituted "a uniform entrance fee if
required by the board of directors" for "the entrance fee".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director".
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 substituted "persons" for "person" before
"designated".
1946 - Act July 31, 1946, inserted sentence at end permitting a
Federal credit union to issue shares in joint tenancy with a right
of survivorship.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

REPORT AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN REGULATIONS
Pub. L. 105-219, title II, Sec. 205, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 923,
provided that: "A regulation prescribed by the Board [National
Credit Union Administration Board] shall be treated as a major rule
for purposes of chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, if the
regulation defines, or amends the definition of -
"(1) the term 'immediate family or household' for purposes of
section 109(e)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C.
1759(e)(1)] (as added by section 101 of this Act); or
"(2) the term 'well-defined local community, neighborhood, or
rural district' for purposes of section 109(g) of the Federal
Credit Union Act (as added by section 103 of this Act)."

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12 USC Sec. 1760 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1760. Members' meetings

-STATUTE-
The fiscal year of all Federal credit unions shall end December
31. The annual meeting of each Federal credit union shall be held
at such place as its bylaws shall prescribe. Special meetings may
be held in the manner indicated in the bylaws. No member shall be
entitled to vote by proxy, but a member other than a natural person
may vote through an agent designated for the purpose. Irrespective
of the number of shares held, no member shall have more than one
vote.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 110, formerly Sec. 10, 48
Stat. 1219; renumbered Sec. 11, Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22,
1959, 73 Stat. 631; amended Pub. L. 88-150, Sec. 1, Oct. 17, 1963,
77 Stat. 270; renumbered title I, Sec. 110, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec.
1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 97-320, title V,
Sec. 519, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1531.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 struck out "at such time during the
following January, February, or March and" after "shall be held",
and "by him" after "shares held".
1963 - Pub. L. 88-150 substituted "during the following January,
February, or March" for "during the month of the following
January".

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12 USC Sec. 1761 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1761. Management

-STATUTE-
(a) Board of directors, credit committee, and supervisory
committee; election to board
The management of a Federal credit union shall be by a board of
directors, a supervisory committee, and where the bylaws so
provide, a credit committee. The board shall consist of an odd
number of directors, at least five in number, to be elected
annually by and from the members as the bylaws provide. Any vacancy
occurring on the board shall be filled until the next annual
election by appointment by the remainder of the directors.
(b) Membership on supervisory committee; names and addresses of
officers and committee members
The supervisory committee shall be appointed by the board of
directors and shall consist of not less than three members nor more
than five members, one of whom may be a director other than the
compensated officer of the board. A record of the names and
addresses of the executive officers, members of the supervisory
committee, credit committee, and loan officers, shall be filed with
the Administration within ten days after their election or
appointment.
(c) Compensation
No member of the board or of any other committee shall, as such,
be compensated, except that reasonable health, accident, similar
insurance protection, and the reimbursement of reasonable expenses
incurred in the execution of the duties of the position shall not
be considered compensation.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 111, formerly Sec. 11, 48
Stat. 1219; June 15, 1940, ch. 366, 54 Stat. 398; July 31, 1946,
ch. 711, Secs. 3-6, 60 Stat. 745; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401,
eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch.
711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 713, Sec. 2, 63
Stat. 890; June 30, 1954, ch. 426, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 335; Aug. 24,
1954, ch. 905, Secs. 1, 2, 68 Stat. 792; renumbered Sec. 12 and
amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 632; Pub.
L. 88-353, Sec. 2, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec.
2(3), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 111,
Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended
Pub. L. 93-495, title I, Sec. 116, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1507;
Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681;
Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 520, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1531.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 substituted provisions divided into
subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) relating to the management of a Federal
credit union, including the board of directors, credit and
supervisory committees, and the matter of their compensation, for
provisions which read as follows: "The business affairs of a
Federal credit union shall be managed by a board of not less than
five directors, and a credit committee of not less than three
members, all to be elected at the annual members' meeting by and
from the members, and by a supervisory committee of not less than
three members nor more than five members, one of whom may be a
director other than the treasurer, to be appointed by the board.
Any vacancy occurring in the supervisory committee shall be filled
in the same manner as original appointments to such committee. All
members of the board and of such committees shall hold office for
such terms, respectively, as the bylaws may provide. A record of
the names and addresses of the members of the board and such
committees and of the officers of the credit union shall be filed
with the Administration within ten days after their election or
appointment. No member of the board or of either such committee
shall, as such, be compensated: Provided, however, That reasonable
health, accident, and similar insurance protection shall not be
considered compensation under regulations promulgated by the
Board."
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-495 inserted proviso relating to compensation
in the form of health, accident, and similar insurance protection.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administration" for "Bureau".
1964 - Pub. L. 88-353 increased size of supervisory committee
from three members to not less than three members nor more than
five members.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 provided for appointment instead of
election of members of supervisory committee and for filling of
vacancies in such committee, and struck out former subsecs. (b) to
(e) relating to officers, directors, credit committee and
supervisory committee. See sections 1761a to 1761d of this title,
respectively.
1954 - Subsecs. (b), (c). Act Aug. 24, 1954, provided express
authority for the Director of the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions
to regulate the minimum amount and character of surety bonds for
officers and employees.
Subsec. (c). Act June 30, 1954, inserted provision with respect
to interest refunds.
1949 - Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 25, 1949, substituted "$400" for
"$300" wherever appearing.
1946 - Subsec. (c). Act July 31, 1946, struck out "fix the amount
and character of the surety bond required of any officer having
custody of funds" and inserted "require any officer or employee
having custody of or handling funds to give bond with good and
sufficient surety in an amount and character to be determined, from
time to time, by the board and authorize the payment of the premium
or premiums therefor from the funds of the Federal credit union".
Subsec. (d). Act July 31, 1946, struck out requirement that
notice of meeting of the credit committee must be given by the
treasurer and increased the maximum amount of an unsecured loan to
a member from $100 to $300.
Subsec. (e). Act July 31, 1946, inserted last sentence defining
"passbook".
1940 - Subsec. (d). Act June 15, 1940, substituted "$100" for
"$50" in fourth sentence.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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12 USC Sec. 1761a 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1761a. Officers of the board

-STATUTE-
At their first meeting after the annual meeting of the members,
the directors shall elect from their number the board officers
specified in the bylaws. Only one board officer may be compensated
as an officer of the board and the bylaws shall specify such
position as well as the specific duties of each of the board
officers. The board shall elect from their number a financial
officer who shall give adequate fidelity coverage in accordance
with section 1761b(2) of this title.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 112, formerly Sec. 13, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 632; amended
Pub. L. 88-150, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 91-
206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I,
Sec. 112, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994;
amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92
Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 521, Oct. 15, 1982, 96
Stat. 1531; Pub. L. 100-86, title VII, Sec. 704(a), Aug. 10, 1987,
101 Stat. 652.)


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PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 11(b) of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat.
1219 (formerly classified to section 1761(b) of this title), prior
to the amendment and renumbering of act June 26, 1934, by Pub. L.
86-354.

AMENDMENTS
1987 - Pub. L. 100-86 inserted third sentence and struck out
former third sentence which read as follows: "The board shall elect
from their number a financial officer who shall give bond with good
and sufficient surety, in an amount and character to be determined
by the board of directors in compliance with regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Board conditioned upon the faithful
performance of the officer's trust."
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 substituted provisions relating to the
officers of the board for provisions which read: "At their first
meeting after the annual meeting of the members, the directors
shall elect from their number a president, one or more vice
presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, who shall be the
executive officers of the corporation. No executive officer, except
the treasurer, shall be compensated as such. The offices of
secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person. The duties
of the officers shall be as determined by the bylaws. Before the
treasurer shall enter upon his duties he shall give bond with good
and sufficient surety, in an amount and character to be determined
by the board of directors in compliance with regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Board, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his trust."
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director".
1963 - Pub. L. 88-150 struck out ", except that the treasurer
shall be the general manager of the corporation" after "bylaws" in
fourth sentence.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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12 USC Sec. 1761b 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1761b. Board of directors; meetings; powers and duties;
executive committee; membership officers; membership application

-STATUTE-
The board of directors shall meet at least once a month and shall
have the general direction and control of the affairs of the
Federal credit union. Minutes of all meetings shall be kept. Among
other things, the board of directors shall -
(1) act upon applications for membership or appoint membership
officers from among the members of the credit union, other than
the board member paid as an officer, the financial board officer,
any assistant to the paid officer of the board or to the
financial officer, or any loan officer;
(2) provide adequate fidelity coverage for officers and
employees having custody of or handling funds according to
regulations issued by the Board;
(3) fill vacancies on the board of directors until successors
elected at the next annual meeting have qualified;
(4) if the bylaws provide for an elected credit committee, fill
vacancies on the credit committee until successors elected at the
next annual meeting have qualified;
(5) appoint the members of the supervisory committee and, if
the bylaws so provide, appoint the members of the credit
committee;
(6) have charge of investments including the right to designate
an investment committee of not less than two to act on its
behalf;
(7) determine the maximum number of shares, share certificates,
and share draft accounts, and the classes of shares, share
certificates, and share draft accounts;
(8) subject to any limitations of this subchapter,(!1)
determine the interest rates on loans, the security, and the
maximum amount which may be loaned and provided in lines of
credit;

(9) authorize interest refunds to members of record at the
close of business on the last day of any dividend period from
income earned and received in proportion to the interest paid by
them during that dividend period;
(10) if the bylaws so provide, appoint one or more loan
officers and delegate to these officers the power to approve or
disapprove loans, lines of credit, or advances from lines of
credit;
(11) establish the par value of the share;
(12) subject to the limitations of this subchapter and the
bylaws of the credit union, provide for the hiring and
compensation of officers and employees;
(13) if the bylaws so provide, appoint an executive committee
of not less than three directors to act on its behalf and any
other committees to which it can delegate specific functions;
(14) prescribe conditions and limitations for any committee
which it appoints;
(15) review at each monthly meeting a list of approved or
pending applications for membership received since the previous
monthly meeting together with such other related information as
it or the bylaws require;
(16) provide for the furnishing of the written reasons for any
denial of a membership application to the applicant upon the
written request of the applicant;
(17) in the absence of a credit committee, and upon the written
request of a member, review a loan application denied by a loan
officer;
(18) declare the dividend rate to be paid on shares, share
certificates, and share draft accounts pursuant to the terms and
conditions of section 1763 of this title;
(19) establish and maintain a system of internal controls
consistent with the regulations of the Board;
(20) establish lending policies; and
(21) do all other things that are necessary and proper to carry
out all the purposes and powers of the Federal credit union,
subject to regulations issued by the Board.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 113, formerly Sec. 14, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 632; amended
Pub. L. 88-353, Sec. 3, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 90-375,
Sec. 1(4), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1),
Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 113, Pub. L.
91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93-
383, title VII, Sec. 723, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 95-
22, title III, Sec. 309, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 53; Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L.
97-320, title V, Sec. 522, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1532; Pub. L. 97-
457, Sec. 28, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2510; Pub. L. 100-86, title
VII, Secs. 704(b), 705, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 652.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in par. (8), probably should have
been a reference to this title in the original, meaning title I of
act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, which is classified generally to this
subchapter.


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 11(c) of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat.
1219 (formerly classified to section 1761(c) of this title), prior
to the amendment and renumbering of act June 26, 1934, by Pub. L.
86-354.

AMENDMENTS
1987 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 705, substituted "of the
credit union" for "of the board of directors".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 704(b), amended par. (2)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "require
any officer or employee having custody of or handling funds to give
bond with good and sufficient surety in an amount and character in
compliance with regulations of the Board, and authorize the payment
of the premium or premiums therefor from the funds of the Federal
credit union;".
1983 - Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 28(1), substituted "direction" for
"directions" after "shall have the general".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 28(2), substituted "union" for
"unions" after "Federal credit".
Par. (9). Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 28(3), inserted "by" after
"interest paid".
Par. (15). Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 28(4), substituted "meeting" for
"meetings" after "previous monthly".
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 522, substituted provisions relating
to the board of directors, its meetings, powers, and duties,
membership officers and membership applications, for provisions
which read as follows: "The board of directors shall meet at least
once a month and shall have the general direction and control of
the affairs of the corporation. Minutes of all such meetings shall
be kept. Among other things they shall act upon applications for
membership; require any officer or employee having custody of or
handling funds to give bond with good and sufficient surety in an
amount and character to be determined by the board of directors in
compliance with regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Board, and authorize the payment of the premium or premiums
therefor from the funds of the Federal credit union; fill vacancies
in the board and in the credit committee until successors elected
at the next annual meeting have qualified; have charge of
investments other than loans to members, except that the board may
designate a committee of not less than two to act as an investment
committee, such investment committee to have charge of making
investments under rules and procedures established by the board of
directors; determine from time to time the maximum number of shares
and share certificates and the classes of shares and share
certificates that may be held; subject to the limitations of this
chapter, determine the interest rates on loans, the security, and
the maximum amount which may be loaned or provided in lines of
credit; subject to such regulations as may be issued by the Board,
authorized an interest refund to members of record at the close of
business on the last day of any dividend period in proportion to
the interest paid by them during that dividend period; and provide
for compensation of necessary clerical and auditing assistance
requested by the supervisory committee, and of loan officers
appointed by the credit committee. The board may appoint an
executive committee of not less than three directors to exercise
such authority as may be delegated to it subject to such conditions
and limitations as may be prescribed by the board. Such executive
committee or one or more membership officers appointed by the board
from among the members of the credit union, other than the
treasurer, an assistant treasurer, or a loan officer, may be
authorized by the board to approve applications for membership
under such conditions as the board may prescribe; except that such
committee or membership officer so authorized shall submit to the
board at each monthly meeting a list of approved or pending
applications for membership received since the previous monthly
meeting, together with such other related information as the bylaws
or the board may require. If a membership application is denied,
the reasons therefor shall be furnished in writing to the person
whose application is denied, upon written request."
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in
two places.
1977 - Pub. L. 95-22 substituted "and share certificates and the
classes of shares and share certificates that may be held" for
"that may be held by an individual" and ", the security, and the
maximum amount which may be loaned or provided in lines of credit"
for "and the maximum amount which may be loaned with or without
security to any member".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 inserted provisions authorizing designation
of a committee of not less than two to act as an investment
committee and provisions relating to denial of a membership
application, substituted "one or more membership officers" for "a
membership officer", and substituted provisions relating to
exercise of authority by the executive committee for provisions
setting forth specified functions of the executive committee.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
in two places.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-375 substituted "the purchase and sale of
securities, the borrowing of funds, and the making of loans to
other credit unions" for "the purchase and sale of securities or
the making of loans to other credit unions, or both".
1964 - Pub. L. 88-353 substituted "the last day of any dividend
period in proportion to the interest paid by them during that
dividend period" for "December 31 in proportion to the interest
paid by them during that year".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) See References in Text note below.


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12 USC Sec. 1761c 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1761c. Credit committee

-STATUTE-
(a) Members; meetings; lines of credit and approval of loans;
delegation to loan officers
If the bylaws provide for a credit committee, then pursuant to
the provisions of the bylaws, the board of directors may appoint or
the members may elect a credit committee which shall consist of an
odd number of members of the credit union, but which shall not
include more than one loan officer. The method used shall be set
forth in the bylaws. The credit committee shall hold such meetings
as the business of the Federal credit union may require, not less
frequently than once a month, to consider applications for loans or
lines of credit. Reasonable notice of such meetings shall be given
to all members of the committee. Except for those loans or lines of
credit required to be approved by the board of directors in section
1757(5) of this title, approval of an application shall be by
majority of the committee who are present at the meeting at which
it is considered provided that a majority of the full committee is
present. The credit committee may appoint and delegate to loan
officers the authority to approve applications.
(b) Review and reversal of loan refusals; review by board in lieu
of committee; limitation on disbursements by loan officers
If the bylaws provide for a credit committee, all applications
not approved by the loan officer shall be reviewed by the credit
committee, and the approval of a majority of the members who are
present at the meeting when such review is undertaken shall be
required to reverse the loan officer's decision provided a majority
of the full committee is present. If there is not a credit
committee, a member shall have the right upon written request of
review by the board of directors of a loan application which has
been denied. No individual shall have authority to disburse funds
of the Federal credit union with respect to any loan or line of
credit for which the application has been approved by him in his
capacity as a loan officer.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 114, formerly Sec. 15, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 633; amended
Pub. L. 88-353, Sec. 4, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 90-188,
Sec. 1, Dec. 13, 1967, 81 Stat. 567; Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(5),
July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10,
1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 114, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-22,
title III, Sec. 304, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 51; Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320,
title V, Sec. 523, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1533.)


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 11(d) of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat.
1219 (formerly classified to section 1761(d) of this title), prior
to the amendment and renumbering of act June 26, 1934 by Pub. L. 86-
354.

AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 designated existing provisions as subsecs.
(a) and (b), in subsec. (a) as so designated, inserted provisions
relating to the membership of the committee and provisions
requiring the majority of the full committee to be present for
votes on lines of credit, struck out provision requiring each loan
officer to report his action on an application in seven days of its
filing, in subsec. (b) as so designated, inserted provisions
relating to the number of members needed to reverse a loan
officer's decision and provision for the case where there is no
credit committee, and thereafter struck out provisions that not
more than one member of the committee might be appointed as a loan
officer, that applications for loans and lines of credit be made on
forms prepared by such committee which set forth the security, if
any, and such other data as required, that no loan may be made to
any member if, upon the making of that loan, the member would have
been indebted to the Federal credit union upon loans made to him in
an aggregate amount which would exceed 10 per centum of the credit
union's unimpaired capital and surplus, and that for the purposes
of this section an assignment of shares or the endorsement of a
note would be deemed security and, subject to such regulations as
the Board prescribed, insurance obtained under title I of the
National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1702 et seq.] would be deemed
adequate security.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1977 - Pub. L. 95-22 substituted "loans and lines of credit" for
"loans" in three places, "Except for those loans or lines of credit
required to be approved by the board of directors in section
1757(5) of this title, approval of an application shall be" for "No
loan shall be made unless it is approved", "application approved"
for "loan approved", "applications not approved" for "loans not
approved", and "with respect to any loan or line of credit for
which the application" for "for any loan which" and struck out "the
purpose for which the loan is desired" after "which shall set
forth", "$200 or" after "amount which would exceed", "whichever is
greater" after "capital and surplus", and provision relating to
requirement that no unsecured loan be made to a member which would
make the member indebted to the Federal credit union in excess of a
specified amount.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director".
1968 - Pub. L. 90-375 substituted provisions which increased the
unsecured loan limit, in the case of a credit union whose
unimpaired capital and surplus is less than $8,000 to $200, and, in
the case of any other credit union to $2,500 or 2 1/2 % of the
unimpaired capital and surplus, whichever is less, for provisions
which authorized credit unions to make unsecured loans of $750 or
10% of their unimpaired capital and surplus, whichever is smaller.
1967 - Pub. L. 90-188 struck out "up to the unsecured limit, or
in excess of such limit if such excess is fully secured by
unpledged shares" from end of provision that credit committees may
appoint one or more loan officers, and delegate to him or them the
power to approve loans.
1964 - Pub. L. 88-353 inserted "and, subject to such regulations
as the Director may prescribe, insurance obtained under title I of
the National Housing Act shall be deemed adequate security".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630 set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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12 USC Sec. 1761d 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1761d. Supervisory committee; powers and duties; suspension of
members; passbook

-STATUTE-
The supervisory committee shall make or cause to be made an
annual audit and shall submit a report of that audit to the board
of directors and a summary of the report to the members at the next
annual meeting of the credit union; shall make or cause to be made
such supplementary audits as it deems necessary or as may be
ordered by the Board, and submit reports of the supplementary
audits to the board of directors; may by a unanimous vote suspend
any officer of the credit union or any member of the credit
committee or of the board of directors, until the next members'
meeting, which shall be held not less than seven or more than
fourteen days after any such suspension, at which meeting any such
suspension shall be acted upon by the members; and may call by a
majority vote a special meeting of the members to consider any
violations of this chapter, the charter, or the bylaws, or any
practice of the credit union deemed by the supervisory committee to
be unsafe or unauthorized. Any member of the supervisory committee
may be suspended by a majority vote of the board of directors. The
members shall decide, at a meeting held not less than seven nor
more than fourteen days after any such suspension, whether the
suspended committee member shall be removed from or restored to the
supervisory committee. The supervisory committee shall cause the
passbooks and accounts of the members to be verified with the
records of the treasurer from time to time, and not less frequently
than once every two years. As used in this section, the term
"passbook" shall include any book, statement of account, or other
record approved by the Board for use by Federal credit unions.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 115, formerly Sec. 16, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 633; amended
Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 1(6), (7), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 284, 285;
Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered
title I, Sec. 115, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84
Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93-383, title VII, Sec. 724, Aug. 22,
1974, 88 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10,
1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 11(e) of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat.
1219 (formerly classified to section 1761(e) of this title), prior
to the amendment and renumbering of act June 26, 1934 by Pub. L. 86-
354.

AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 substituted "an annual" for "a semiannual".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
in two places.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-375 substituted provisions which required a
semiannual audit for provisions which required a quarterly
examination of the affairs of a Federal credit union, including an
audit of the books, authorized the making of such supplementary
audits as deemed necessary by the supervisory committee or as
ordered by the Director, eliminated the requirement of an annual
audit, and provided that the suspension of any member of the
supervisory committee be pursuant to a majority vote of the board
of directors.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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12 USC Sec. 1762 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1762. Repealed.

-MISC1-
Sec. 1762. Repealed. Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 301(g)(3),
Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 931.
Section, acts June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 116, formerly
Sec. 12, 48 Stat. 1221; Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 713, Sec. 3, 63 Stat.
890; renumbered Sec. 17 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept.
22, 1959, 73 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970,
84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 116, and amended Pub. L. 91-
468, Secs. 1(2), 9, Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994, 1017; Pub. L. 95-
22, title III, Sec. 305, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, related
to requirement of reserves against losses and authorization of
Board to decrease reserve requirement or to require special
reserves. See section 1790d(e) of this title.

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12 USC Sec. 1763 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1763. Dividends

-STATUTE-
At such intervals as the board of directors may authorize, and
after provision for required reserves, the board of directors may
declare a dividend to be paid at different rates on different types
of shares, at different rates and maturity dates in the case of
share certificates, and at different rates on different types of
share draft accounts. Dividends credited may be accrued on various
types of shares, share certificates, and share draft accounts as
authorized by the board of directors. If the par value of a share
exceeds $5, dividends shall be paid on all funds in the regular
share account once a full share has been purchased.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 117, formerly Sec. 13, 48
Stat. 1221; renumbered Sec. 18 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1,
Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 90-188, Sec. 2, Dec. 13,
1967, 81 Stat. 567; renumbered title I, Sec. 117, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93-383,
title VII, Sec. 725, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 95-22,
title III, Sec. 310, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 53; Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 96-221,
title II, Sec. 207(b)(10), title III, Sec. 305(c), Mar. 31, 1980,
94 Stat. 144, 147; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 524, Oct. 15,
1982, 96 Stat. 1534.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 substituted "the board of directors may
declare" for "the board may declare" and "Dividends credited" for
"Dividend credit", and inserted provision that if the par value of
a share exceeds $5, dividends shall be paid on all funds in the
regular share account once a full share has been published.
1980 - Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 207(b)(10), struck out ", pursuant to
such regulations as may be issued by the Board," after "declare".
Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 305(c), inserted provisions relating to
share draft accounts.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1977 - Pub. L. 95-22 substituted "the board may declare, pursuant
to such regulations as may be issued by the Administrator, a
dividend to be paid at different rates on different types of shares
and at different rates and maturity dates in the case of share
certificates" for "the board of directors may declare a dividend to
be paid from the remaining net earnings" and "accrued on various
types of shares and share certificates" for "accrued on shares" and
struck out provision that such dividends shall be paid on all paid-
up shares outstanding at the end of the period for which the
dividend is declared and provision that shares which become fully
paid up during such dividend period and are outstanding at the
close of the period shall be entitled to a proportional part of
such dividend.
1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 substituted "At such intervals as the board
of directors may authorize" for "Annually, semiannually, or
quarterly, as the bylaws may provide", and "Dividend credit may be
accrued on shares as authorized by the board of directors" for
"Dividend credit for a month may be accrued on shares which are or
become fully paid up during the first ten days of that month".
1967 - Pub. L. 90-188 inserted "or quarterly" after
"semiannually" and substituted "ten" for "five".
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 authorized semiannual dividends, empowered
the board of directors to declare them instead of only recommend
them, and provided for dividend credit.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Section 207(b) of Pub. L. 96-221 provided in part that the
amendment made by that section is effective 6 years after Mar. 31,
1980.
Amendment by section 305(c) of Pub. L. 96-221 effective at close
of Mar. 31, 1980, see section 306 of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as a
note under section 371a of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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12 USC Sec. 1764 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1764. Expulsion and withdrawal

-STATUTE-
(a) Expulsion by two-thirds vote
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a member
may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the members of a Federal
credit union present at a special meeting called for the purpose,
but only after opportunity has been given him to be heard.
(b) Expulsion based on nonparticipation
The board of directors of a Federal credit union may, by majority
vote of a quorum of directors, adopt and enforce a policy with
respect to expulsion from membership based on nonparticipation by a
member in the affairs of the credit union. In establishing its
policy, the board should consider a member's failure to vote in
annual credit union elections or failure to purchase shares from,
obtain a loan from, or lend to the Federal credit union. If such a
policy is adopted, written notice of the policy as adopted and the
effective date of such policy shall be mailed to each member of the
credit union at the member's current address appearing on the
records of the credit union not less than thirty days prior to the
effective date of such policy. In addition, each new member shall
be provided written notice of any such policy prior to or upon
applying for membership.
(c) Liability to credit union
Withdrawal or expulsion of a member pursuant to either subsection
(a) or (b) of this section shall not operate to relieve him from
liability to the Federal credit union. The amount to be paid a
withdrawing or expelled member by a Federal credit union shall be
determined and paid in a manner specified in the bylaws.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 118, formerly Sec. 14, 48
Stat. 1221; renumbered Sec. 19, Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22,
1959, 73 Stat. 634; renumbered title I, Sec. 118, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 97-320,
title V, Sec. 525, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1534; Pub. L. 100-86,
title VII, Sec. 706, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 653.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1987 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 706(1), substituted
"Except as provided in" for "Subject to".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 706(2), inserted "and enforce"
after "adopt".
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 designated existing provisions as subsecs.
(a) and (c) and added subsec. (b).

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12 USC Sec. 1765 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1765. Minors

-STATUTE-
Shares may be issued in the name of a minor or in trust, subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed by the bylaws. When shares
are issued in trust, the name of the beneficiary shall be disclosed
to the Federal credit union.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 119, formerly Sec. 15, 48
Stat. 1221; renumbered Sec. 20, and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1,
Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 634; renumbered title I, Sec. 119, Pub. L.
91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 substituted "When shares are issued in
trust, the" for "The" in second sentence.

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12 USC Sec. 1766 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1766. Powers of Board

-STATUTE-
(a) The Board may prescribe rules and regulations for the
administration of this chapter (including, but not by way of
limitation, the merger, consolidation, and dissolution of
corporations organized under this chapter). Any central credit
union chartered by the Board shall be subject to such rules,
regulations, and orders as the Board deems appropriate and, except
as otherwise specifically provided in such rules, regulations, or
orders, shall be vested with or subject to the same rights,
privileges, duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities,
conditions, and limitations that would apply to all Federal credit
unions under this chapter.
(b)(1) The Board may suspend or revoke the charter of any Federal
credit union, or place the same in involuntary liquidation and
appoint a liquidating agent therefor, upon its finding that the
organization is bankrupt or insolvent, or has violated any of the
provisions of its charter, its bylaws, this chapter, or any
regulations issued thereunder.
(2) The Board, through such persons as it shall designate, may
examine any Federal credit union in voluntary liquidation and, upon
its finding that such voluntary liquidation is not being conducted
in an orderly or efficient manner or in the best interests of its
members, may terminate such voluntary liquidation and place such
organization in involuntary liquidation and appoint a liquidating
agent therefor.
(3) Such liquidating agent shall have power and authority,
subject to the control and supervision of the Board and under such
rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe, (A) to receive
and take possession of the books, records, assets, and property of
every description of the Federal credit union in liquidation, to
sell, enforce collection of, and liquidate all such assets and
property, to compound all bad or doubtful debts, and to sue in his
own name or in the name of the Federal credit union in liquidation,
and defend such actions as may be brought against him as
liquidating agent or against the Federal credit union; (B) to
receive, examine, and pass upon all claims against the Federal
credit union in liquidation, including claims of members on member
accounts; (C) to make distribution and payment to creditors and
members as their interests may appear; and (D) to execute such
documents and papers and to do such other acts and things which he
may deem necessary or desirable to discharge his duties hereunder.
(4) Subject to the control and supervision of the Board and under
such rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe, the
liquidating agent of a Federal credit union in involuntary
liquidation shall (A) cause notice to be given to creditors and
members to present their claims and make legal proof thereof, which
notice shall be published once a week in each of three successive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which
the Federal credit union in liquidation maintained an office or
branch for the transaction of business on the date it ceased
unrestricted operations; except that whenever the aggregate book
value of the assets and property of a Federal credit union in
involuntary liquidation is less than $1,000, unless the Board shall
find that its books and records do not contain a true and accurate
record of its liabilities he shall declare such Federal credit
union in liquidation to be a "no publication" liquidation, and
publication of notice to creditors and members shall not be
required in such case; (B) from time to time make a ratable
dividend on all such claims as may have been proved to his
satisfaction or adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction
and, after the assets of such organization have been liquidated,
make further dividends on all claims previously proved or
adjudicated, and he may accept in lieu of a formal proof of claim
on behalf of any creditor or member the statement of any amount due
to such creditor or member as shown on the books and records of the
credit union; but all claims not filed before payment of the final
dividend shall be barred and claims rejected or disallowed by the
liquidating agent shall be likewise barred unless suit be
instituted thereon within three months after notice of rejection or
disallowance; and (C) in a "no publication" liquidation, determine
from all sources available to him, and within the limits of
available funds of the Federal credit union, the amounts due to
creditors and members, and after sixty days shall have elapsed from
the date of his appointment distribute the funds of the Federal
credit union to creditors and members ratably and as their
interests may appear.
(5) Upon certification by the liquidating agent in the case of an
involuntary liquidation, and upon such proof as shall be
satisfactory to the Board in the case of a voluntary liquidation,
that distribution has been made and that liquidation has been
completed, as provided herein, the Board shall cancel the charter
of such Federal credit union; but the corporate existence of the
Federal credit union shall continue for a period of three years
from the date of such cancellation of its charter, during which
period the liquidating agent, or his duly appointed successor, or
such persons as the Board shall designate, may act on behalf of the
Federal credit union for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and
discharging any existing liabilities or obligations, collecting and
distributing its assets, and doing all other acts required to
adjust and wind up its business and affairs, and it may sue and be
sued in its corporate name.
(c) After the expiration of five years from the date of
cancellation of the charter of a Federal credit union the Board
may, in its discretion, destroy any or all books and records of
such Federal credit union in its possession or under its control.
(d) The Board is authorized and empowered to execute any and all
functions and perform any and all duties vested in it hereby,
through such persons as it shall designate or employ; and it may
delegate to any person or persons, including any institution
operating under the general supervision of the Administration, the
performance and discharge of any authority, power, or function
vested in it by this chapter.
(e) All books and records of Federal credit unions shall be kept
and reports shall be made in accordance with forms approved by the
Board.
(f)(1) The Board is authorized to make investigations and to
conduct researches and studies of the problems of persons of small
means in obtaining credit at reasonable rates of interest, and of
the methods and benefits of cooperative saving and lending among
such persons. It is further authorized to make reports of such
investigations and to publish and disseminate the same.
(2)(A) The Board is authorized to conduct directly, or to make
grants to or contracts with colleges or universities, State or
local educational agencies, or other appropriate public or private
nonprofit organizations to conduct, programs for the training of
persons engaged, or preparing to engage, in the operation of credit
unions and in related consumer counseling programs, serving the
poor. It is authorized to establish a program of experimental,
developmental, demonstration, and pilot projects, either directly
or by grants to public or private nonprofit organizations,
including credit unions, or by contracts with such organizations or
other private organizations, designed to promote more effective
operation of credit unions, and related consumer counseling
programs, serving the poor.
(B) In carrying out its authority under this paragraph, the Board
shall consult with officials of the Office of Economic Opportunity
and other appropriate Federal agencies responsible for the
administration of projects or programs concerned with problems of
the poor. The development and operation of programs and projects
under this paragraph shall involve maximum feasible participation
of residents of the areas and members of the groups served by such
programs and projects, with community action agencies established
under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.] serving, to the extent feasible, as the means
through which such participation is achieved.
(C) In order to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, there
is authorized to be appropriated, as a supplement to any funds that
may be expended by the Board pursuant to sections 1755 and 1756 of
this title for such purposes, not to exceed $300,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1970, and not to exceed $1,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.
(g) Any officer or employee of the Administration is authorized,
when designated for the purpose by the Board, to administer oaths
and affirmations and to take affidavits and depositions touching
upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the Administration.
(h) The Board is authorized, empowered, and directed to require
that every person appointed or elected by any Federal credit union
to any position requiring the receipt, payment, or custody of money
or other personal property owned by a Federal credit union, or in
its custody or control as collateral or otherwise, give bond in a
corporate surety company holding a certificate of authority from
the Secretary of the Treasury under chapter 93 of title 31, as an
acceptable surety on Federal bonds. Any such bond or bonds shall be
in a form approved by the Board with a view to providing surety
coverage to the Federal credit union with reference to loss by
reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty including forgery, theft,
embezzlement, wrongful abstraction, or misapplication on the part
of the person, directly or through connivance with others, and such
other surety coverages as the Board may determine to be reasonably
appropriate or as elsewhere required by this chapter. Any such bond
or bonds shall be in such an amount in relation to the money or
other personal property involved or in relation to the assets of
the Federal credit union as the Board may from time to time
prescribe by regulation for the purpose of requiring reasonable
coverage. In lieu of individual bonds the Board may approve the use
of a form of schedule or blanket bond which covers all of the
officers and employees of a Federal credit union whose duties
include the receipt, payment, or custody of money or other personal
property for or on behalf of the Federal credit union. The Board
may also approve the use of a form of excess coverage bond whereby
a Federal credit union may obtain an amount of coverage in excess
of the basic surety coverage.
(i) In addition to the authority conferred upon it by other
sections of this chapter, the Board is authorized in carrying out
its functions under this chapter -
(1) to appoint such personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Administration to carry out its functions;
(2) to expend such funds, enter into such contracts with public
and private organizations and persons, make such payments in
advance or by way of reimbursement, acquire and dispose of, by
lease or purchase, real or personal property, without regard to
the provisions of any other law applicable to executive or
independent agencies of the United States, and perform such other
functions or acts as it may deem necessary or appropriate to
carry out the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the
rules and regulations or policies established by the Board not
inconsistent with this chapter; and
(3) to pay stipends, including allowances for travel to and
from the place of residence, to any individual to study in a
program assisted under this chapter upon a determination by the
Board that assistance to such individual in such studies will be
in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(j) Staff. -
(1) Appointment and compensation. - The Board shall fix the
compensation and number of, and appoint and direct, employees of
the Board. Rates of basic pay for employees of the Board may be
set and adjusted by the Board without regard to the provisions of
chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.
(2) Additional compensation and benefits. - The Board may
provide additional compensation and benefits to employees of the
Board if the same type of compensation or benefits are then being
provided by any other Federal bank regulatory agency or, if not
then being provided, could be provided by such an agency under
applicable provisions of law, rule, or regulation. In setting and
adjusting the total amount of compensation and benefits for
employees of the Board, the Board shall seek to maintain
comparability with other Federal bank regulatory agencies.
(3) Funding. - The salaries and expenses of the Board and
employees of the Board shall be paid from fees and assessments
(including income earned on insurance deposits) levied on insured
credit unions under this chapter.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 120, formerly Sec. 16, 48
Stat. 1221; Dec. 6, 1937, ch. 3, Sec. 3, 51 Stat. 4; July 31, 1946,
ch. 711, Sec. 8, 60 Stat. 745; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401,
eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch.
711, Secs. 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; June 30, 1954, ch. 426, Sec. 2, 68
Stat. 336; Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 905, Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 792; renumbered
Sec. 21 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73
Stat. 635; Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 2(a), July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 285;
Pub. L. 91-206, Secs. 2(1), (3), 4, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49, 50;
renumbered title I, Sec. 120, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-22, title III, Sec. 306,
Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b),
Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 526,
Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1535; Pub. L. 100-86, title VII, Sec. 707,
Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 653; Pub. L. 101-73, title XII, Sec. 1203,
Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 101-144, title III, Nov. 9,
1989, 103 Stat. 864; Pub. L. 103-325, title I, Sec. 120(a), Sept.
23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2188; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(10),
Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2002.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, referred to in subsec.
(f)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 88-452, Aug. 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 508, as
amended, which was classified generally to chapter 34 (Sec. 2701 et
seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal,
except for titles VIII and X, by Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec.
683(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 519. Titles VIII and X of the Act
are classified generally to subchapters VIII (Sec. 2991 et seq.)
and X (Sec. 2996 et seq.) of chapter 34 of Title 42. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


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AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 109-351 substituted "chapter 93 of
title 31" for "the Act approved July 30, 1947 (6 U.S.C., secs. 6-
13)".
1994 - Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 103-325 struck out subsec. (k) which
read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Board may exercise the authority granted it by the Community
Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund Transfer Act (Public
Law 99-609, sec. 1, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3475) subject only to
the rules and regulations prescribed by the Board."
1989 - Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 101-73 added subsec. (j).
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101-144 added subsec. (k).
1987 - Subsec. (i)(2). Pub. L. 100-86 inserted "acquire and
dispose of, by lease or purchase, real or personal property,
without regard to the provisions of any other law applicable to
executive or independent agencies of the United States," after
"reimbursement," and ", in accordance with the rules and
regulations or policies established by the Board not inconsistent
with this chapter" after "this chapter".
1982 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-320 inserted provisions relating
to the special authority of the Board over a central credit union,
and such a union's general prerogatives and liabilities.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing; and "it", "them", and "its" for "he", "him",
and "his", respectively, where appropriate.
1977 - Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 95-22 substituted "member
accounts" for "shares".
1970 - Subsecs. (a) to (h). Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), (3),
substituted "Administrator" for "Director" and "Administration" for
"Bureau" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 4, added subsec. (i).
1968 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 90-375 redesignated existing
provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 made capitalization, punctuation and
phraseological changes throughout text; redesignated, in subsec.
(b)(3), cls. (i) to (iv) as (A) to (D) and corrected in cl. (A) the
final "cerdit" to read "credit"; redesignated, in subsec. (b)(4),
cls. (i) to (iii) as cls. (A) to (C); and redesignated the second
subsec. (b) and subsecs. (c) to (g) as (c) to (h), respectively.
1954 - Subsec. (f). Act June 30, 1954, added subsec. (f).
Subsec. (g). Act Aug. 24, 1954, added subsec. (g).
1946 - Subsec. (b). Act July 31, 1946, provided a more adequate
statutory procedure for the administration of this chapter by
expressly authorizing the liquidation of a Federal credit union and
setting up a procedure which will achieve more orderly and complete
liquidation.
1937 - Subsec. (e). Act Dec. 6, 1937, added subsec. (e).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 90-375 provided that: "The amendments
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall become
effective July 1, 1968."

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12 USC Sec. 1767 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1767. Fiscal agents and depositories; authorization to secure
deposits by governmental bodies

-STATUTE-
(a) Each Federal credit union organized under this chapter, when
requested by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall act as fiscal
agent of the United States and shall perform such services as the
Secretary of the Treasury may require in connection with the
collection of taxes and other obligations due the United States and
the lending, borrowing, and repayment of money by the United
States, including the issue, sale, redemption, or repurchase of
bonds, notes, Treasury certificates of indebtedness, or other
obligations of the United States; and to facilitate such purposes
the Board shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury from time
to time the names and addresses of all Federal credit unions with
such other available information concerning them as may be
requested by the Secretary of the Treasury. Any Federal credit
union organized under this chapter, when designated for that
purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be a depository of
public money, except receipts from customs, under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(b) Any Federal credit union, upon the deposit with it of any
funds by the Federal Government, an Indian tribe, or any State or
local government or political subdivision thereof as otherwise
authorized by this chapter, is authorized to pledge any of its
assets securing the payment of the funds so deposited.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 121, formerly Sec. 17, 48
Stat. 1222; 1947, Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 401, eff. July 1, 1947,
12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, Secs. 1, 2, 62
Stat. 1091; renumbered Sec. 22, Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22,
1959, 73 Stat. 637; amended Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), Mar. 10,
1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, Sec. 121, Pub. L. 91-468,
Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 100-86,
title VII, Sec. 716, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 656.)


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AMENDMENTS
1987 - Pub. L. 100-86 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a) and added subsec. (b).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor
thereof, generally, see notes set out under section 1751 of this
title.
Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this
section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.

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12 USC Sec. 1768 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1768. Taxation

-STATUTE-
The Federal credit unions organized hereunder, their property,
their franchises, capital, reserves, surpluses, and other funds,
and their income shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter
imposed by the United States or by any State, Territorial, or local
taxing authority; except that any real property and any tangible
personal property of such Federal credit unions shall be subject to
Federal, State, Territorial, and local taxation to the same extent
as other similar property is taxed. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent holdings in any Federal credit union organized hereunder
from being included in the valuation of the personal property of
the owners or holders thereof in assessing taxes imposed by
authority of the State or political subdivision thereof in which
the Federal credit union is located; but the duty or burden of
collecting or enforcing the payment of such a tax shall not be
imposed upon any such Federal credit union and the tax shall not
exceed the rate of taxes imposed upon holdings in domestic credit
unions.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 122, formerly Sec. 18, 48
Stat. 1222; Dec. 6, 1937, ch. 3, Sec. 4, 51 Stat. 4; renumbered
Sec. 23 and amended Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73
Stat. 637; renumbered title I, Sec. 122, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2),
Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994.)


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AMENDMENTS
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 substituted "but" for "Provided, however,
That" and inserted "a" before "tax".
1937 - Act Dec. 6, 1937, inserted tax exemption provision, the
real and tangible personal property proviso, provided that
responsibility of tax collection would not be imposed upon Federal
credit unions, and that tax rate would not exceed that of domestic
credit unions.

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12 USC Sec. 1769 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1769. Separability; right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter

-STATUTE-
(a) If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of
the chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons
or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
(b) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter or any part
thereof, or any charter issued pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter, is expressly reserved.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 123, formerly Sec. 24, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 637;
renumbered title I, Sec. 123, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994.)


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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1769, act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, Sec. 19, 48
Stat. 1222, made available not more than $50,000 of the funds
available to the Governor, under section 1404 of this title, for
administrative expenses in administering this chapter, prior to the
amendment of act June 26, 1934, by Pub. L. 86-354.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 20 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, 48 Stat.
1222 (formerly classified to section 1770 of this title), prior to
the amendment and renumbering of act June 26, 1934, by Pub. L. 86-
354.

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12 USC Sec. 1770 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1770. Allotment of space in Federal buildings or Federal land

-STATUTE-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon application by
any credit union organized under State law or by any Federal credit
union organized in accordance with the terms of this chapter, which
application shall be addressed to the officer or agency of the
United States charged with the allotment of space on lands reserved
for the use of, and under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction
of, the United States or in the Federal buildings in the community
or district in which such credit union does business, such officer
or agency may in his or its discretion lease land or allot space to
such credit union without charge for rent or services if at least
95 percent of the membership of the credit union to be served by
the allotment of space or the facility built on the lease land is
composed of persons who either are presently Federal employees or
were Federal employees at the time of admission into the credit
union, and members of their families, and if space is available.
For the purpose of this section, the term "services" includes, but
is not limited to, the providing of lighting, heating, cooling,
electricity, office furniture, office machines and equipment,
telephone service (including installation of lines and equipment
and other expenses associated with telephone service), and security
systems (including installation and other expenses associated with
security systems). Where there is an agreement for the payment of
costs associated with the provision of space or services, nothing
in title 31 or any other provision of law, shall be construed to
prohibit or restrict payment by reimbursement to the miscellaneous
receipts or other appropriate account of the Treasury.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 124, formerly Sec. 25, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 638;
renumbered title I, Sec. 124, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 515, Oct.
15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1530; Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 27, Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2510; Pub. L. 103-160, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2854, Nov.
30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1908; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title X, Sec.
1070(b)(12), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2857; Pub. L. 109-351, title
V, Sec. 501, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1974.)


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1770, act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, Sec. 20, 48
Stat. 1222, related to separability of provisions and right to
alter, amend, or repeal chapter, prior to the amendment of act June
26, 1934, by Pub. L. 86-354. See section 1769 of this title.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were
contained in section 21 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, as added
July 9, 1937, ch. 471, 50 Stat. 487 (formerly classified to section
1771 of this title), prior to the amendment and renumbering of act
June 26, 1934, by Pub. L. 86-354.

AMENDMENTS
2006 - Pub. L. 109-351, in section catchline, inserted "or
Federal land" after "buildings" and, in text, substituted
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon application by
any credit union" for "Upon application by any credit union" and
inserted "on lands reserved for the use of, and under the exclusive
or concurrent jurisdiction of, the United States or" after "officer
or agency of the United States charged with the allotment of
space", "lease land or" after "such officer or agency may in his or
its discretion", and "or the facility built on the lease land"
after "credit union to be served by the allotment of space".
1994 - Pub. L. 103-337 made technical correction to Pub. L. 103-
160, Sec. 2854(1). See 1993 Amendment note below.
1993 - Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 2854(2), substituted "allot space to
such credit union without charge for rent or services if at least
95 percent of the membership of the credit union to be served by
the allotment of space is composed of persons who either are
presently Federal employees or were Federal employees at the time
of admission into the credit union, and members of their families,
and if space is available." for "allot space to such credit union
if space is available without charge for rent or services."
Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 2854(1), as amended by Pub. L. 103-337,
struck out "at least 95 per centum of the membership of which is
composed of persons who either are presently Federal employees or
were Federal employees at the time of admission into the credit
union, and members of their families," after "terms of this
chapter".
1983 - Pub. L. 97-457 inserted "of" after "including
installation".
1982 - Pub. L. 97-320 inserted definition of "services", and
provided that where there is an agreement for the payment of costs
associated with the provision of space or services, nothing in
title 31 or any other provision of law shall be construed to
prohibit or restrict payment by reimbursement to the miscellaneous
receipts or other appropriate account of the Treasury.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Section 1070(b) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that the amendment
made by that section is effective as of Nov. 30, 1993, and as if
included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1994, Pub. L. 103-160, as enacted.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1771 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1771. Conversion from Federal to State credit union and from
State to Federal credit union

-STATUTE-
(a) A Federal credit union may be converted into a State credit
union under the laws of any State, the District of Columbia, the
several Territories and possessions of the United States, the
Panama Canal Zone, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by complying
with the following requirements:
(1) The proposition for such conversion shall first be
approved, and a date set for a vote thereon by the members
(either at a meeting to be held on such date or by written ballot
to be filed on or before such date), by a majority of the
directors of the Federal credit union. Written notice of the
proposition and of the date set for the vote shall then be
delivered in person to each member, or mailed to each member at
the address for such member appearing on the records of the
credit union, not more than thirty nor less than seven days prior
to such date. Approval of the proposition for conversion shall be
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
credit union who vote on the proposal. The written notice of the
proposition shall in boldface type state that the issue will be
decided by a majority of the members who vote.
(2) A statement of the results of the vote, verified by the
affidavits of the president or vice president and the secretary,
shall be filed with the Administration within ten days after the
vote is taken.
(3) Promptly after the vote is taken and in no event later than
ninety days thereafter, if the proposition for conversion was
approved by such vote, the credit union shall take such action as
may be necessary under the applicable State law to make it a
State credit union, and within ten days after receipt of the
State credit union charter there shall be filed with the
Administration a copy of the charter thus issued. Upon such
filing the credit union shall cease to be a Federal credit union.
(4) Upon ceasing to be a Federal credit union, such credit
union shall no longer be subject to any of the provisions of this
chapter. The successor State credit union shall be vested with
all of the assets and shall continue responsible for all of the
obligations of the Federal credit union to the same extent as
though the conversion had not taken place.

(b)(1) A State credit union, organized under the laws of any
State, the District of Columbia, the several Territories and
possessions of the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, may be converted into a Federal credit
union by (A) complying with all State requirements requisite to
enabling it to convert to a Federal credit union or to cease being
a State credit union, (B) filing with the Administration proof of
such compliance, satisfactory to the Board, and (C) filing with the
Administration an organization certificate as required by this
chapter.
(2) When the Board has been satisfied that all of such
requirements, and all other requirements of this chapter, have been
complied with, the Board shall approve the organization
certificate. Upon such approval, the State credit union shall
become a Federal credit union as of the date it ceases to be a
State credit union. The Federal credit union shall be vested with
all of the assets and shall continue responsible for all of the
obligations of the State credit union to the same extent as though
the conversion had not taken place.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 125, formerly Sec. 26, as
added Pub. L. 86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 638; amended
Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), (3), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49;
renumbered title I, Sec. 125, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b),
Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 527,
Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1535.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1771, act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, Sec. 21, as
added July 9, 1937, ch. 471, 50 Stat. 487, related to allotment of
space in Federal buildings, prior to the amendment of act June 26,
1934, by Pub. L. 86-354. See section 1770 of this title.

AMENDMENTS
1982 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-320 substituted "of the credit
union who vote on the proposal" for ", in person or in writing",
and inserted provision that the written notice of the proposition
shall in boldface type state that the issue will be decided by a
majority of the members who vote.
1978 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" in two places.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administration" for "Bureau"
and "Administrator" for "Director" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772. Territorial application of chapter

-STATUTE-
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the several States,
the District of Columbia, the several Territories, including the
trust territories, and possessions of the United States, the Panama
Canal Zone, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 126, formerly Sec. 22, as
added July 31, 1946, ch. 711, Sec. 7, 60 Stat. 745; amended May 8,
1952, ch. 245, 66 Stat. 66, renumbered Sec. 27 and amended Pub. L.
86-354, Sec. 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 638; renumbered title I,
Sec. 126, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994;
amended Pub. L. 93-383, title VII, Sec. 726, Aug. 22, 1974, 88
Stat. 720.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1974 - Pub. L. 93-383 inserted reference to trust territories.
1959 - Pub. L. 86-354 provided for application of chapter to the
States, the District of Columbia, the Territories and possessions
of the United States and Puerto Rico and struck out specific
reference to the Virgin Islands.
1952 - Act May 8, 1952, amended section to extend provisions of
this chapter to the Virgin Islands.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772a 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772a. Gifts; acceptance of conditional gifts; deposit

-STATUTE-
The Board is authorized to accept gifts of money made
unconditionally by will or otherwise for the carrying out of any of
the functions under this chapter. A conditional gift of money made
by will or otherwise for such purposes may be accepted and used in
accordance with its conditions, but no such gift shall be accepted
which is conditioned upon any expenditure not to be met therefrom
or from income thereof unless the Board determines that
supplementation of such gift from the fees it may expend pursuant
to sections 1755 and 1756 of this title or from any funds
appropriated pursuant to section 1766(f)(2)(C) of this title for
the purpose of making such expenditure will not adversely affect
the sound administration of this chapter. Any such gift shall be
deposited in the Treasury of the United States for the account of
the Administration and may be expended in accordance with section
1755 of this title or as provided in the preceding sentence.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 127, formerly Sec. 28, as
added Pub. L. 90-375, Sec. 3, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 285; amended
Pub. L. 91-206, Sec. 2(1), (3), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49;
renumbered title I, Sec. 127, Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 19,
1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b),
Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator" in
two places, and "it may expend" for "he may expend".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-206 substituted "Administrator" for "Director"
and "Administration" for "Bureau" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772b 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772b. Apportionment

-STATUTE-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds received by the
Board pursuant to any method provided by this chapter, and
interest, dividend, or other income thereon, shall not be subject
to apportionment for the purpose of chapter 15 of title 31 or under
any other authority.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 128, as added Pub. L. 100-
86, title V, Sec. 505(e), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 633.)

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772c 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772c. Trust fund

-STATUTE-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all moneys of the
Board shall be treated as trust funds for the purpose of section
906(a)(2) (!1) of title 2. This section is effective for fiscal
year 1986 and every fiscal year thereafter.


-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 129, as added Pub. L. 100-
86, title VII, Sec. 708, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 653.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 906(a) of title 2, referred to in text, was amended
generally by Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13101(d)(1), Nov. 5,
1990, 104 Stat. 1388-589, and subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 111-
139, title I, Sec. 10(a), Feb. 12, 2010, 124 Stat. 21. Provisions
similar to those formerly appearing in section 906(a)(2) are now
contained in section 906(k)(6) of Title 2, The Congress.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) See References in Text note below.


-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772c-1 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772c-1. Community development revolving loan fund for credit
unions

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
The Board may exercise the authority granted to it by the
Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund Transfer
Act, including any additional appropriation made or earnings
accrued, subject only to this section and to regulations prescribed
by the Board.
(b) Investment
The Board may invest any idle Fund moneys in United States
Treasury securities. Any interest accrued on such securities shall
become a part of the Fund.
(c) Loans
The Board may require that any loans made from the Fund be
matched by increased shares in the borrower credit union.
(d) Interest
Interest earned by the Fund may be allocated by the Board for
technical assistance to community development credit unions,
subject to an appropriations Act.
(e) "Fund" defined
As used in this section, the term "Fund" means the Community
Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 130, as added Pub. L. 103-
325, title I, Sec. 120(b), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2188.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Community Development Credit Union Revolving Loan Fund
Transfer Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 99-609, Nov.
6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3475, which is set out as a note under section
9822 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1772d 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1772d. Forfeiture of organization certificate for money
laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses

-STATUTE-
(a) Forfeiture of franchise for money laundering or cash
transaction reporting offenses
(1) Conviction of title 18 offenses
(A) Duty to notify
If a credit union has been convicted of any criminal offense
under section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, the Attorney General
shall provide to the Board a written notification of the
conviction and shall include a certified copy of the order of
conviction from the court rendering the decision.
(B) Notice of termination; pretermination hearing
After receiving written notification from the Attorney
General of such a conviction, the Board shall issue to such
credit union a notice of its intention to terminate all rights,
privileges, and franchises of the credit union and schedule a
pretermination hearing.
(2) Conviction of title 31 offenses
If a credit union is convicted of any criminal offense under
section 5322 or 5324 of title 31 after receiving written
notification from the Attorney General, the Board may issue to
such credit union a notice of its intention to terminate all
rights, privileges, and franchises of the credit union and
schedule a pretermination hearing.
(3) Judicial review
Section 1786(j) of this title shall apply to any proceeding
under this section.
(b) Factors to be considered
In determining whether a franchise shall be forfeited under
subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall take into account
the following factors:
(1) The extent to which directors, committee members, or senior
executive officers (as defined by the Board in regulations which
the Board shall prescribe) of the credit union knew of, or were
involved in, the commission of the money laundering offense of
which the credit union was found guilty.
(2) The extent to which the offense occurred despite the
existence of policies and procedures within the credit union
which were designed to prevent the occurrence of any such
offense.
(3) The extent to which the credit union has fully cooperated
with law enforcement authorities with respect to the
investigation of the money laundering offense of which the credit
union was found guilty.
(4) The extent to which the credit union has implemented
additional internal controls (since the commission of the offense
of which the credit union was found guilty) to prevent the
occurrence of any other money laundering offense.
(5) The extent to which the interest of the local community in
having adequate deposit and credit services available would be
threatened by the forfeiture of the franchise.
(c) Successor liability
This section shall not apply to a successor to the interests of,
or a person who acquires, a credit union that violated a provision
of law described in subsection (a) of this section, if the
successor succeeds to the interests of the violator, or the
acquisition is made, in good faith and not for purposes of evading
this section or regulations prescribed under this section.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, Sec. 131, as added Pub. L. 102-
550, title XV, Sec. 1502(c), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4047;
amended Pub. L. 103-325, title IV, Sec. 411(c)(2)(B), Sept. 23,
1994, 108 Stat. 2253.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-325 substituted "section 5322
or 5324 of title 31" for "section 5322 of title 31".

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1773 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1773. District of Columbia credit unions; conversion to
Federal status

-STATUTE-
Any credit union organized under the District of Columbia Credit
Unions Act, as amended, may apply for conversion into a Federal
credit union by filing with the National Credit Union
Administration Board (in sections 1773 to 1775 of this title
referred to as the Board), pursuant to a resolution adopted by a
majority of its directors, an organization certificate meeting the
requirements of section 1753 of this title.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 88-395, Sec. 1, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 91-
206, Sec. 3, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 95-630, title V,
Sec. 501, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3680.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The District of Columbia Credit Unions Act, referred to in text,
was repealed by Pub. L. 88-395, Sec. 4, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 377.

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Credit Union Act
which comprises this chapter.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"National Credit Union Administration Board" and "Board"
substituted in text for "Director of the Bureau of Federal Credit
Unions" and "Director", respectively, pursuant to section 3 of Pub.
L. 91-206 and section 501 of Pub. L. 95-630 [12 U.S.C. 1752a] which
transferred functions of Bureau of Federal Credit Unions, and
Director thereof, to National Credit Union Administration and
vested authority for management of Administration in National
Credit Union Administration Board.


-MISC1-
REPEALS; REVOCATION OF ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CREDIT UNIONS ACT
Section 4 of Pub. L. 88-395 provided that: "Effective thirty days
after enactment of this Act [Aug. 1, 1964], the District of
Columbia Credit Unions Act (47 Stat. 326), as amended, is repealed
and all organization certificates issued thereunder and still in
force are revoked."

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1774 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1774. Approval of certificate; assets and obligations of
applicant credit union

-STATUTE-
The Board shall approve any such organization certificate meeting
such requirements. Upon such approval, the applicant credit union
shall become a Federal credit union, and shall be vested with all
of the assets and shall continue responsible for all of the
obligations of such applicant credit union to the same extent as
though the conversion had not taken place.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 88-395, Sec. 2, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 91-
206, Sec. 3, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 95-630, title V,
Sec. 501, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3680.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Credit Union Act
which comprises this chapter.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Board", meaning the National Credit Union Administration Board,
substituted in text for "Director", meaning Director of Bureau of
Federal Credit Unions, pursuant to section 3 of Pub. L. 91-206 and
section 501 of Pub. L. 95-630 [12 U.S.C. 1752a] which transferred
functions of Bureau of Federal Credit Unions, and Director thereof,
to National Credit Union Administration and vested authority for
management of Administration in National Credit Union
Administration Board.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1775 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1775. Conditions upon conversion to Federal status

-STATUTE-
Any District of Columbia credit union converting into a Federal
credit union in accordance with sections 1773 to 1775 of this title
shall thereupon be subject to the limitations, vested with the
powers, and charged with the liabilities conferred and imposed by
this chapter upon credit unions organized thereunder, except that -

(1) no fee shall be imposed upon a credit union converting
pursuant to sections 1773 to 1775 of this title as an incident to
its conversion;
(2) any loan or investment made by a credit union converting
pursuant to sections 1773 to 1775 of this title in conformity
with the District of Columbia Credit Unions Act prior to its
conversion, which does not conform to the requirements of this
chapter and is still outstanding at the time of conversion, shall
be liquidated at or before its maturity or, if it has no maturity
date, in a prudent manner and within a reasonable period of time;
(3) a credit union converting pursuant to sections 1773 to 1775
of this title shall submit proposed bylaws to the Board for the
Board's approval after its conversion, but not later than thirty
days following its next annual meeting or six months after August
1, 1964, whichever is later: Provided, That any existing bylaw
inconsistent with any other requirements of this chapter shall be
deemed null and void.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 88-395, Sec. 3, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 91-
206, Sec. 3, Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 95-630, title V,
Sec. 501, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3680.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The District of Columbia Credit Unions Act, referred to in text,
was repealed by Pub. L. 88-395, Sec. 4, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 377.

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Credit Union Act
which comprises this chapter.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Board" and "the Board's", meaning the National Credit Union
Administration Board, substituted in par. (3) for "Director" and
"his", respectively, meaning Director of Bureau of Federal Credit
Unions, pursuant to section 3 of Pub. L. 91-206 and section 501 of
Pub. L. 95-630 [12 U.S.C. 1752a] which transferred functions of
Bureau of Federal Credit Unions, and Director thereof, to National
Credit Union Administration and vested authority for management of
Administration in National Credit Union Administration Board.

-End-


-CITE-
12 USC SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1781 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1781. Insurance of member accounts

-STATUTE-
(a) Eligibility
The Board, as hereinafter provided, shall insure the member
accounts of all Federal credit unions and it may insure the member
accounts of (1) credit unions organized and operated according to
the laws of any State, the District of Columbia, the several
territories, including the trust territories, and possessions of
the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and (2) credit unions organized and operating under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense if such credit unions
are operating in compliance with the requirements of subchapter I
of this chapter and regulations issued thereunder.
(b) Application; agreement
Application for insurance of member accounts shall be made
immediately by each Federal credit union and may be made at any
time by a State credit union or a credit union operating under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. Applications for such
insurance shall be in such form as the Board shall provide and
shall contain an agreement by the applicant -
(1) to pay the reasonable cost of such examinations as the
Board may deem necessary in connection with determining the
eligibility of the applicant for insurance: Provided, That
examinations required under subchapter I of this chapter shall be
so conducted that the information derived therefrom may be
utilized for share insurance purposes, and examinations conducted
by State regulatory agencies shall be utilized by the Board for
such purposes to the maximum extent feasible;
(2) to permit and pay the reasonable cost of such examinations
as in the judgment of the Board may from time to time be
necessary for the protection of the fund and of other insured
credit unions;
(3) to permit the Board to have access to any information or
report with respect to any examination made by or for any public
regulatory authority, including any commission, board, or
authority having supervision of a State-chartered credit union,
and furnish such additional information with respect thereto as
the Board may require;
(4) to provide protection and indemnity against burglary,
defalcation, and other similar insurable losses, of the type, in
the form, and in an amount at least equal to that required by the
laws under which the credit union is organized and operates;
(5) to maintain such regular reserves as may be required by the
laws of the State, district, territory, or other jurisdiction
pursuant to which it is organized and operated, in the case of a
State-chartered credit union, or as may be required by this
chapter, in the case of a Federal credit union;
(6) to maintain such special reserves as the Board, by
regulation or in special cases, may require for protecting the
interest of members or to assure that all insured credit unions
maintain regular reserves which are not less than those required
under subchapter I of this chapter;
(7) not to issue or have outstanding any account or security
the form of which, by regulation or in special cases, has not
been approved by the Board except for accounts authorized by
State law for State credit unions;
(8) to pay and maintain its deposit and to pay the premium
charges for insurance imposed by this subchapter; and
(9) to comply with the requirements of this subchapter and of
regulations prescribed by the Board pursuant thereto.
(c) Approval of application
(1) Before approving the application of any credit union for
insurance of its member accounts, the Board shall consider -
(A) the history, financial condition, and management policies
of the applicant;
(B) the economic advisability of insuring the applicant without
undue risk of the fund;
(C) the general character and fitness of the applicant's
management;
(D) the convenience and needs of the members to be served by
the applicant; and
(E) whether the applicant is a cooperative association
organized for the purpose of promoting thrift among its members
and creating a source of credit for provident or productive
purposes.

(2) The Board shall disapprove the application of any credit
union for insurance of its member accounts if it finds that its
reserves are inadequate, that its financial condition and policies
are unsafe or unsound, that its management is unfit, that insurance
of its member accounts would otherwise involve undue risk to the
fund, or that its powers and purposes are inconsistent with the
promotion of thrift among its members and the creation of a source
of credit for provident or productive purposes.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 95-22, title III, Sec. 301, Apr. 19, 1977,
91 Stat. 49.
(d) Certificate of insurance
Upon the approval of any application for insurance, the Board
shall notify the applicant and shall issue to it a certificate
evidencing the fact that it is, as of the date of issuance of the
certificate, an insured credit union under the provisions of this
subchapter.
(e) Prohibition on certain associations
(1) In general
No insured credit union may be sponsored by or accept financial
support, directly or indirectly, from any Government-sponsored
enterprise, if the credit union includes the customers of the
Government-sponsored enterprise in the field of membership of the
credit union.
(2) Routine business financing
Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to advances or other
forms of financial assistance generally provided by a Government-
sponsored enterprise in the ordinary course of business of the
enterprise.
(3) "Government-sponsored enterprise" defined
For purposes of this subsection, the term "Government-sponsored
enterprise" has the meaning given to such term in section
1404(e)(1)(A) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989.
(4) Employee credit union
No provision of this subsection shall be construed as
prohibiting any employee of a Government-sponsored enterprise
from becoming a member of a credit union whose field of
membership is the employees of such enterprise.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 201, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 92-
221, Secs. 1, 2, Dec. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 796, 797; Pub. L. 95-22,
title III, Sec. 301, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 95-630,
title V, Secs. 502(b), 504, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3682;
Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VIII, Sec. 2801, July 18, 1984, 98
Stat. 1203; Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title II, Sec. 2615(a), Sept.
30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-478; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Sec.
726(11), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2002.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Section 1404(e)(1)(A) of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, referred to in subsec.
(e)(3), is section 1404(e)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 101-73, which is set
out as a note under section 1811 of this title.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 109-351 substituted "this chapter"
for "section 1762 of this title".
1996 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-208 added subsec. (e).
1984 - Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 98-369 inserted provisions
relating to payment and maintenance of the deposit.
1978 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 504(a),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" and "it" for "he", and
inserted ", including the trust territories," after "the several
territories".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 504(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing and inserted in par.
(7) "except for accounts authorized by State law for State credit
unions" after "by the Board".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" wherever appearing, and in par. (2) substituted
"it" for "he" before "finds".
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 504(c), struck
out subsec. (d), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and substituted
"Board" for "Administrator".
1977 - Subsec. (c)(3) Pub. L. 95-22 struck out par. (3) which
provided for approval by Administrator of applications of State
credit unions for insurance of its member accounts where credit
union meets requirements of this chapter and where in the event of
liquidation of the credit union, the claims with respect to demand
deposit accounts shall be subordinate to the claims with respect to
member accounts.
1971 - Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 92-221, Sec. 1(a), substituted
"disapproved" for "reject".
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 92-221, Sec. 2, added par. (3).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-221, Sec. 1(b), substituted provisions
allowing, in certain cases, a two-year period to meet the
requirements for insurance following the disapproval of an
application for insurance by a Federal credit union, for provisions
mandating the suspension or revocation of the charter of a Federal
credit union unless the credit union met the requirements for
insurance and became an insured credit union within one year of the
rejection of its application for insurance.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Section 2615(c) of div. A of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: "The
amendments made by this section [amending this section and section
1828 of this title] shall apply on and after January 1, 1996."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1782 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1782. Administration of insurance fund

-STATUTE-
(a) Reports of condition
(1) Each insured credit union shall make reports of condition to
the Board upon dates which shall be selected by it. Such reports of
condition shall be in such form and shall contain such information
as the Board may require. The reporting dates selected for reports
of condition shall be the same for all insured credit unions except
that when any of said reporting dates is a nonbusiness day for any
credit union the preceding business day shall be its reporting
date. The total amount of the member accounts of each insured
credit union as of each reporting date shall be reported in such
reports of condition in accordance with regulations prescribed by
the Board. Each report of condition shall contain a declaration by
the president, by a vice president, by the treasurer, or by any
other officer designated by the board of directors of the reporting
credit union to make such declaration, that the report is true and
correct to the best of such officer's knowledge and belief. Unless
such requirement is waived by the Board, the correctness of each
report of condition shall be attested by the signatures of three of
the officers of the reporting credit union with the declaration
that the report has been examined by them and to the best of their
knowledge and belief is true and correct.
(2) The Board may call for such other reports as it may from time
to time require.
(3) The Board may require reports of condition to be published in
such manner, not inconsistent with any applicable law, as it may
direct. Any insured credit union which maintains procedures
reasonably adapted to avoid any inadvertent error and,
unintentionally and as a result of such an error, fails to submit
or publish any report required under this subsection or section
1756 of this title, within the period of time specified by the
Board, or submits or publishes any false or misleading report or
information, or inadvertently transmits or publishes any report
which is minimally late, shall be subject to a penalty of not more
than $2,000 for each day during which such failure continues or
such false or misleading information is not corrected. The insured
credit union shall have the burden of proving that an error was
inadvertent and that a report was inadvertently transmitted or
published late. Any insured credit union which fails to submit or
publish any report required under this subsection or section 1756
of this title, within the period of time specified by the Board, or
submits or publishes any false or misleading report or information,
in a manner not described in the 2nd preceding sentence shall be
subject to a penalty of not more than $20,000 for each day during
which such failure continues or such false or misleading
information is not corrected. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, if any insured credit union knowingly or with reckless
disregard for the accuracy of any information or report described
in such sentence submits or publishes any false or misleading
report or information, the Board may assess a penalty of not more
than $1,000,000 or 1 percent of total assets of such credit union,
whichever is less, per day for each day during which such failure
continues or such false or misleading information is not corrected.
Any penalty imposed under any of the 4 preceding sentences shall be
assessed and collected by the Board in the manner provided in
section 1786(k)(2) of this title (for penalties imposed under such
section) and any such assessment (including the determination of
the amount of the penalty) shall be subject to the provisions of
such section. Any insured credit union against which any penalty is
assessed under this subsection shall be afforded an agency hearing
if such insured credit union submits a request for such hearing
within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of assessment.
Section 1786(j) of this title shall apply to any proceeding under
this subsection.
(4) The Board may accept any report of condition made to any
commission, board, or authority having supervision of a State-
chartered credit union and may furnish to any such commission,
board, or authority reports of condition made to the Board.
(5) Reports required under subchapter I of this chapter shall be
so prepared that they can be used for share insurance purposes. To
the maximum extent feasible, the Board shall use for insurance
purposes reports submitted to State regulatory agencies by State-
chartered credit unions.
(6) Audit requirement. -
(A) In general. - Before the end of the 120-day period
beginning on August 9, 1989, and notwithstanding any other
provision of Federal or State law, the Board shall prescribe, by
regulation, audit standards which require an outside, independent
audit of any insured credit union by a certified public
accountant for any fiscal year (of such credit union) -
(i) for which such credit union has not conducted an annual
supervisory committee audit;
(ii) for which such credit union has not received a complete
and satisfactory supervisory committee audit; or
(iii) during which such credit union has experienced
persistent and serious recordkeeping deficiencies, as
determined by the Board.

(B) Unsafe or unsound practice. - The Board may treat the
failure of any insured credit union to obtain an outside,
independent audit for any fiscal year for which such audit is
required under subparagraph (A) or (D) as an unsafe or unsound
practice within the meaning of section 1786(b) of this title.
(C) Accounting principles. -
(i) In general. - Accounting principles applicable to reports
or statements required to be filed with the Board by each
insured credit union shall be uniform and consistent with
generally accepted accounting principles.
(ii) Board determination. - If the Board determines that the
application of any generally accepted accounting principle to
any insured credit union is not appropriate, the Board may
prescribe an accounting principle for application to the credit
union that is no less stringent than generally accepted
accounting principles.
(iii) De minimus (!1) exception. - This subparagraph shall
not apply to any insured credit union, the total assets of
which are less than $10,000,000, unless prescribed by the Board
or an appropriate State credit union supervisor.


(D) Large credit union audit requirement. -
(i) In general. - Each insured credit union having total
assets of $500,000,000 or more shall have an annual independent
audit of the financial statements of the credit union,
performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards by an independent certified public accountant or
public accountant licensed by the appropriate State or
jurisdiction to perform those services.
(ii) Voluntary audits. - If a Federal credit union that is
not required to conduct an audit under clause (i), and that has
total assets of more than $10,000,000 conducts such an audit
for any purpose, using an independent auditor who is
compensated for his or her audit services with respect to that
audit, the audit shall be performed consistent with the
accountancy laws of the appropriate State or jurisdiction,
including licensing requirements.

(7) Report to independent auditor. -
(A) In general. - Each insured credit union which has engaged
the services of an independent auditor to audit such depository
institution within the past 2 years shall transmit to such
auditor a copy of the most recent report of condition made by
such credit union (pursuant to this chapter or any other
provision of law) and a copy of the most recent report of
examination received by such credit union.
(B) Additional information. - In addition to the copies of the
reports required to be provided to an auditor under subparagraph
(A), each insured credit union shall provide such auditor with -
(i) a copy of any supervisory memorandum of understanding
with such credit union and any written agreement between the
Board or a State regulatory agency and the credit union which
is in effect during the period covered by the audit; and
(ii) a report of any action initiated or taken by the Board
during such period under subsection (e), (f), (g), (i), (l), or
(q) of section 1786 of this title, or any similar action taken
by a State regulatory agency under State law, or any other
civil money penalty assessed by the Board under this chapter,
with respect to -
(I) the credit union; or
(II) any institution-affiliated party.

(8) Data sharing with other agencies and persons. - In addition
to reports of examination, reports of condition, and other reports
required to be regularly provided to the Board (with respect to all
insured credit unions, including a credit union for which the
Corporation has been appointed conservator or liquidating agent) or
an appropriate State commission, board, or authority having
supervision of a State-chartered credit union, the Board may, in
the discretion of the Board, furnish any report of examination or
other confidential supervisory information concerning any credit
union or other entity examined by the Board under authority of any
Federal law, to -
(A) any other Federal or State agency or authority with
supervisory or regulatory authority over the credit union or
other entity;
(B) any officer, director, or receiver of such credit union or
entity; and
(C) any other person that the Board determines to be
appropriate.
(b) Certified statement
(1) Statement required
(A) In general
For each calendar year, in the case of an insured credit
union with total assets of not more than $50,000,000, and for
each semi-annual period in the case of an insured credit union
with total assets of $50,000,000 or more, an insured credit
union shall file with the Board, at such time as the Board
prescribes, a certified statement showing the total amount of
insured shares in the credit union at the close of the relevant
period and both the amount of its deposit or adjustment of
deposit and the amount of the insurance charge due to the Fund
for that period, both as computed under subsection (c) of this
section.
(B) Exception for newly insured credit union
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a credit
union that became insured during the reporting period.
(2) Form
The certified statements required to be filed with the Board
pursuant to this subsection shall be in such form and shall set
forth such supporting information as the Board shall require.
(3) Certification
The president of the credit union or any officer designated by
the board of directors shall certify, with respect to each
statement required to be filed with the Board pursuant to this
subsection, that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
the statement is true, correct, complete, and in accordance with
this subchapter and the regulations issued under this subchapter.
(c) Deposit with National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund;
amount, return, distribution, etc.
(1)(A)(i) Each insured credit union shall pay to and maintain
with the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund a deposit in an
amount equaling 1 per centum of the credit union's insured shares.
(ii) The Board may, in its discretion, authorize insured credit
unions to initially fund such deposit over a period of time in
excess of one year if necessary to avoid adverse effects on the
condition of insured credit unions.
(iii) Periodic adjustment. - The amount of each insured credit
union's deposit shall be adjusted as follows, in accordance with
procedures determined by the Board, to reflect changes in the
credit union's insured shares:
(I) annually, in the case of an insured credit union with total
assets of not more than $50,000,000; and
(II) semi-annually, in the case of an insured credit union with
total assets of $50,000,000 or more.

(B)(i) The deposit shall be returned to an insured credit union
in the event that its insurance coverage is terminated, it converts
to insurance coverage from another source, or in the event the
operations of the fund are transferred from the National Credit
Union Administration Board.
(ii) The deposit shall be returned in accordance with procedures
and valuation methods determined by the Board, but in no event
shall the deposit be returned any later than one year after the
final date on which no shares of the credit union are insured by
the Board.
(iii) The deposit shall not be returned in the event of
liquidation on account of bankruptcy or insolvency.
(iv) The deposit funds may be used by the fund if necessary to
meet its expenses, in which case the amount so used shall be
expensed and shall be replenished by insured credit unions in
accordance with procedures established by the Board.
(2) Insurance premium charges. -
(A) In general. - Each insured credit union shall, at such
times as the Board prescribes (but not more than twice in any
calendar year), pay to the Fund a premium charge for insurance in
an amount stated as a percentage of insured shares (which shall
be the same for all insured credit unions).
(B) Relation of premium charge to equity ratio of Fund. - The
Board may assess a premium charge only if -
(i) the Fund's equity ratio is less than 1.3 percent; and
(ii) the premium charge does not exceed the amount necessary
to restore the equity ratio to 1.3 percent.

(C) Premium charge required if equity ratio falls below 1.2
percent. - If the Fund's equity ratio is less than 1.2 percent,
the Board shall, subject to subparagraph (B), assess a premium
charge in such an amount as the Board determines to be necessary
to restore the equity ratio to, and maintain that ratio at, 1.2
percent.
(D) Fund restoration plans. -
(i) In general. - Whenever -
(I) the Board projects that the equity ratio of the Fund
will, within 6 months of such determination, fall below the
minimum amount specified in subparagraph (C); or
(II) the equity ratio of the Fund actually falls below the
minimum amount specified in subparagraph (C) without any
determination under sub-clause (I) having been made,

the Board shall establish and implement a restoration plan
within 90 days that meets the requirements of clause (ii) and
such other conditions as the Board determines to be
appropriate.
(ii) Requirements of restoration plan. - A restoration plan
meets the requirements of this clause if the plan provides that
the equity ratio of the Fund will meet or exceed the minimum
amount specified in subparagraph (C) before the end of the 8-
year period beginning upon the implementation of the plan (or
such longer period as the Board may determine to be necessary
due to extraordinary circumstances).
(iii) Transparency. - Not more than 30 days after the Board
establishes and implements a restoration plan under clause (i),
the Board shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed
analysis of the factors considered and the basis for the
actions taken with regard to the plan.

(3) Distributions from Fund required. -
(A) In general. - The Board shall, subject to the requirements
of section 1790e(e) of this title, effect a pro rata distribution
to insured credit unions after each calendar year if, as of the
end of that calendar year -
(i) any loans to the Fund from the Federal Government, and
any interest on those loans, have been repaid;
(ii) the Fund's equity ratio exceeds the normal operating
level; and
(iii) the Fund's available assets ratio exceeds 1.0 percent.

(B) Amount of distribution. - The Board shall distribute under
subparagraph (A) the maximum possible amount that -
(i) does not reduce the Fund's equity ratio below the normal
operating level; and
(ii) does not reduce the Fund's available assets ratio below
1.0 percent.

(C) Calculation based on certified statements. - In calculating
the Fund's equity ratio and available assets ratio for purposes
of this paragraph, the Board shall determine the aggregate amount
of the insured shares in all insured credit unions from insured
credit unions certified statements under subsection (b) of this
section of this section for the final reporting period of the
calendar year referred to in subparagraph (A).

(4) Timeliness and accuracy of data. - In calculating the
available assets ratio and equity ratio of the Fund, the Board
shall use the most current and accurate data reasonably available.
(d) Remedy for failure to report; penalty for failure to file
certified statement or pay premium; dispute as to deposit or
premium charge; prohibition on distribution of assets or
dividends while in default
(1) Any insured credit union which fails to make any report of
condition under subsection (a) of this section or to file any
certified statement required to be filed by it in connection with
determining the amount of its deposit or any premium charge for
insurance may be compelled to make such report or to file such
statement by mandatory injunction or other appropriate remedy in a
suit brought for such purpose by the Board against the credit union
and any officer or officers thereof. Any such suit may be brought
in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction in the
district or territory in which the principal office of the credit
union is located.
(2) Penalty for failure to make accurate certified statement or
to pay deposit or premium. -
(A) First tier. - Any insured credit union which -
(i) maintains procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any
inadvertent error and, unintentionally and as a result of such
an error, fails to submit any certified statement under
subsection (b)(1) of this section within the period of time
required or submits a false or misleading certified statement
under such subsection; or
(ii) submits the statement at a time which is minimally after
the time required,

shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $2,000 for each
day during which such failure continues or such false and
misleading information is not corrected. The insured credit union
shall have the burden of proving that an error was inadvertent or
that a statement was inadvertently submitted late.
(B) Second tier. - Any insured credit union which -
(i) fails to submit any certified statement under subsection
(b)(1) of this section within the period of time required or
submits a false or misleading certified statement in a manner
not described in subparagraph (A); or
(ii) fails or refuses to pay any deposit or premium for
insurance required under this subchapter,

shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $20,000 for each
day during which such failure continues, such false and
misleading information is not corrected, or such deposit or
premium is not paid.
(C) Third tier. - Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), if
any insured credit union knowingly or with reckless disregard for
the accuracy of any certified statement under subsection (b)(1)
of this section submits a false or misleading certified statement
under such subsection, the Board may assess a penalty of not more
than $1,000,000 or not more than 1 percent of the total assets of
the credit union, whichever is less, per day for each day during
which the failure continues or the false or misleading
information in such statement is not corrected.
(D) Assessment procedure. - Any penalty imposed under this
paragraph shall be assessed and collected by the Board in the
manner provided in section 1786(k)(2) of this title (for
penalties imposed under such section) and any such assessment
(including the determination of the amount of the penalty) shall
be subject to the provisions of such section.
(E) Hearing. - Any insured credit union against which any
penalty is assessed under this paragraph shall be afforded an
agency hearing if the credit union submits a request for such
hearing within 20 days after the issuance of the notice of the
assessment. Section 1786(j) of this title shall apply to any
proceeding under this subparagraph.
(F) Special rule for disputed payments. - No penalty may be
assessed for the failure of any insured credit union to pay any
deposit or premium for insurance if -
(i) the failure is due to a dispute between the credit union
and the Board over the amount of the deposit or premium which
is due from the credit union; and
(ii) the credit union deposits security satisfactory to the
Board for payment of the deposit or insurance premium upon
final determination of the dispute.

(3) No insured credit union shall pay any dividends on its
insured shares or distribute any of its assets while it remains in
default in the payment of its deposit or any premium charge for
insurance due to the fund. Any director or officer of any insured
credit union who knowingly participates in the declaration or
payment of any such dividend or in any such distribution shall,
upon conviction, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both. The provisions of this paragraph shall
not be applicable in any case in which the default is due to a
dispute between the credit union and the Board over the amount of
its deposit or the premium charge due to the fund if the credit
union deposits security satisfactory to the Board for payment of
its deposit or the premium charge upon final determination of the
issue.
(e) Recovery of unpaid deposit or premium; limitations
The Board, in a suit brought at law or in equity in any court of
competent jurisdiction, shall be entitled to recover from any
insured credit union the amount of any unpaid deposit or premium
charge for insurance lawfully payable by the credit union to the
fund, whether or not such credit union shall have made any report
of condition under subsection (a) of this section or filed any
certified statement required under subsection (b) of this section
and whether or not suit shall have been brought to compel the
credit union to make any such report or to file any such statement.
No action or proceeding shall be brought for the recovery of any
deposit or premium charge due to the fund, or for the recovery of
any amount paid to the fund in excess of the amount due it, unless
such action or proceeding shall have been brought within five years
after the right accrued for which the claim is made. Where the
insured credit union has made or filed with the Board a false or
fraudulent certified statement with the intent to evade, in whole
or in part, the payment of its deposit or any premium charge, the
claim shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery by
the Board of the fact that the certified statement is false or
fraudulent.
(f) Penalty for failure to comply with section; court determination
of failure; remedies not exclusive
Should any Federal credit union fail to make any report of
condition under subsection (a) of this section or to file any
certified statement required to be filed under subsection (b) of
this section or to pay its deposit or any premium charge for
insurance required to be paid under any provision of this
subchapter, and should the credit union fail to correct such
failure within thirty days after written notice has been given by
the Board to an officer of the credit union, citing this subsection
and stating that the credit union has failed to make any such
report or file any such statement or pay any such deposit or
premium charges as required by law, all the rights, privileges, and
franchises of the credit union granted to it under subchapter I of
this chapter shall be thereby forfeited. Whether or not the penalty
provided in this subsection has been incurred shall be determined
and adjudged by any court of the United States of competent
jurisdiction in a suit brought for that purpose in the district or
territory in which the principal office of such credit union is
located, under direction of and by the Board in its own name,
before the credit union shall be declared dissolved. The remedies
provided in this subsection and in subsections (d) and (e) of this
section shall not be construed as limiting any other remedies
against any insured credit union but shall be in addition thereto.
(g) Records
Each insured credit union shall maintain such records as will
readily permit verification of the correctness of its reports of
condition, certified statements, and deposit and premium charges
for insurance. However, no insured credit union shall be required
to retain such records for such purpose for a period in excess of
five years from the date of the making of any such report, the
filing of any such statement, or the payment of any deposit or
adjustment thereof or any premium charge, except that when there is
a dispute between the insured credit union and the Board over the
amount of any deposit or adjustment thereof or any premium charge
for insurance the credit union shall retain such records until
final determination of the issue.
(h) Definitions
For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) Available assets ratio
The term "available assets ratio", when applied to the Fund,
means the ratio of -
(A) the amount determined by subtracting -
(i) direct liabilities of the Fund and contingent
liabilities for which no provision for losses has been made,
from
(ii) the sum of cash and the market value of unencumbered
investments authorized under section 1783(c) of this title,
to

(B) the aggregate amount of the insured shares in all insured
credit unions.
(2) Equity ratio
The term "equity ratio", which shall be calculated using the
financial statements of the Fund alone, without any consolidation
or combination with the financial statements of any other fund or
entity, means the ratio of -
(A) the amount of Fund capitalization, including insured
credit unions' 1 percent capitalization deposits and the
retained earnings balance of the Fund (net of direct
liabilities of the Fund and contingent liabilities for which no
provision for losses has been made); to
(B) the aggregate amount of the insured shares in all insured
credit unions.
(3) Insured shares
The term "insured shares", when applied to this section,
includes share, share draft, share certificate, and other similar
accounts as determined by the Board, but does not include amounts
exceeding the insured account limit set forth in section
1787(k)(1) of this title.
(4) Normal operating level
The term "normal operating level", when applied to the Fund,
means an equity ratio specified by the Board, which shall be not
less than 1.2 percent and not more than 1.5 percent.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 202, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 995; amended Pub. L. 93-
383, title VII, Sec. 727, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Secs. 502(b), 505, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681,
3682; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Secs. 528, 529, Oct. 15, 1982, 96
Stat. 1535; Pub. L. 97-457, Sec. 29, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2510;
Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VIII, Secs. 2802-2810, July 18, 1984,
98 Stat. 1204, 1205; Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Secs. 911(f), 919,
931(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 482, 488, 493; Pub. L. 102-242,
title III, Sec. 313(b), Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2369; Pub. L. 102-
550, title XVI, Sec. 1605(b)(3), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4087;
Pub. L. 105-219, title II, Sec. 201, title III, Sec. 302(a), Aug.
7, 1998, 112 Stat. 918, 931; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Secs.
707(b), 726(12), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1987, 2002; Pub. L. 111-
22, div. A, title II, Sec. 204(e), (f)(2), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat.
1651, 1653; Pub. L. 111-382, Sec. 2, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4135.)


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AMENDMENTS
2011 - Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 111-382 substituted "which shall
be calculated using the financial statements of the Fund alone,
without any consolidation or combination with the financial
statements of any other fund or entity," for "when applied to the
Fund," in introductory provisions.
2009 - Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 111-22, Sec. 204(e), added
subpar. (D).
Subsec. (c)(3)(A). Pub. L. 111-22, Sec. 204(f)(2), inserted ",
subject to the requirements of section 1790e(e) of this title,"
after "The Board shall" in introductory provisions.
2006 - Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 707(b), added par.
(8).
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(12), substituted
"section 1787(k)(1) of this title" for "section 1787(c)(1) of this
title".
1998 - Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 201, substituted
"subparagraph (A) or (D)" for "subparagraph (A)" in subpar. (B) and
added subpars. (C) and (D).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 302(a)(1), added subsec. (b)
and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows:
"(b)(1) For each insurance year, each insured credit union which
became insured prior to the beginning of that year shall file with
the Board, at such time as the Board prescribes, a certified
statement showing the total amount of insured shares in the credit
union at the close of the preceding insurance year and both the
amount of its deposit or adjustment thereof and the amount of the
premium charge for insurance due to the fund for that year, both as
computed under subsection (c) of this section.
"(2) The certified statements required to be filed with the Board
pursuant to this subsection shall be in such form and shall set
forth such supporting information as the Board shall require.
"(3) Each such statement shall be certified by the president of
the credit union, or by any officer of the credit union designated
by its board of directors, that to the best of his knowledge and
belief that statement is true, correct, and complete and in
accordance with this subchapter and regulations issued thereunder."
Subsec. (c)(1)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 302(a)(2), added
cl. (iii) and struck out former cl. (iii) which read as follows:
"The amount of each insured credit union's deposit shall be
adjusted annually, in accordance with procedures determined by the
Board, to reflect changes in the credit union's insured shares."
Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 302(a)(3), added pars.
(2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which read as
follows:
"(2) Each insured credit union, at such time as the Board
prescribes, shall pay to the fund a premium charge for insurance
equal to one-twelfth of 1 per centum of the total amount of the
insured shares in such credit union at the close of the preceding
insurance year.
"(3) When, at the end of a given insurance year, any loans to the
fund from the Federal Government and the interest thereon have been
repaid and the equity of the fund exceeds the normal operating
level, the Board shall effect for that insurance year a pro rata
distribution to insured credit unions of an amount sufficient to
reduce the equity in the fund to its normal operating level."
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 302(a)(4), added par. (4).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 302(a)(5), added subsec. (h)
and struck out former subsec. (h) which read as follows: "For the
purposes of this section -
"(1) the term 'insurance year' means the period beginning on
January 1 and ending on the following December 31, both dates
inclusive, unless otherwise prescribed by the Board;
"(2) the term 'normal operating level', when applied to the
fund, means an amount equal to 1.3 per centum of the aggregate
amount of the insured shares in all insured credit unions, or
such lower level as the Board may determine; and
"(3) the term 'insured shares' when applied to this section
includes share, share draft, share certificate and other similar
accounts as determined by the Board, but does not include amounts
in excess of the insured account limit set forth in section
1787(c)(1) of this title."
1992 - Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 102-550, in subpar. (C),
substituted "insured credit union" for "insured depository
institution", struck out "or" after "subsection (b)(1) of this
section", and substituted "Board" for "Corporation" and "assets of
the credit union" for "assets of the institution", in subpar. (D),
substituted "Board" for "Corporation", and in subpar. (E),
substituted "insured credit union" for "insured depository
institution" and "if the credit union" for "if the institution".
1991 - Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 102-242 amended par. (2)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "Any
insured credit union which willfully fails or refuses to file any
certified statement or to pay its deposit or any premium charge for
insurance required under this subchapter shall be subject to a
penalty of not more than $100 for each day that such violation
continues, which penalty the Board may recover for its use. The
provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable in any case in
which the refusal to pay its deposit or the premium charge for
insurance is due to a dispute between the insured credit union and
the Board over the amount of its deposit or the premium charge due
to the fund if the credit union deposits security satisfactory to
the Board for payment of its deposit or the premium charge upon
final determination of the issue."
1989 - Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 911(f), inserted
provisions relating to penalties and agency hearings and struck out
at end: "Every insured credit union which willfully fails to make
or publish any such report within ten days shall be subject to a
penalty of not more than $100 for each day of such failure,
recoverable by the Board for its use."
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 919, added par. (6).
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 931(b), added par. (7).
1984 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2802, in amending
subsec. (b) generally, revised existing provisions into numbered
pars. (1) to (3) and in par. (1) substituted "For each insurance
year, each insured credit union which became insured prior to the
beginning of that year shall file with the Board, at such time as
the Board prescribes, a certified statement showing the total
amount of insured shares in the credit union at the close of the
preceding insurance year and both the amount of its deposit or
adjustment thereof and the amount of the premium charge for
insurance due to the fund for that year, both as computed under
subsection (c) of this section." for "On or before January 31 of
each insurance year, each insured credit union which became insured
prior to the beginning of that year shall file with the Board a
certified statement showing the total amount of the member accounts
in the credit union at the close of the preceding insurance year
and the amount of the premium charge for insurance due to the fund
for that year, as computed under subsection (c) of this section."
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2803(6), added par. (1).
Former par. (1) redesignated (2).
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2803(3)-(5), substituted
"Each insured credit union, at such time as the Board prescribes"
for "Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each
insured credit union, on or before January 31 of each insurance
year" and "insured shares" for "member accounts".
Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2803(1), (2), redesignated par. (1) as (2).
Former par. (2), which related to payment of a premium charge for
insurance by each credit union in existence prior to Oct. 19, 1970,
and insured under this subchapter after January 1 of any insurance,
was struck out.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2804, amended par. (3)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "When any
loans to the fund from the Federal Government and the interest
thereon have been repaid and the amount in the fund equals or
exceeds the normal operating level, the Board may reduce the
premium charge for insurance, but not below the amount necessary,
in its judgment, to maintain the fund at the normal operating
level. Any such reduction shall be effective only so long as the
amount in the fund equals or exceeds the normal operating level and
no loan to the fund from the Federal Government is outstanding."
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2805, struck out par. (4)
which provided that "If in any year expenditures from the fund
exceed the income of the fund, the Board may require each insured
credit union to pay to the fund for such year, in addition to the
regular premium charge for insurance payable under paragraph (1),
(2), or (3) of this subsection, a special premium charge which
shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of the regular
premium charge".
Subsec. (d)(1), (2). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2806(a)(1), inserted
"its deposit or" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2806(a), inserted "its
deposit or" wherever appearing and substituted "insured shares" for
"member accounts".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2806(a)(1), (b)(1), (2),
inserted "its deposit or" and "deposit or" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2806(a)(1), (b)(3), inserted
"its deposit or" and "deposit or".
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2807, inserted "and deposit"
and "deposit or adjustment thereof or any" in two places.
Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2808, inserted ", unless
otherwise prescribed by the Board".
Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2809, in amending par. (2)
generally, substituted "fund, means an amount equal to 1.3 per
centum of the aggregate amount of the insured shares in all insured
credit unions, or such lower level as the Board may determine" for
"Fund, means an amount equal to 1 per centum of the aggregate
amount of the member accounts in all insured credit unions".
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 98-369, Sec. 2810, amended par. (3)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "the term
'members accounts' when applied to the premium charge for insurance
of accounts shall not include amounts received from other credit
unions, the accounts of which are federally insured or insured or
guaranteed by a fund established under State law or regulation for
this purpose, in excess of the insured account limit set forth in
section 1787(c)(1) of this title;".
1983 - Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 97-457 substituted "paragraph (2)"
for "paragraphs (2) and (3)" after "except as provided in".
1982 - Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 529, redesignated
par. (4) as (3). Former (3), which set forth rules for computing
the insurance premiums due from credit unions chartered after Oct.
19, 1970, that became insured in the insurance year of their
charter, was struck out.
Subsec. (c)(4), (5). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 529, redesignated par.
(5) as (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 529, struck out par. (6)
which set forth rules for payment of insurance rebates to insured
credit unions closed for liquidation because of insolvency or
otherwise.
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 528, substituted " 'members
accounts' " for " 'member account' ", struck out "federally
insured" after "received from other", and inserted ", the accounts
of which are federally insured or insured or guaranteed by a fund
established under State law or regulation for this purpose," after
"credit unions".
1978 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 505(a),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing; "it"
for "him" and "such officer's knowledge" for "his knowledge" in
par. (1); "reports as it" for "reports as he" in par. (2); and "it
may direct" for "he may direct" and "for its use" for "for his use"
in par. (3).
Subsecs. (b) to (g). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, and "its" for "his"
where appropriate.
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 505(b), substituted "The
term 'member account' when" for "the term 'members accounts' when",
struck out "of federally insured credit unions" after "of
accounts", and inserted "received from other federally insured
credit unions" after "not include amounts".
1974 - Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 93-383 added par. (3).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 302(b), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
934, provided that: "This section [amending this section] and the
amendments made by this section shall become effective on January 1
of the first calendar year beginning more than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998]."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-550 effective as if included in the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, Pub.
L. 102-242, as of Dec. 19, 1991, see section 1609(a) of Pub. L. 102-
550, set out as a note under section 191 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 911(f) of Pub. L. 101-73 applicable with
respect to reports filed or required to be filed after Aug. 9,
1989, see section 911(i) of Pub. L. 101-73, set out as a note under
section 161 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) So in original. Probably should be "De minimis".


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12 USC Sec. 1783 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1783. National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund

-STATUTE-
(a) Creation; use of fund
There is hereby created in the Treasury of the United States a
National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund which shall be used by
the Board as a revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this
subchapter. Money in the fund shall be available upon requisition
by the Board, without fiscal year limitation, for making payments
of insurance under section 1787 of this title, for providing
assistance and making expenditures under section 1788 of this title
in connection with the liquidation or threatened liquidation of
insured credit unions, and for such administrative and other
expenses incurred in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter
as it may determine to be proper.
(b) Deposit of deposits and premium charges, fees and penalties
All deposits and premium charges for insurance paid pursuant to
the provisions of section 1782 of this title and all fees for
examinations and all penalties collected by the Board under any
provision of this subchapter shall be deposited in the National
Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. The Board shall report annually
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of
the House of Representatives with respect to the operating level of
the fund. Such report shall also include the results of an
independent audit of the fund.
(c) Investment authorization
The Board may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to invest
and reinvest such portions of the fund as the Board may determine
are not needed for current operations in any interest-bearing
securities of the United States or in any securities guaranteed as
to both principal and interest by the United States or in bonds or
other obligations which are lawful investments for fiduciary,
trust, and public funds of the United States, and the income
therefrom shall constitute a part of the fund.
(d) Loans to fund, limitation and terms; interest accrual;
determination of interest rate
(1) If, in the judgment of the Board, a loan to the insurance
fund, or to the stabilization fund described in section 1790e of
this title, is required at any time for purposes of this
subchapter,(!1) the Secretary of the Treasury shall make the loan,
but loans under this paragraph shall not exceed in the aggregate
$6,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time. Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, section 1790e of this title, and in
subsection (e) of this section, each loan under this paragraph
shall be made on such terms as may be fixed by agreement between
the Board and the Secretary of the Treasury.

(2) Interest shall accrue to the Treasury on the amount of any
outstanding loans made to the fund pursuant to paragraph (1) of
this subsection on the basis of the average daily amount of such
outstanding loans determined at the close of each fiscal year with
respect to such year, and the Board shall pay the interest so
accruing into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts annually from
the fund. The Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the
applicable interest rate in advance by calculating the average
yield to maturity (on the basis of daily closing market bid
quotations during the month of September of the preceding fiscal
year) on outstanding marketable public debt obligations of the
United States having a maturity date of five or less years from the
first day of such month of September and by adjusting such yield to
the nearest one-eighth of 1 per centum.
(3) For the purpose of making loans under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a
public debt transaction the proceeds of the sale of any securities
issued under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which
securities may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31 are hereby
extended to include such loans. All loans and repayments under this
section shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United
States.
(4) Temporary increases authorized. -
(A) Recommendations for increase. - During the period beginning
on May 20, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2010, if, upon the
written recommendation of the Board (upon a vote of not less than
two-thirds of the members of the Board) and the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (upon a vote of not less
than two-thirds of the members of such Board), the Secretary of
the Treasury (in consultation with the President) determines that
additional amounts above the $6,000,000,000 amount specified in
paragraph (1) are necessary, such amount shall be increased to
the amount so determined to be necessary, not to exceed
$30,000,000,000.
(B) Report required. - If the borrowing authority of the Board
is increased above $6,000,000,000 pursuant to subparagraph (A),
the Board shall promptly submit a report to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives
describing the reasons and need for the additional borrowing
authority and its intended uses.
(e) Excess funds credited against loans
So long as any loans to the fund are outstanding, the Board shall
from time to time, not less often than annually, determine whether
the balance in the fund is in excess of the amount which, in its
judgment, is needed to meet the requirements of the fund and shall
pay such excess to the Secretary of the Treasury, to be credited
against the loans to the fund.
(f) Authorization for fund to borrow from Central Liquidity
Facility
In addition to the authority to borrow from the Secretary of the
Treasury provided in subsection (d) of this section, if in the
judgment of the Board, a loan to the fund is required at any time
for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, the fund is
authorized to borrow from the National Credit Union Administration
Central Liquidity Facility.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 203, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 999; amended Pub. L. 94-
273, Sec. 2(4), Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375; Pub. L. 95-630, title
V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 97-320, title
V, Sec. 530, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1535; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B,
title VIII, Sec. 2811, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1206; Pub. L. 111-
22, div. A, title II, Sec. 204(c)(2), (3), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat.
1650.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), probably should
have been a reference to this title in the original, meaning title
II of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, which is classified generally to
this subchapter.

-COD-
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (d)(3), "chapter 31 of title 31" substituted for "the
Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended" on authority of Pub. L. 97-
258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section
of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2009 - Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 111-22, Sec. 204(c)(2), amended
par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows:
"If, in the judgment of the Board, a loan to the fund is required
at any time for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall make the loan, but loans under this
paragraph shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000,000
outstanding at any one time. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection and in subsection (e) of this section, each loan under
this paragraph shall be made on such terms as may be fixed by
agreement between the Board and the Secretary of the Treasury."
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 111-22, Sec. 204(c)(3), added par. (4).
1984 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-369 inserted "deposits and" and
provisions relating to annual reporting requirements by the Board.
1982 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-320 added subsec. (f).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing and "it" and "its" for "he" and "his",
respectively, where appropriate.
1976 - Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 94-273 substituted "September" for
"June" wherever appearing.

-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Banking and
Financial Services of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of
Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2,
The Congress. Committee on Banking and Financial Services of House
of Representatives abolished and replaced by Committee on Financial
Services of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters
relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally
transferred from Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh
Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.


-MISC2-
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) See References in Text note below.


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12 USC Sec. 1784 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1784. Examination of insured credit unions

-STATUTE-
(a) Examiners and claim agents; powers; report by examiner;
jurisdiction of court
The Board shall appoint examiners who shall have power, on its
behalf, to examine any insured credit union, any credit union
making application for insurance of its member accounts, or any
closed insured credit union whenever in the judgment of the Board
an examination is necessary to determine the condition of any such
credit union for insurance purposes. Each examiner shall have power
to make a thorough examination of all of the affairs of the credit
union and shall make a full and detailed report of the condition of
the credit union to the Board. The Board in like manner shall
appoint claim agents who shall have power to investigate and
examine all claims for insured member accounts. Each claim agent
shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, to examine
and to take and preserve testimony under oath as to any matter in
respect to claims for insured accounts, and to issue subpenas and
subpenas duces tecum and, for the enforcement thereof, to apply to
the United States district court for the judicial district or the
United States court in any territory in which the principal office
of the credit union is located or in which the witness resides or
carries on business. Such courts shall have jurisdiction and power
to order and require compliance with any such subpena.
(b) Power of Board; jurisdiction of court
In connection with examinations of insured credit unions, or with
other types of investigations to determine compliance with
applicable law and regulations, the Board, or its designated
representatives, shall have power to administer oaths and
affirmations, to examine and to take and preserve testimony under
oath as to any matter in respect of the affairs of any such credit
union, and to issue subpenas and subpenas duces tecum and to
exercise such other powers as are set forth in section 1786(p) of
this title and, for the enforcement thereof, to apply to the United
States district court for the judicial district or the United
States Court in any territory in which the principal office of the
credit union is located or in which the witness resides or carries
on business. Such courts shall have jurisdiction and power to order
and require compliance with any such subpena.
(c) Court orders enforcing subpenas; immunity
In cases of refusal to obey a subpena issued to, or contumacy by,
any person, the Board may invoke the aid of any court of the United
States within the jurisdiction of which such hearing, examination,
or investigation is carried on, or where such person resides or
carries on business, in requiring the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books, records, or other papers.
Such court may issue an order requiring such person to appear
before the Board, or before a person designated by it, there to
produce records, if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the
matter in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may
be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. All process in any
such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such
person is an inhabitant or carries on business or wherever he may
be found. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying
or from producing books, records, or other papers in obedience to a
subpena issued under the authority of this subchapter on the ground
that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required
of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or
forfeiture, but no individual shall be prosecuted or subject to any
penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter,
or thing concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce
evidence, documentary or otherwise, after having claimed his
privilege against self-incrimination, except that such individual
so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment
for perjury committed in so testifying.
(d) Administration acceptance of State board reports; reports of
Board furnished to State board
The Administration may accept any report of examination made by
or to any commission, board, or authority having supervision of a
State-chartered credit union and may furnish to any such
commission, board, or authority reports of examination made on
behalf of the Board.
(e) Flood insurance compliance by insured credit unions
(1) Examination
The Board shall, during each examination conducted under this
section, determine whether the insured credit union is complying
with the requirements of the national flood insurance program.
(2) Report
(A) Requirement
Not later than 1 year after September 23, 1994, and
biennially thereafter for the next 4 years, the Board shall
submit a report to the Congress on compliance by insured credit
unions with the requirements of the national flood insurance
program.
(B) Contents
The report shall include a description of the methods used to
determine compliance, the number of insured credit unions
examined during the reporting year, a listing and total number
of insured credit unions found not to be in compliance, actions
taken to correct incidents of noncompliance, and an analysis of
compliance, including a discussion of any trends, patterns, and
problems, and recommendations regarding reasonable actions to
improve the efficiency of the examinations processes.
(f) Access to liquidity
The Board shall -
(1) periodically assess the potential liquidity needs of each
insured credit union, and the options that the credit union has
available for meeting those needs; and
(2) periodically assess the potential liquidity needs of
insured credit unions as a group, and the options that insured
credit unions have available for meeting those needs.
(g) Sharing information with Federal reserve banks
The Board shall, for the purpose of facilitating insured credit
unions' access to liquidity, make available to the Federal reserve
banks (subject to appropriate assurances of confidentiality)
information relevant to making advances to such credit unions,
including the Board's reports of examination.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 204, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1001; amended Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L.
101-73, title IX, Sec. 915(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 486; Pub. L.
103-325, title V, Sec. 529(b), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2266; Pub.
L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 934; Pub.
L. 109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(13), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat.
2002.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-351 substituted "such other
powers" for "such others powers".
1998 - Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 105-219 added subsecs. (f) and
(g).
1994 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-325 added subsec. (e).
1989 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 915(a)(1), inserted "or
with other types of investigations to determine compliance with
applicable law and regulations," after "insured credit unions,".
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 915(a)(2), which directed the insertion of
"and to exercise such others powers as are set forth in section
1786(p) of this title" after "subpena duces tecum", was executed by
making the insertion after "subpenas duces tecum", as the probable
intent of Congress.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing, and "it" and "its" for "him" and "his",
respectively, where appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1785 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1785. Requirements governing insured credit unions

-STATUTE-
(a) Insurance logo
(1) Insured credit unions
(A) In general
Each insured credit union shall display at each place of
business maintained by that credit union a sign or signs
relating to the insurance of the share accounts of the
institution, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by
the Board.
(B) Statement to be included
Each sign required under subparagraph (A) shall include a
statement that insured share accounts are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States Government.
(2) Regulations
The Board shall prescribe regulations to carry out this
subsection, including regulations governing the substance of
signs required by paragraph (1) and the manner of display or use
of such signs.
(3) Penalties
For each day that an insured credit union continues to violate
this subsection or any regulation issued under this subsection,
it shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $100, which the
Board may recover for its use.
(b) Restrictions
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no insured credit union
shall, without the prior approval of the Board -
(A) merge or consolidate with any noninsured credit union or
institution;
(B) assume liability to pay any member accounts in, or similar
liabilities of, any noninsured credit union or institution;
(C) transfer assets to any noninsured credit union or
institution in consideration of the assumption of liabilities for
any portion of the member accounts in such insured credit union;
or
(D) convert into a noninsured credit union or institution.

(2) Conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks. -

(A) In general. - Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an insured
credit union may convert to a mutual savings bank or savings
association (if the savings association is in mutual form), as
those terms are defined in section 1813 of this title, without
the prior approval of the Board, subject to the requirements and
procedures set forth in the laws and regulations governing mutual
savings banks and savings associations.
(B) Conversion proposal. - A proposal for a conversion
described in subparagraph (A) shall first be approved, and a date
set for a vote thereon by the members (either at a meeting to be
held on that date or by written ballot to be filed on or before
that date), by a majority of the directors of the insured credit
union. Approval of the proposal for conversion shall be by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the insured
credit union who vote on the proposal.
(C) Notice of proposal to members. - An insured credit union
that proposes to convert to a mutual savings bank or savings
association under subparagraph (A) shall submit notice to each of
its members who is eligible to vote on the matter of its intent
to convert -
(i) 90 days before the date of the member vote on the
conversion;
(ii) 60 days before the date of the member vote on the
conversion; and
(iii) 30 days before the date of the member vote on the
conversion.

(D) Notice of proposal to board. - The Board may require an
insured credit union that proposes to convert to a mutual savings
bank or savings association under subparagraph (A) to submit a
notice to the Board of its intent to convert during the 90-day
period preceding the date of the completion of the conversion.
(E) Inapplicability of chapter upon conversion. - Upon
completion of a conversion described in subparagraph (A), the
credit union shall no longer be subject to any of the provisions
of this chapter.
(F) Limit on compensation of officials. -
(i) In general. - No director or senior management official
of an insured credit union may receive any economic benefit in
connection with a conversion of the credit union as described
in subparagraph (A), other than -
(I) director fees; and
(II) compensation and other benefits paid to directors or
senior management officials of the converted institution in
the ordinary course of business.

(ii) Senior management official. - For purposes of this
subparagraph, the term "senior management official" means a
chief executive officer, an assistant chief executive officer,
a chief financial officer, and any other senior executive
officer (as defined by the appropriate Federal banking agency
pursuant to section 1831i(f) of this title).

(G) Consistent rules. -
(i) In general. - Not later than 6 months after August 7,
1998, the Administration shall promulgate final rules
applicable to charter conversions described in this paragraph
that are consistent with rules promulgated by other financial
regulators, including the Office of Thrift Supervision and the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The rules required
by this clause shall provide that charter conversion by an
insured credit union shall be subject to regulation that is no
more or less restrictive than that applicable to charter
conversions by other financial institutions.
(ii) Oversight of member vote. - The member vote concerning
charter conversion under this paragraph shall be administered
by the Administration, and shall be verified by the Federal or
State regulatory agency that would have jurisdiction over the
institution after the conversion. If either the Administration
or that regulatory agency disapproves of the methods by which
the member vote was taken or procedures applicable to the
member vote, the member vote shall be taken again, as directed
by the Administration or the agency.

(3) Except with the prior written approval of the Board, no
insured credit union shall merge or consolidate with any other
insured credit union or, either directly or indirectly, acquire the
assets of, or assume liability to pay any member accounts in, any
other insured credit union.
(c) Considerations for waiver or enforcement of restrictions
In granting or withholding approval or consent under subsection
(b) of this section, the Board shall consider -
(1) the history, financial condition, and management policies
of the credit union;
(2) the adequacy of the credit union's reserves;
(3) the economic advisability of the transaction;
(4) the general character and fitness of the credit union's
management;
(5) the convenience and needs of the members to be served by
the credit union; and
(6) whether the credit union is a cooperative association
organized for the purpose of promoting thrift among its members
and creating a source of credit for provident or productive
purposes.
(d) Prohibition
(1) In general
Except with prior written consent of the Board -
(A) any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense
involving dishonesty or a breach of trust, or has agreed to
enter into a pretrial diversion or similar program in
connection with a prosecution for such offense, may not -
(i) become, or continue as, an institution-affiliated party
with respect to any insured credit union; or
(ii) otherwise participate, directly or indirectly, in the
conduct of the affairs of any insured credit union; and

(B) any insured credit union may not permit any person
referred to in subparagraph (A) to engage in any conduct or
continue any relationship prohibited under such subparagraph.
(2) Minimum 10-year prohibition period for certain offenses
(A) In general
If the offense referred to in paragraph (1)(A) in connection
with any person referred to in such paragraph is -
(i) an offense under -
(I) section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008,(!1)
1014, 1032, 1344, 1517, 1956, or 1957 of title 18; or

(II) section 1341 or 1343 of such title which affects any
financial institution (as defined in section 20 of such
title); or

(ii) the offense of conspiring to commit any such offense,

the Board may not consent to any exception to the application
of paragraph (1) to such person during the 10-year period
beginning on the date the conviction or the agreement of the
person becomes final.
(B) Exception by order of sentencing court
(i) In general
On motion of the Board, the court in which the conviction
or the agreement of a person referred to in subparagraph (A)
has been entered may grant an exception to the application of
paragraph (1) to such person if granting the exception is in
the interest of justice.
(ii) Period for filing
A motion may be filed under clause (i) at any time during
the 10-year period described in subparagraph (A) with regard
to the person on whose behalf such motion is made.
(3) Penalty
Whoever knowingly violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall be fined
not more than $1,000,000 for each day such prohibition is
violated or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(e) Security standards; reports; penalty
(1) The Board shall promulgate rules establishing minimum
standards with which each insured credit union must comply with
respect to the installation, maintenance, and operation of security
devices and procedures, reasonable in cost, to discourage
robberies, burglaries, and larcenies and to assist in the
identification and apprehension of persons who commit such acts.
(2) The rules shall establish the time limits within which
insured credit unions shall comply with the standards and shall
require the submission of periodic reports with respect to the
installation, maintenance, and operation of security devices and
procedures.
(3) An insured credit union which violates a rule promulgated
pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to a civil penalty
which shall not exceed $100 for each day of the violation.
(f) Share draft accounts; maintenance, loans, etc.
(1) Every insured credit union is authorized to maintain, and
make loans with respect to, share draft accounts in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the Board. Except as provided
in paragraph (2), an insured credit union may pay dividends on
share draft accounts and may permit the owners of such share draft
accounts to make withdrawals by negotiable or transferable
instruments or other orders for the purpose of making transfers to
third parties.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only with respect to share draft
accounts in which the entire beneficial interest is held by one or
more individuals or members or by an organization which is operated
primarily for religious, philanthropic, charitable, educational, or
other similar purposes and which is not operated for profit, and
with respect to deposits of public funds by an officer, employee,
or agent of the United States, any State, county, municipality, or
political subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, any territory or
possession of the United States, or any political subdivision
thereof.
(g) Interest rates
(1) If the applicable rate prescribed in this subsection exceeds
the rate an insured credit union would be permitted to charge in
the absence of this subsection, such credit union may,
notwithstanding any State constitution or statute which is hereby
preempted for the purposes of this subsection, take, receive,
reserve, and charge on any loan, interest at a rate of not more
than 1 per centum in excess of the discount rate on ninety-day
commercial paper in effect at the Federal Reserve bank in the
Federal Reserve district where such insured credit union is located
or at the rate allowed by the laws of the State, territory, or
district where such credit union is located, whichever may be
greater.
(2) If the rate prescribed in paragraph (1) exceeds the rate such
credit union would be permitted to charge in the absence of this
subsection, and such State fixed rate is thereby preempted by the
rate described in paragraph (1), the taking, receiving, reserving,
or charging a greater rate than is allowed by paragraph (1), when
knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest
which the loan carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid
thereon. If such greater rate of interest has been paid, the person
who paid it may recover, in a civil action commenced in a court of
appropriate jurisdiction not later than two years after the date of
such payment, an amount equal to twice the amount of interest paid
from the credit union taking or receiving such interest.
(h) Emergency merger
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board may
authorize a merger or consolidation of an insured credit union
which is insolvent or is in danger of insolvency with any other
insured credit union or may authorize an insured credit union to
purchase any of the assets of, or assume any of the liabilities of,
any other insured credit union which is insolvent or in danger of
insolvency if the Board is satisfied that -
(1) an emergency requiring expeditious action exists with
respect to such other insured credit union;
(2) other alternatives are not reasonably available; and
(3) the public interest would best be served by approval of
such merger, consolidation, purchase, or assumption.
(i) Emergency purchase of assets; conversion to insured deposits
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or of
State law, the Board may authorize an institution whose deposits or
accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation to purchase
any of the assets of or assume any of the liabilities of an insured
credit union which is insolvent or in danger of insolvency, except
that prior to exercising this authority the Board must attempt to
effect the merger or consolidation of an insured credit union which
is insolvent or in danger of insolvency with another insured credit
union, as provided in subsection (h) of this section.
(2) For purposes of the authority contained in paragraph (1),
insured accounts of the credit union may upon consummation of the
purchase and assumption be converted to insured deposits or other
comparable accounts in the acquiring institution, and the Board and
the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund shall be absolved of
any liability to the credit union's members with respect to those
accounts.
(j) Privileges not affected by disclosure to banking agency or
supervisor
(1) In general
The submission by any person of any information to the
Administration, any State credit union supervisor, or foreign
banking authority for any purpose in the course of any
supervisory or regulatory process of such Board, supervisor, or
authority shall not be construed as waiving, destroying, or
otherwise affecting any privilege such person may claim with
respect to such information under Federal or State law as to any
person or entity other than such Board, supervisor, or authority.
(2) Rule of construction
No provision of paragraph (1) may be construed as implying or
establishing that -
(A) any person waives any privilege applicable to information
that is submitted or transferred under any circumstance to
which paragraph (1) does not apply; or
(B) any person would waive any privilege applicable to any
information by submitting the information to the
Administration, any State credit union supervisor, or foreign
banking authority, but for this subsection.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 205, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1002; amended Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L.
96-221, title III, Sec. 305(d), title V, Sec. 523, Mar. 31, 1980,
94 Stat. 147, 166; Pub. L. 97-320, title I, Sec. 131, 141(a)(8),
title VII, Sec. 706(b), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1486, 1489, 1540;
Pub. L. 100-86, title V, Sec. 509(a), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 635;
Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Sec. 910(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 478;
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, Sec. 320606, Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2119; Pub. L. 105-219, title II, Sec. 202, Aug. 7, 1998, 112
Stat. 919; Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(3), Feb. 15, 2006, 119 Stat.
3604; Pub. L. 109-351, title VI, Sec. 607(b), Oct. 13, 2006, 120
Stat. 1982; Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Sec. 362(2), July 21, 2010,
124 Stat. 1549.)


-STATAMEND-
AMENDMENT OF SECTION
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Secs. 351, 362(2), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1546, 1549, provided that, effective on the transfer date,
this section is amended:
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(G)(i), by striking out "the Office of
Thrift Supervision and"; and
(2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking out "or the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation".
See Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note below.

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1008 of title 18, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(A)(i)(I),
was repealed by Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Sec. 961(g)(1), Aug. 9,
1989, 103 Stat. 500.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-173 amended heading and text of
subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
"Every insured credit union shall display at each place of business
maintained by it a sign or signs indicating that its member
accounts are insured by the Board and shall include in all of its
advertisements a statement to the effect that its member accounts
are insured by the Board. The Board may exempt from this
requirement advertisements which do not relate to member accounts
or advertisements in which it is impractical to include such a
statement. The Board shall prescribe by regulation the forms of
such signs, the manner of display, the substance of any such
statement, and the manner of use."
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 109-351 added subsec. (j).
1998 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 202(1), substituted
"Except as provided in paragraph (2), no insured credit union
shall, without the prior approval of the Board" for "Except with
the prior written approval of the Board, no insured credit union
shall".
Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 202(2), (3), added
par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).
1994 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-322 amended heading and text of
subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
"(1) Prohibition. - Except with the prior written consent of the
Board -
"(A) any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense
involving dishonesty or a breach of trust may not participate,
directly or indirectly, in any manner in the conduct of the
affairs of an insured credit union; and
"(B) an insured credit union may not permit such participation.
"(2) Penalty. - Whoever knowingly violates paragraph (1) shall be
fined not more than $1,000,000 for each day such prohibition is
violated or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both."
1989 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-73 amended subsec. (d) generally.
Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "Except with the
written consent of the Board, no person shall serve as a director,
officer, committee member, or employee of an insured credit union
who has been convicted, or who is hereafter convicted, of any
criminal offense involving dishonesty or a breach of trust. For
each willful violation of this prohibition, the credit union
involved shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $100 for
each day this prohibition is violated, which the Board may recover
for its use."
1987 - Pub. L. 100-86 repealed Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141. See 1982
Amendment note below.
1982 - Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 706(b), inserted
provisions relating to deposits of public funds.
Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 131, added subsecs. (h)
and (i).
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 131 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
1980 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 305(d), added subsec.
(f).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 523, added subsec. (g).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing, and "its" for "his" where appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 111-203 effective on the transfer date, see
section 351 of Pub. L. 111-203, set out as a note under section 906
of Title 2, The Congress.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(e), Feb. 15, 2006, 119 Stat. 3605,
provided that: "This section [amending this section and sections
1787, 1817, 1821, 1828, 1831t, and 3104 of this title] and the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date on
which the final regulations required under section 2109(a)(2) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 [Pub. L. 109-171,
set out as a Regulations note under section 1817 of this title]
take effect [Apr. 1, 2006, see 71 F.R. 14629]."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Enactment of subsec. (f) by Pub. L. 96-221 effective at the close
of Mar. 31, 1980, see section 306 of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as an
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 371a of this
title.
Section 525 of Pub. L. 96-221 provided that: "The amendments made
by sections 521 through 523 of this title [amending this section
and enacting sections 1730g and 1831d of this title] shall apply
only with respect to loans made in any State during the period
beginning on April 1, 1980, and ending on the date, on or after
April 1, 1980, on which such State adopts a law or certifies that
the voters of such State have voted in favor of any provision,
constitutional or otherwise, which states explicitly and by its
terms that such State does not want the amendments made by such
sections to apply with respect to loans made in such State, except
that such amendments shall apply to a loan made on or after the
date such law is adopted or such certification is made if such loan
is made pursuant to a commitment to make such loan which was
entered into on or after April 1, 1980, and prior to the date on
which such law is adopted or such certification is made."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.


-TRANS-
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation abolished and
functions transferred, see sections 401 to 406 of Pub. L. 101-73,
set out as a note under section 1437 of this title.


-MISC2-
EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY ACQUISITION AND NET WORTH GUARANTEE
PROVISIONS OF PUB. L. 97-320
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as
a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect before Aug.
10, 1987, to any other provision of law to be deemed to have taken
effect before such date and any such provision of law to be in
effect as if no such amendment had been made before such date, see
section 509(c) of Pub. L. 100-86, set out as a note under section
1464 of this title.
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as
a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect on the day
before Oct. 8, 1986, to any other provision of law to be deemed to
have taken effect before such date and any such provision of law to
be in effect as if no such amendment had taken effect before such
date, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 99-452, set out as a note under
section 1464 of this title.
Section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as a note under section
1464 of this title, as in effect on the day after Aug. 27, 1986,
applicable as if included in Pub. L. 97-320 on Oct. 15, 1982, with
no amendment made by such section to any other provision of law to
be deemed to have taken effect before Aug. 27, 1986, and any such
provision of law to be in effect as if no such amendment had taken
effect before Aug. 27, 1986, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 99-400,
set out as a note under section 1464 of this title.

-CROSS-
DEFINITION OF "STATE"
For purposes of subsec. (g) of this section, the term "State" to
include the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
District of Columbia, Guam, the Trust Territories of the Pacific
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, see
section 527 of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as a note under section
1735f-7a of this title.


-MISC3-
CHOICE OF HIGHEST APPLICABLE INTEREST RATE
In any case in which one or more provisions of, or amendments
made by, title V of Pub. L. 96-221, section 1735f-7 of this title,
or any other provisions of law, including section 85 of this title,
apply with respect to the same loan, mortgage, credit sale, or
advance, such loan, mortgage, credit sale, or advance may be made
at the highest applicable rate, see section 528 of Pub. L. 96-221,
set out as a note under section 1735f-7a of this title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) See References in Text note below.


-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1786 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1786. Termination of insured credit union status; cease and
desist orders; removal or suspension from office; procedure

-STATUTE-
(a) Termination of insurance
(1) Any insured credit union other than a Federal credit union
may, upon not less than ninety days' written notice to the Board
and upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members within
one year prior to the giving of such notice, terminate its status
as an insured credit union.
(2) Any insured credit union, other than a Federal credit union,
which has obtained a new certificate of insurance from a
corporation authorized and duly licensed to insure member accounts
may upon not less than ninety days' written notice to the Board
convert from status as an insured credit union under this chapter:
Provided, That at the time of giving notice to the Board the
provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of this section are not being
invoked against the credit union.
(b) Unsound condition of credit union; notice to correct condition;
hearing; judicial review
(1) Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, any insured credit
union is engaging or has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices in
conducting the business of such credit union, or is in an unsafe or
unsound condition to continue operations as an insured credit
union, or is violating or has violated an applicable law, rule,
regulation, order, or any condition imposed in writing by the Board
in connection with any action on any application, notice, or other
request by the credit union or institution-affiliated party,, (!1)
or is violating or has violated any written agreement entered into
with the Board, the Board shall serve upon the credit union a
statement with respect to such practices or conditions or
violations for the purpose of securing the correction thereof. In
the case of an insured State-chartered credit union, the Board
shall send a copy of such statement to the commission, board, or
authority, if any, having supervision of such credit union. Unless
such correction shall be made within one hundred and twenty days
after service of such statement, or within such shorter period of
not less than twenty days after such service as the Board shall
require in any case where it determines that the insurance risk
with respect to such credit union could be unduly jeopardized by
further delay in the correction of such practices or conditions or
violations, or as the commission, board, or authority having
supervision of such credit union, if any, shall require in the case
of an insured State-chartered credit union, the Board, if it shall
determine to proceed further, shall give to the credit union not
less than thirty days' written notice of its intention to terminate
the status of the credit union as an insured credit union. Such
notice shall contain a statement of the facts constituting the
alleged unsafe and unsound practices or conditions or violations
and shall fix a time and place for a hearing thereon. Such hearing
shall be fixed for a date not earlier than thirty days nor later
than sixty days after service of such notice unless an earlier or a
later date is set by the Board at the request of the credit union.
Unless the credit union shall appear at the hearing by a duly
authorized representative, it shall be deemed to have consented to
the termination of its status as an insured credit union. In the
event of such consent, or if upon the record made at any such
hearing the Board shall find that any unsafe or unsound practice or
condition or violation specified in the notice has been established
and has not been corrected within the time above-prescribed in
which to make such correction, the Board may issue and serve upon
the credit union an order terminating its status as an insured
credit union on a date subsequent to the date of such finding and
subsequent to the expiration of the time specified in the notice.

(2) Any credit union whose insured status has been terminated by
order of the Board under this subsection shall have the right of
judicial review of such order only to the same extent as provided
for the review of orders under subsection (j) of this section.
(c) Notice to members of termination of insured status
In the event of the termination of a credit union's status as an
insured credit union as provided under subsection (a)(1) or (b) of
this section, the credit union shall give prompt and reasonable
notice to all of its members whose accounts are insured that it has
ceased to be an insured credit union. It may include in such notice
a statement of the fact that member accounts insured on the
effective date of such termination, to the extent not withdrawn,
remain insured for one year from the date of such termination, but
it shall not further represent itself in any manner as an insured
credit union. In the event of failure to give the notice as herein
provided to members whose accounts are insured, the Board is
authorized to give reasonable notice.
(d) Continuation of insurance for one year; approval of conversion
of status; procedure subsequent to approval; reduction of premium
charges
(1) After the termination of the insured status of any credit
union as provided under subsection (a)(1) or (b) of this section,
insurance of its member accounts to the extent that they were
insured on the effective date of such termination, less any amounts
thereafter withdrawn which reduce the accounts below the amount
covered by insurance on the effective date of such termination,
shall continue for a period of one year, but no shares issued by
the credit union or deposits made after the date of such
termination shall be insured by the Board. The credit union shall
continue to maintain its deposit with and pay premiums to the Board
during such period as in the case of an insured credit union and
the Board shall have the right to examine such credit union from
time to time during the period during which such insurance
continues. Such credit union shall, in all other respects, be
subject to the duties and obligations of an insured credit union
for the period of one year from the date of such termination. In
the event that such credit union shall be closed for liquidation
within such period of one year, the Board shall have the same
powers and rights with respect to such credit union as in the case
of an insured credit union. Notwithstanding the above, when an
insured credit union's insured status is terminated and the credit
union subsequently obtains comparable insurance coverage from
another source, insurance of its accounts by the fund may cease
immediately upon the effective date of such comparable coverage by
mutual consent of the credit union and the Board.
(2) No credit union shall convert from status as an insured
credit union under this chapter as provided under subsection (a)(2)
of this section until the proposition for such conversion has been
approved by a majority of all the directors of the credit union,
and by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the credit
union who vote on the proposition in a vote in which at least 20
per centum of the total membership of the credit union
participates. Following approval by the directors, written notice
of the proposition and of the date set for the membership vote
shall be delivered in person to each member, or mailed to each
member at the address for such member appearing on the records of
the credit union, not more than thirty nor less than seven days
prior to such date. The membership shall be given the opportunity
to vote by mail ballot. If the proposition is approved by the
membership, prompt and reasonable notice of insurance conversion
shall be given to all members.
(3) In the event of a conversion of a credit union from status as
an insured credit union under this chapter as provided under
subsection (a)(2) of this section, premium charges payable under
section 1782(c) of this title shall be reduced by an amount
proportionate to the number of calendar months for which the
converting credit union will no longer be insured under this
chapter. As long as a converting credit union remains insured under
this chapter it shall remain subject to all of the provisions of
this subchapter.
(e) Opinion of Board as to unsound condition of credit union;
notice of charges; hearing; order to cease and desist; judicial
review
(1) If, in the opinion of the Board, any insured credit union,
credit union which has insured accounts, or any institution-
affiliated party is engaging or has engaged, or the Board has
reasonable cause to believe that the credit union or any
institution-affiliated party is about to engage, in an unsafe or
unsound practice in conducting the business of such credit union,
or is violating or has violated, or the Board has reasonable cause
to believe that the credit union or any institution-affiliated
party is about to violate, a law, rule, or regulation, or any
condition imposed in writing by the Board in connection with the
granting of any application or other request by the credit union or
any written agreement entered into with the Board, the Board may
issue and serve upon the credit union or such party a notice of
charges in respect thereof. The notice shall contain a statement of
the facts constituting the alleged violation or violations or the
unsafe or unsound practice or practices, and shall fix a time and
place at which a hearing will be held to determine whether an order
to cease and desist therefrom should issue against the credit union
or the institution-affiliated party. Such hearing shall be fixed
for a date not earlier than thirty days nor later than sixty days
after service of such notice unless an earlier or a later date is
set by the Board at the request of any party so served. Unless the
party or parties so served shall appear at the hearing by a duly
authorized representative, they shall be deemed to have consented
to the issuance of the cease-and-desist order. In the event of such
consent, or if upon the record made at any such hearing, the Board
shall find that any violation or unsafe or unsound practice
specified in the notice of charges has been established, the Board
may issue and serve upon the credit union or the institution-
affiliated party an order to cease and desist from any such
violation or practice. Such order may, by provisions which may be
mandatory or otherwise, require the credit union or its institution-
affiliated parties to cease and desist from the same, and,
further, to take affirmative action to correct the conditions
resulting from any such violation or practice.
(2) A cease-and-desist order shall become effective at the
expiration of thirty days after the service of such order upon the
credit union or other person concerned (except in the case of a
cease-and-desist order issued upon consent, which shall become
effective at the time specified therein), and shall remain
effective and enforceable as provided therein, except to such
extent as it is stayed, modified, terminated, or set aside by
action of the Board or a reviewing court.
(3) Affirmative action to correct conditions resulting from
violations or practices. - The authority to issue an order under
this subsection and subsection (f) of this section which requires
an insured credit union or any institution-affiliated party to take
affirmative action to correct any conditions resulting from any
violation or practice with respect to which such order is issued
includes the authority to require such insured credit union or such
party to -
(A) make restitution or provide reimbursement, indemnification,
or guarantee against loss if -
(i) such credit union or such party was unjustly enriched in
connection with such violation or practice; or
(ii) the violation or practice involved a reckless disregard
for the law or any applicable regulations or prior order of the
Board;

(B) restrict the growth of the institution;
(C) rescind agreements or contracts;
(D) dispose of any loan or asset involved;
(E) employ qualified officers or employees (who may be subject
to approval by the Board at the direction of such Board); and
(F) take such other action as the Board determines to be
appropriate.

(4) Authority to limit activities. - The authority to issue an
order under this subsection or subsection (f) of this section
includes the authority to place limitations on the activities or
functions of an insured credit union or any institution-affiliated
party.
(f) Temporary cease and desist order; injunctive procedure
(1) Whenever the Board shall determine that the violation or
threatened violation or the unsafe or unsound practice or
practices, specified in the notice of charges served upon the
credit union or any institution-affiliated party pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of this section, or the
continuation thereof, is likely to cause insolvency or significant
dissipation of assets or earnings of the credit union, or is likely
to weaken the condition of the credit union or otherwise prejudice
the interests of its insured members prior to the completion of the
proceedings conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
of this section, the Board may issue a temporary order requiring
the credit union or such party to cease and desist from any such
violation or practice and to take affirmative action to prevent
such insolvency, dissipation, condition, or prejudice pending
completion of such proceedings. Such order may include any
requirement authorized under subsection (e)(3) of this section.
Such order shall become effective upon service upon the credit
union or such institution-affiliated party and, unless set aside,
limited, or suspended by a court in proceedings authorized by
paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall remain effective and
enforceable pending the completion of the administrative
proceedings pursuant to such notice and until such time as the
Administration shall dismiss the charges specified in such notice,
or if a cease-and-desist order is issued against the credit union
or such party, until the effective date of such order.
(2) Within ten days after the credit union concerned or any
institution-affiliated party has been served with a temporary cease-
and-desist order, the credit union or such party may apply to the
United States district court for the judicial district in which the
home office of the credit union is located, or the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia, for an injunction
setting aside, limiting, or suspending the enforcement, operation,
or effectiveness of such order pending the completion of the
administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice of charges served
upon the credit union or such party under paragraph (1) of
subsection (e) of this section, and such court shall have
jurisdiction to issue such injunction.
(3) Incomplete or inaccurate records. -
(A) Temporary order. - If a notice of charges served under
subsection (e)(1) of this section specifies, on the basis of
particular facts and circumstances, that an insured credit
union's books and records are so incomplete or inaccurate that
the Board is unable, through the normal supervisory process, to
determine the financial condition of that insured credit union or
the details or purpose of any transaction or transactions that
may have a material effect on the financial condition of that
insured credit union, the Board may issue a temporary order
requiring -
(i) the cessation of any activity or practice which gave
rise, whether in whole or in part, to the incomplete or
inaccurate state of the books or records; or
(ii) affirmative action to restore such books or records to a
complete and accurate state, until the completion of the
proceedings under subsection (e)(1) of this section.

(B) Effective period. - Any temporary order issued under
subparagraph (A) -
(i) shall become effective upon service; and
(ii) unless set aside, limited, or suspended by a court in
proceedings under paragraph (2), shall remain in effect and
enforceable until the earlier of -
(I) the completion of the proceeding initiated under
subsection (e)(1) of this section in connection with the
notice of charges; or
(II) the date the Board determines, by examination or
otherwise, that the insured credit union's books and records
are accurate and reflect the financial condition of the
credit union.

(4) In the case of violation or threatened violation of, or
failure to obey, a temporary cease-and-desist order, the Board may
apply to the United States district court, or the United States
court of any territory, within the jurisdiction of which the
principal office of the credit union is located for an injunction
to enforce such order, and, if the court shall determine that there
has been such violation or threatened violation or failure to obey,
it shall be the duty of the court to issue such injunction.
(g) Removal and prohibition authority
(1) Authority to issue order. - Whenever the Board determines
that -
(A) any institution-affiliated party has, directly or
indirectly -
(i) violated -
(I) any law or regulation;
(II) any cease-and-desist order which has become final;
(III) any condition imposed in writing by the Board in
connection with any action on any application, notice, or
request by such credit union or institution-affiliated party;
or
(IV) any written agreement between such credit union and
the Board;

(ii) engaged or participated in any unsafe or unsound
practice in connection with any insured credit union or
business institution; or
(iii) committed or engaged in any act, omission, or practice
which constitutes a breach of such party's fiduciary duty;

(B) by reason of the violation, practice, or breach described
in any clause of subparagraph (A) -
(i) such insured credit union or business institution has
suffered or will probably suffer financial loss or other
damage;
(ii) the interests of the insured credit union's members have
been or could be prejudiced; or
(iii) such party has received financial gain or other benefit
by reason of such violation, practice or breach; and

(C) such violation, practice, or breach -
(i) involves personal dishonesty on the part of such party;
or
(ii) demonstrates such party's unfitness to serve as a
director or officer of, or to otherwise participate in the
conduct of the affairs of, an insured credit union,

the Board may serve upon such party a written notice of the Board's
intention to remove such party from office or to prohibit any
further participation, by such party, in any manner in the conduct
of the affairs of any insured credit union.
(2) Specific violations. -
(A) In general. - Whenever the Board determines that -
(i) an institution-affiliated party has committed a violation
of any provision of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31,
unless such violation was inadvertent or unintentional;
(ii) an officer or director of an insured credit union has
knowledge that an institution-affiliated party of the insured
credit union has violated any such provision or any provision
of law referred to in subsection (i)(1)(A)(ii) of this section;
or
(iii) an officer or director of an insured credit union has
committed any violation of the Depository Institution
Management Interlocks Act [12 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.],

the Board may serve upon such party, officer, or director a
written notice of the Board's intention to remove such officer or
director from office.
(B) Factors to be considered. - In determining whether an
officer or director should be removed as a result of the
application of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Board shall consider
whether the officer or director took appropriate action to stop,
or to prevent the recurrence of, a violation described in such
subparagraph.

(3) Suspension order. -
(A) Suspension or prohibition authorized. - If the Board serves
written notice under paragraph (1) or (2) to any institution-
affiliated party of the Board's intention to issue an order
under such paragraph, the Board may suspend such party from
office or prohibit such party from further participation in any
manner in the conduct of the affairs of the institution, if the
Board -
(i) determines that such action is necessary for the
protection of the credit union or the interests of the credit
union's members; and
(ii) serves such person with written notice of the suspension
order.

(B) Effective period. - Any suspension order issued under
subparagraph (A) -
(i) shall become effective upon service; and
(ii) unless a court issues a stay of such order under
paragraph (6), shall remain in effect and enforceable until -
(I) the date the Board dismisses the charges contained in
the notice served under paragraph (1) or (2) with respect to
such party; or
(II) the effective date of an order issued by the Board to
such person under paragraph (1) or (2).

(C) Copy of order. - If the Board issues a suspension order
under subparagraph (A) to any institution-affiliated party, the
Board shall serve a copy of such order on any insured credit
union with which such party is associated at the time such order
is issued.

(4) A notice of intention to remove a director, committee member,
officer, or other person from office or to prohibit his
participation in the conduct of the affairs of an insured credit
union, shall contain a statement of the facts constituting grounds
therefor, and shall fix a time and place at which a hearing will be
held thereon. Such hearing shall be fixed for a date not earlier
than thirty days nor later than sixty days after the date of
service of such notice, unless an earlier or a later date is set by
the Board at the request of (A) such director, committee member, or
officer or other person, and for good cause shown, or (B) the
Attorney General of the United States. Unless such director,
committee member, officer, or other person shall appear at the
hearing in person or by a duly authorized representative, he shall
be deemed to have consented to the issuance of an order of such
removal or prohibition. In the event of such consent, or if upon
the record made at any such hearing the Board shall find that any
of the grounds specified in such notice have been established, the
Board may issue such orders of suspension or removal from office,
or prohibition from participation in the conduct of the affairs of
the credit union, as it may deem appropriate. Any such order shall
become effective at the expiration of thirty days after service
upon such credit union and the director, committee member, officer,
or other person concerned (except in the case of an order issued
upon consent, which shall become effective at the time specified
therein). Such order shall remain effective and enforceable except
to such extent as it is stayed, modified, terminated, or set aside
by action of the Board or a reviewing court.
(5) Prohibition of certain specific activities. - Any person
subject to an order issued under this subsection shall not -
(A) participate in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of
any institution or agency specified in paragraph (7)(A);
(B) solicit, procure, transfer, attempt to transfer, vote, or
attempt to vote any proxy, consent, or authorization with respect
to any voting rights in any institution described in subparagraph
(A);
(C) violate any voting agreement previously approved by the
appropriate Federal banking agency; or
(D) vote for a director, or serve or act as an institution-
affiliated party.

(6) Within ten days after any director, officer, committee
member, or other person has been suspended from office and/or
prohibited from participation in the conduct of the affairs of an
insured credit union under paragraph (3) of this subsection, such
director, officer, committee member, or other person may apply to
the United States district court for the judicial district in which
the principal office of the credit union is located, or the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia, for a stay of
such suspension and/or prohibition pending the completion of the
administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice served upon such
director, officer, committee member, or other person under
paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, and such court shall have
jurisdiction to stay such suspension and/or prohibition.
(7) Industrywide Prohibition. -
(A) In general. - Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any
person who, pursuant to an order issued under this subsection or
subsection (i) of this section, has been removed or suspended
from office in an insured credit union or prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the affairs of an insured credit
union may not, while such order is in effect, continue or
commence to hold any office in, or participate in any manner in
the conduct of the affairs of -
(i) any insured depository institution;
(ii) any institution treated as an insured bank under
paragraph (3) or (4) of section 1818(b) of this title, or as a
savings association under section 1818(b)(8) (!2) of this
title;

(iii) any insured credit union;
(iv) any institution chartered under the Farm Credit Act of
1971 [12 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.];
(v) any appropriate Federal depository institution regulatory
agency;
(vi) the Federal Housing Finance Board and any Federal home
loan bank; and
(vii) the Resolution Trust Corporation.

(B) Exception if agency provides written consent. - If, on or
after the date an order is issued under this subsection which
removes or suspends from office any institution-affiliated party
or prohibits such party from participating in the conduct of the
affairs of an insured credit union, such party receives the
written consent of -
(i) the Board; and
(ii) the appropriate Federal financial institutions
regulatory agency of the institution described in any clause of
subparagraph (A) with respect to which such party proposes to
become an institution-affiliated party,

subparagraph (A) shall, to the extent of such consent, cease to
apply to such party with respect to the institution described in
each written consent. If any person receives such a written
consent from the Board, the Board shall publicly disclose such
consent. If the agency referred to in clause (ii) grants such a
written consent, such agency shall report such action to the
Board and publicly disclose such consent.
(C) Violation of paragraph treated as violation of order. - Any
violation of subparagraph (A) by any person who is subject to an
order described in such subparagraph shall be treated as a
violation of the order.
(D) "Appropriate federal financial institutions regulatory
agency" defined. - For purposes of this paragraph, the term
"appropriate Federal financial institutions regulatory agency"
means -
(i) the appropriate Federal banking agency, as provided in
section 1813(q) of this title;
(ii) the Farm Credit Administration, in the case of an
institution chartered under the Farm Credit Act of 1971 [12
U.S.C. 2001 et seq.];
(iii) the National Credit Union Administration Board, in the
case of an insured credit union (as defined in section 1752(7)
of this title);
(iv) the Secretary of the Treasury, in the case of the
Federal Housing Finance Board and any Federal home loan bank;
and
(v) the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, in the
case of the Resolution Trust Corporation.

(E) Consultation between agencies. - The agencies referred to
in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall consult with
each other before providing any written consent described in
subparagraph (B).
(F) Applicability. - This paragraph shall only apply to a
person who is an individual, unless the Board specifically finds
that it should apply to a corporation, firm, or other business
enterprise.
(h) Board's appointment of conservator; consultation with State;
authority
(1) The Board may, ex parte without notice, appoint itself or
another (including, in the case of a State-chartered insured credit
union, the State official having jurisdiction over the credit
union) as conservator and immediately take possession and control
of the business and assets of any insured credit union in any case
in which -
(A) the Board determines that such action is necessary to
conserve the assets of any insured credit union or to protect the
Fund or the interests of the members of such insured credit
union;
(B) an insured credit union, by a resolution of its board of
directors, consents to such an action by the Board;
(C) the Attorney General notifies the Board in writing that an
insured credit union has been found guilty of a criminal offense
under section 1956 or 1957 of title 18 or section 5322 or 5324 of
title 31;
(D) there is a willful violation of a cease-and-desist order
which has become final;
(E) there is concealment of books, papers, records, or assets
of the credit union or refusal to submit books, papers, records,
or affairs of the credit union for inspection to any examiner or
to any lawful agent of the Board;
(F) the credit union is significantly undercapitalized, as
defined in section 1790d of this title, and has no reasonable
prospect of becoming adequately capitalized, as defined in
section 1790d of this title; or
(G) the credit union is critically undercapitalized, as defined
in section 1790d of this title.

(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), in the case of a
State-chartered insured credit union, the authority conferred by
paragraph (1) shall not be exercised without the written approval
of the State official having jurisdiction over the State-chartered
credit union that the grounds specified for such exercise exist.
(B) If such approval has not been received by the Board within 30
days of receipt of notice by the State that the Board has
determined such grounds exist, and the Board has responded in
writing to the State's written reasons, if any, for withholding
approval, then the Board may proceed without State approval only by
a unanimous vote of the Board.
(C) In the case of a State-chartered insured credit union, the
authority conferred by subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (1)
may not be exercised unless the Board has complied with section
1790d(l) of this title.
(3) Not later than ten days after the date on which the Board
takes possession and control of the business and assets of an
insured credit union pursuant to paragraph (1), such insured credit
union may apply to the United States district court for the
judicial district in which the principal office of such insured
credit union is located or the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia, for an order requiring the Board to show
cause why it should not be enjoined from continuing such possession
and control. Except as provided in this paragraph, no court may
take any action, except at the request of the Board by regulation
or order, to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions
of the Board as conservator.
(4) Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of a Federal
credit union, the Board may maintain possession and control of the
business and assets of such credit union and may operate such
credit union until such time -
(A) as the Board shall permit such credit union to continue
business subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed
by the Board; or
(B) as such credit union is liquidated in accordance with the
provisions of section 1787 of this title.

(5) Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case of an
insured State-chartered credit union, the Board may maintain
possession and control of the business and assets of such credit
union and may operate such credit union until such time -
(A) as the Board shall permit such credit union to continue
business, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed
by the Board;
(B) as the Board shall permit the transfer of possession and
control of such credit union to any commission, board, or
authority which has supervisory authority over such credit union
and which is authorized by State law to operate such credit
union; or
(C) as such credit union is liquidated in accordance with the
provisions of section 1787 of this title.

(6) The Board may appoint such agents as it considers necessary
in order to assist the Board in carrying out its duties as a
conservator under this subsection.
(7) All expenses incurred by the Board in exercising its
authority under this subsection with respect to any credit union
shall be paid out of the assets of such credit union.
(8) The conservator shall have all the powers of the members, the
directors, the officers, and the committees of the credit union and
shall be authorized to operate the credit union in its own name or
to conserve its assets in the manner and to the extent authorized
by the Board.
(9) The authority granted by this subsection is in addition to
all other authority granted to the Board under this chapter.
(i) Suspension, removal, and prohibition from participation orders
in the case of certain criminal offenses
(1) Suspension or prohibition authorized. -
(A) In general. - Whenever any institution-affiliated party is
charged in any information, indictment, or complaint, with the
commission of or participation in -
(i) a crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust which is
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year under
State or Federal law, or
(ii) a criminal violation of section 1956, 1957, or 1960 of
title 18 or section 5322 or 5324 of title 31,

the Board may, if continued service or participation by such
party may pose a threat to the interests of the credit union's
members or may threaten to impair public confidence in any credit
union, by written notice served upon such party, suspend such
party from office or prohibit such party from further
participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of any
credit union.
(B) Provisions applicable to notice. -
(i) Copy. - A copy of any notice under subparagraph (A) shall
also be served upon the credit union of which the subject of
the order is, or most recently was, an institution-affiliated
party.
(ii) Effective period. - A suspension or prohibition under
subparagraph (A) shall remain in effect until the information,
indictment, or complaint referred to in such subparagraph is
finally disposed of or until terminated by the Board.

(C) Removal or prohibition. -
(i) In general. - If a judgment of conviction or an agreement
to enter a pretrial diversion or other similar program is
entered against an institution-affiliated party in connection
with a crime described in subparagraph (A)(i), at such time as
such judgment is not subject to further appellate review, the
Board may, if continued service or participation by such party
may pose a threat to the interests of any credit union's
members or may threaten to impair public confidence in any
credit union, issue and serve upon such party an order removing
such party from office or prohibiting such party from further
participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of
any credit union without the prior written consent of the
Board.
(ii) Required for certain offenses - In the case of a
judgment of conviction or agreement against an institution-
affiliated party in connection with a violation described in
subparagraph (A)(ii), the Board shall issue and serve upon such
party an order removing such party from office or prohibiting
such party from further participation in any manner in the
conduct of the affairs of any credit union without the prior
written consent of the Board.

(D) Provisions applicable to order. -
(i) Copy. - A copy of any order under subparagraph (C) shall
also be served upon the credit union of which the subject of
the order is, or most recently was, an institution-affiliated
party, whereupon such party (if a director or an officer) shall
cease to be a director or officer of such credit union.
(ii) Effect of acquittal. - A finding of not guilty or other
disposition of the charge shall not preclude the Board from
instituting proceedings after such finding or disposition to
remove such party from office or to prohibit further
participation in credit union affairs, pursuant to paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (g) of this section.
(iii) Effective period. - Any notice of suspension or order
of removal issued under this paragraph shall remain effective
and outstanding until the completion of any hearing or appeal
authorized under paragraph (3) unless terminated by the Board.

(E) Continuation of authority. - The Board may issue an order
under this paragraph with respect to an individual who is an
institution-affiliated party at a credit union at the time of an
offense described in subparagraph (A) without regard to -
(i) whether such individual is an institution-affiliated
party at any credit union at the time the order is considered
or issued by the Board; or
(ii) whether the credit union at which the individual was an
institution-affiliated party at the time of the offense remains
in existence at the time the order is considered or issued by
the Board.

(2) If at any time, because of the suspension of one or more
directors pursuant to this section, there shall be on the board of
directors of a Federal credit union less than a quorum of directors
not so suspended, all powers and functions vested in or exercisable
by such board shall vest in and be exercisable by the director or
directors on the board not so suspended, until such time as there
shall be a quorum of the board of directors. In the event all of
the directors of a Federal credit union are suspended pursuant to
this section, the Board shall appoint persons to serve temporarily
as directors in their place and stead pending the termination of
such suspensions, or until such time as those who have been
suspended cease to be directors of the credit union and their
respective successors have been elected by the members at an annual
or special meeting and have taken office. Directors appointed
temporarily by the Board shall, within thirty days following their
appointment, call a special meeting for the election of new
directors, unless during the thirty-day period (A) the regular
annual meeting is scheduled, or (B) the suspensions giving rise to
the appointment of temporary directors are terminated.
(3) Within thirty days from service of any notice of suspension
or order of removal issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the institution-affiliated party concerned may request
in writing an opportunity to appear before the Board to show that
the continued service to or participation in the conduct of the
affairs of the credit union by such party does not, or is not
likely to, pose a threat to the interests of the credit union's
members or threaten to impair public confidence in the credit
union. Upon receipt of any such request, the Board shall fix a time
(not more than thirty days after receipt of such request, unless
extended at the request of such party) and place at which such
party may appear, personally or through counsel, before the Board
or its designee to submit written materials (or, at the discretion
of the Board, oral testimony) and oral argument. Within sixty days
of such hearing, the Board shall notify such party whether the
suspension or prohibition from participation in any manner in the
conduct of the affairs of the credit union will be continued,
terminated or otherwise modified, or whether the order removing
such party from office or prohibiting such party from further
participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the
credit union will be rescinded or otherwise modified. Such
notification shall contain a statement of the basis for the Board's
decision, if adverse to such party. The Board is authorized to
prescribe such rules as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this subsection.
(j) Jurisdiction of hearing; procedure; judicial review
(1) Any hearing provided for in this section (other than the
hearing provided for in subsection (i)(3) of this section) shall be
held in the Federal judicial district or in the territory in which
the principal office of the credit union is located, unless the
party afforded the hearing consents to another place, and shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of title
5. After such hearing, and within ninety days after the Board has
notified the parties that the case has been submitted to it for
final decision, it shall render its decision (which shall include
findings of fact upon which its decision is predicated) and shall
issue and serve upon each party to the proceeding an order or
orders consistent with the provisions of this section. Judicial
review of any such order shall be exclusively as provided in this
subsection (j). Unless a petition for review is timely filed in a
court of appeals of the United States, as provided in paragraph (2)
of this subsection, and thereafter until the record in the
proceeding has been filed as so provided, the Board may at any
time, upon such notice and in such manner as it may deem proper,
modify, terminate, or set aside any such order. Upon such filing of
the record, the Board may modify, terminate, or set aside any such
order with permission of the court.
(2) Any party to any proceeding under paragraph (1) may obtain a
review of any order served pursuant to paragraph (1) of this
subsection (other than an order issued with the consent of the
credit union or the institution-affiliated party concerned or an
order issued under subsection (i)(1) of this section) by filing in
the court of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which
the principal office of the credit union is located, or in the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, within thirty days after the date of service of such
order, a written petition praying that the order of the Board be
modified, terminated, or set aside. A copy of such petition shall
be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Board,
and thereupon the Board shall file in the court the record in the
proceeding, as provided in section 2112 of title 28. Upon the
filing of such petition, such court shall have jurisdiction, which
upon the filing of the record shall, except as provided in the last
sentence of said paragraph (1), be exclusive, to affirm, modify,
terminate, or set aside, in whole or in part, the order of the
Board. Review of such proceedings shall be had as provided in
chapter 7 of title 5. The judgment and decree of the court shall be
final, except that the same shall be subject to review by the
Supreme Court upon certiorari, as provided in section 1254 of title
28.
(3) The commencement of proceedings for judicial review under
paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not, unless specifically
ordered by the court, operate as a stay of any order issued by the
Board.
(k) Jurisdiction and enforcement; penalty
(1) The Board may in its discretion apply to the United States
district court, or the United States court of any territory within
the jurisdiction of which the principal office of the credit union
is located, for the enforcement of any effective and outstanding
notice or order issued under this section or section 1790d of this
title, and such courts shall have jurisdiction and power to order
and require compliance therewith. However, except as otherwise
provided in this section or section 1790d of this title, no court
shall have jurisdiction to affect by injunction or otherwise the
issuance or enforcement of any notice or order under this section
or section 1790d of this title or to review, modify, suspend,
terminate, or set aside any such notice or order.
(2) Civil money penalty. -
(A) First tier. - Any insured credit union which, and any
institution-affiliated party who -
(i) violates any law or regulation;
(ii) violates any final order or temporary order issued
pursuant to subsection (e), (f), (g), (i), or (q) of this
section, or any final order under section 1790d of this title;
(iii) violates any condition imposed in writing by the Board
in connection with any action on any application, notice, or
other request by the credit union or institution-affiliated
party; or
(iv) violates any written agreement between such credit union
and such agency,

shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for
each day during which such violation continues.
(B) Second tier. - Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), any
insured credit union which, and any institution-affiliated party
who -
(i)(I) commits any violation described in any clause of
subparagraph (A);
(II) recklessly engages in an unsafe or unsound practice in
conducting the affairs of such credit union; or
(III) breaches any fiduciary duty;
(ii) which violation, practice, or breach -
(I) is part of a pattern of misconduct;
(II) causes or is likely to cause more than a minimal loss
to such credit union; or
(III) results in pecuniary gain or other benefit to such
party,

shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than $25,000
for each day during which such violation, practice, or breach
continues.
(C) Third tier. - Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B),
any insured credit union which, and any institution-affiliated
party who -
(i) knowingly -
(I) commits any violation described in any clause of
subparagraph (A);
(II) engages in any unsafe or unsound practice in
conducting the affairs of such credit union; or
(III) breaches any fiduciary duty; and

(ii) knowingly or recklessly causes a substantial loss to
such credit union or a substantial pecuniary gain or other
benefit to such party by reason of such violation, practice, or
breach,

shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed
the applicable maximum amount determined under subparagraph (D)
for each day during which such violation, practice, or breach
continues.
(D) Maximum amounts of penalties for any violation described in
subparagraph (c). - The maximum daily amount of any civil penalty
which may be assessed pursuant to subparagraph (C) for any
violation, practice, or breach described in such subparagraph is -

(i) in the case of any person other than an insured credit
union, an amount to not (!3) exceed $1,000,000; and

(ii) in the case of any insured credit union, an amount not
to exceed the lesser of -
(I) $1,000,000; or
(II) 1 percent of the total assets of such credit union.

(E) Assessment. -
(i) Written notice. - Any penalty imposed under subparagraph
(A), (B), or (C) may be assessed and collected by the Board by
written notice.
(ii) Finality of assessment. - If, with respect to any
assessment under clause (i), a hearing is not requested
pursuant to subparagraph (H) within the period of time allowed
under such subparagraph, the assessment shall constitute a
final and unappealable order.

(F) Authority to modify or remit penalty. - The Board may
compromise, modify, or remit any penalty which such agency may
assess or had already assessed under subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C).
(G) Mitigating factors. - In determining the amount of any
penalty imposed under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), the Board
shall take into account the appropriateness of the penalty with
respect to -
(i) the size of financial resources and good faith of the
insured credit union or the person charged;
(ii) the gravity of the violation;
(iii) the history of previous violations; and
(iv) such other matters as justice may require.

(H) Hearing. - The insured credit union or other person against
whom any penalty is assessed under this paragraph shall be
afforded an agency hearing if such institution or person submits
a request for such hearing within 20 days after the issuance of
the notice of assessment.
(I) Collection. -
(i) Referral. - If any insured credit union or other person
fails to pay an assessment after any penalty assessed under
this paragraph has become final, the Board shall recover the
amount assessed by action in the appropriate United States
district court.
(ii) Appropriateness of penalty not reviewable. - In any
civil action under clause (i), the validity and appropriateness
of the penalty shall not be subject to review.

(J) Disbursement. - All penalties collected under authority of
this paragraph shall be deposited into the Treasury.
(K) "Violate" defined. - For purposes of this section, the term
"violate" includes any action (alone or with another or others)
for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in,
counseling, or aiding or abetting a violation.
(L) Regulations. - The Board shall prescribe regulations
establishing such procedures as may be necessary to carry out
this paragraph.

(3) Notice under this section after separation from service. -
The resignation, termination of employment or participation, or
separation of a institution-affiliated party (including a
separation caused by the closing of an insured credit union) shall
not affect the jurisdiction and authority of the Board to issue any
notice or order and proceed under this section against any such
party, if such notice or order is served before the end of the 6-
year period beginning on the date such party ceased to be such a
party with respect to such credit union (whether such date occurs
before, on, or after August 9, 1989).
(l) Criminal penalty for violation of certain orders
Whoever -
(1) under this chapter, is suspended or removed from, or
prohibited from participating in the affairs of any credit union
described in subsection (g)(5) of this section; and
(2) knowingly participates, directly or indirectly, in any
manner (including by engaging in an activity specifically
prohibited in such an order or in subsection (g)(5) of this
section) in the conduct of the affairs of such a credit union;

shall be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned for not more
than 5 years, or both.
(m) Definitions
As used in this section (1) the terms "cease-and-desist order
which has become final" and "order which has become final" means a
cease-and-desist order, or an order issued by the Board with the
consent of the credit union or the director, officer, committee
member, or other person concerned, or with respect to which no
petition for review of the action of the Board has been filed and
perfected in a court of appeals as specified in paragraph (2) of
subsection (j) of this section, or with respect to which the action
of the court in which said petition is so filed is not subject to
further review by the Supreme Court of the United States in
proceedings provided for in said paragraph, or an order issued
under subsection (i) of this section, and (2) the term "violation"
includes, without limitation any action (alone or with another or
others) for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in,
counseling, or aiding or abetting a violation.
(n) Notice or order to State board supervising State-chartered
credit union
Any service required or authorized to be made by the Board under
this section may be made by registered mail or in such other manner
reasonably calculated to give actual notice as the Board may by
regulation or otherwise provide. Copies of any notice or order
served by the Board upon any State-chartered credit union or any
director, officer, or committee member thereof or other person
participating in the conduct of its affairs, pursuant to the
provisions of this section, shall also be sent to the commission,
board, or authority, if any, having supervision of such credit
union.
(o) Notice of proceedings to State board supervising State-
chartered credit union; effect of corrective action by State
board; attack on validity of notice or order
In connection with any proceeding under subsection (e), (f)(1),
or (g) of this section involving an insured State-chartered credit
union or any institution-affiliated party, the Board shall provide
the commission, board, or authority, if any, having supervision of
such credit union, with notice of its intent to institute such a
proceeding and the grounds thereof. Unless within such time as the
Board deems appropriate in the light of the circumstances of the
case (which time must be specified in the notice prescribed in the
preceding sentence) satisfactory corrective action is effectuated
by action of such commission, board, or authority, the Board may
proceed as provided in this section. No credit union or other party
who is the subject of any notice or order issued by the Board under
this section shall have standing to raise the requirements of this
subsection as ground for attacking the validity of any such notice
or order.
(p) Proceedings; powers of Board; court enforcement of subpenas;
witness fees; expenses and attorneys' fees
In the course of or in connection with any proceeding under this
section or in connection with any claim for insured deposits or any
examination or investigation under section 1784(b) of this title,
the Board, in conducting the proceeding, examination, or
investigation or considering the claim for insured deposits,,(!4)
or any designated representative thereof, including any person
designated to conduct any hearing under this section, shall have
the power to administer oaths and affirmations, to take or cause to
be taken depositions, and to issue, revoke, quash, or modify
subpenas and subpenas duces tecum, and the Board is empowered to
make rules and regulations with respect to any such proceedings,
claims, examinations, or investigations. The attendance of
witnesses and the production of documents provided for in this
subsection may be required from any place in any State or in any
territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States at any designated place where such proceeding is being
conducted. Any party to proceedings under this section may apply to
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or
the United States district court for the judicial district or the
United States court in any territory in which such proceeding is
being conducted, or where the witness resides or carries on
business, for enforcement of any subpena or subpena duces tecum
issued pursuant to this subsection, and such courts shall have
jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance therewith.
Witnesses subpenaed under this section shall be paid the same fees
and mileage that are paid witnesses in the district courts of the
United States. Any court having jurisdiction of any proceedings
instituted under this section by an insured credit union or a
director, officer, or committee member thereof may allow to any
such party such reasonable expenses and attorneys' fees as it deems
just and proper, and such expenses and fees shall be paid by the
credit union or from its assets.

(q) Compliance with monetary transaction recordkeeping and report
requirements
(1) Compliance procedures required
The Board shall prescribe regulations requiring insured credit
unions to establish and maintain procedures reasonably designed
to assure and monitor the compliance of such credit unions with
the requirements of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31.
(2) Examinations of credit unions to include review of compliance
procedures
(A) In general
Each examination of an insured credit union by the Board
shall include a review of the procedures required to be
established and maintained under paragraph (1).
(B) Exam report requirement
The report of examination shall describe any problem with the
procedures maintained by the credit union.
(3) Order to comply with requirements
If the Board determines that an insured credit union -
(A) has failed to establish and maintain the procedures
described in paragraph (1); or
(B) has failed to correct any problem with the procedures
maintained by such credit union which was previously reported
to the credit union by the Board,

the Board shall issue an order in the manner prescribed in
subsection (e) or (f) of this section requiring such credit union
to cease and desist from its violation of this subsection or
regulations prescribed under this subsection.
(r) "Institution-affiliated party" defined
For purposes of this chapter, the term "institution-affiliated
party" means -
(1) any committee member, director, officer, or employee of, or
agent for, an insured credit union;
(2) any consultant, joint venture partner, and any other person
as determined by the Board (by regulation or on a case-by-case
basis) who participates in the conduct of the affairs of an
insured credit union; and
(3) any independent contractor (including any attorney,
appraiser, or accountant) who knowingly or recklessly
participates in -
(A) any violation of any law or regulation;
(B) any breach of fiduciary duty; or
(C) any unsafe or unsound practice,

which caused or is likely to cause more than a minimal financial
loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, the insured credit
union.
(s) Public disclosure of agency action
(1) In general
The Board shall publish and make available to the public on a
monthly basis -
(A) any written agreement or other written statement for
which a violation may be enforced by the Board, unless the
Board, in its discretion, determines that publication would be
contrary to the public interest;
(B) any final order issued with respect to any administrative
enforcement proceeding initiated by the Board under this
section or any other law; and
(C) any modification to or termination of any order or
agreement made public pursuant to this paragraph.
(2) Hearings
All hearings on the record with respect to any notice of
charges issued by the Board shall be open to the public, unless
the agency, in its discretion, determines that holding an open
hearing would be contrary to the public interest.
(3) Reports to Congress
A written report shall be made part of a determination not to
hold a public hearing pursuant to paragraph (2) or not to publish
a document pursuant to paragraph (1)(A). At the end of each
calendar quarter, all such reports shall be transmitted to the
Congress.
(4) Transcript of hearing
A transcript that includes all testimony and other documentary
evidence shall be prepared for all hearings commenced pursuant to
subsection (k) of this section. A transcript of public hearings
shall be made available to the public pursuant to section 552 of
title 5.
(5) Delay of publication under exceptional circumstances
If the Board makes a determination in writing that the
publication of a final order pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) would
seriously threaten the safety and soundness of an insured
depository institution, the agency may delay the publication of
the document for a reasonable time.
(6) Documents filed under seal in public enforcement hearings
The Board may file any document or part of a document under
seal in any administrative enforcement hearing commenced by the
agency if disclosure of the document would be contrary to the
public interest. A written report shall be made part of any
determination to withhold any part of a document from the
transcript of the hearing required by paragraph (2).
(7) Retention of documents
The Board shall keep and maintain a record, for a period of at
least 6 years, of all documents described in paragraph (1) and
all informal enforcement agreements and other supervisory actions
and supporting documents issued with respect to or in connection
with any administrative enforcement proceeding initiated by such
agency under this section or any other laws.
(8) Disclosures to Congress
No provision of this subsection may be construed to authorize
the withholding, or to prohibit the disclosure, of any
information to the Congress or any committee or subcommittee of
the Congress.
(9) Preservation of records
(A) In general
The Board may cause any and all records, papers, or documents
kept by the Administration or in the possession or custody of
the Administration to be -
(i) photographed or microphotographed or otherwise
reproduced upon film; or
(ii) preserved in any electronic medium or format which is
capable of -
(I) being read or scanned by computer; and
(II) being reproduced from such electronic medium or
format by printing or any other form of reproduction of
electronically stored data.
(B) Treatment as original records
Any photographs, micrographs, or photographic film or copies
thereof described in subparagraph (A)(i) or reproduction of
electronically stored data described in subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes,
including introduction in evidence in all State and Federal
courts or administrative agencies, and shall be admissible to
prove any act, transaction, occurrence, or event therein
recorded.
(C) Authority of the administration
Any photographs, microphotographs, or photographic film or
copies thereof described in subparagraph (A)(i) or reproduction
of electronically stored data described in subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall be preserved in such manner as the Administration shall
prescribe, and the original records, papers, or documents may
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Administration may
direct.
(t) Regulation of certain forms of benefits to institution-
affiliated parties
(1) Golden parachutes and indemnification payments
The Board may prohibit or limit, by regulation or order, any
golden parachute payment or indemnification payment.
(2) Factors to be taken into account
The Board shall prescribe, by regulation, the factors to be
considered by the Board in taking any action pursuant to
paragraph (1) which may include such factors as the following:
(A) Whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the
institution-affiliated party has committed any fraudulent act
or omission, breach of trust or fiduciary duty, or insider
abuse with regard to the credit union that has had a material
affect on the financial condition of the credit union.
(B) Whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the
institution-affiliated party is substantially responsible for
the insolvency of the credit union, the appointment of a
conservator or liquidating agent for the credit union, or the
credit union's troubled condition (as defined in regulations
prescribed by the Board pursuant to paragraph (4)(A)(ii)(III)).
(C) Whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the
institution-affiliated party has materially violated any
applicable Federal or State banking law or regulation that has
had a material effect on the financial condition of the credit
union.
(D) Whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that the
institution-affiliated party has violated or conspired to
violate -
(i) section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1032, or
1344 of title 18; or
(ii) section 1341 or 1343 of such title affecting a
financial institution.

(E) Whether the institution-affiliated party was in a
position of managerial or fiduciary responsibility.
(F) The length of time the party was affiliated with the
credit union and the degree to which -
(i) the payment reasonably reflects compensation earned
over the period of employment; and
(ii) the compensation involved represents a reasonable
payment for services rendered.
(3) Certain payments prohibited
No credit union may prepay the salary or any liability or legal
expense of any institution-affiliated party if such payment is
made -
(A) in contemplation of the insolvency of such credit union
or after the commission of an act of insolvency; and
(B) with a view to, or has the result of -
(i) preventing the proper application of the assets of the
credit union; or
(ii) preferring one creditor over another.
(4) "Golden parachute payment" defined
For purposes of this subsection -
(A) In general
The term "golden parachute payment" means any payment (or any
agreement to make any payment) in the nature of compensation by
any credit union for the benefit of any institution-affiliated
party pursuant to an obligation of such credit union that -
(i) is contingent on the termination of such party's
affiliation with the credit union; and
(ii) is received on or after the date on which -
(I) the credit union is insolvent;
(II) any conservator or liquidating agent is appointed
for such credit union;
(III) the Board determines that the credit union is in a
troubled condition (as defined in regulations which the
Board shall prescribe);
(IV) the credit union has been assigned a composite
rating by the Board of 4 or 5 under the Uniform Financial
Institutions Rating System (as applicable with respect to
credit unions); or
(V) the credit union is subject to a proceeding initiated
by the Board to terminate or suspend deposit insurance for
such credit union.
(B) Certain payments in contemplation of an event
Any payment which would be a golden parachute payment but for
the fact that such payment was made before the date referred to
in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be treated as a golden parachute
payment if the payment was made in contemplation of the
occurrence of an event described in any subclause of such
subparagraph.
(C) Certain payments not included
The term "golden parachute payment" shall not include -
(i) any payment made pursuant to a retirement plan which is
qualified (or is intended to be qualified) under section 401
of title 26 or other nondiscriminatory retirement or
severance benefit plan;
(ii) any payment made pursuant to a bona fide deferred
compensation plan or arrangement which the Board determines,
by regulation or order, to be permissible; or
(iii) any payment made by reason of the death or disability
of an institution-affiliated party.
(5) Other definitions
For purposes of this subsection -
(A) Indemnification payment
Subject to paragraph (6), the term "indemnification payment"
means any payment (or any agreement to make any payment) by any
credit union for the benefit of any person who is or was an
institution-affiliated party, to pay or reimburse such person
for any liability or legal expense with regard to any
administrative proceeding or civil action instituted by the
Board which results in a final order under which such person -
(i) is assessed a civil money penalty;
(ii) is removed or prohibited from participating in conduct
of the affairs of the credit union; or
(iii) is required to take any affirmative action described
in subsection (e)(3) of this section with respect to such
credit union.
(B) Liability or legal expense
The term "liability or legal expense" means -
(i) any legal or other professional expense incurred in
connection with any claim, proceeding, or action;
(ii) the amount of, and any cost incurred in connection
with, any settlement of any claim, proceeding, or action; and
(iii) the amount of, and any cost incurred in connection
with, any judgment or penalty imposed with respect to any
claim, proceeding, or action.
(C) Payment
The term "payment" includes -
(i) any direct or indirect transfer of any funds or any
asset; and
(ii) any segregation of any funds or assets for the purpose
of making, or pursuant to an agreement to make, any payment
after the date on which such funds or assets are segregated,
without regard to whether the obligation to make such payment
is contingent on -
(I) the determination, after such date, of the liability
for the payment of such amount; or
(II) the liquidation, after such date, of the amount of
such payment.
(6) Certain commercial insurance coverage not treated as covered
benefit payment
No provision of this subsection shall be construed as
prohibiting any credit union from purchasing any commercial
insurance policy or fidelity bond, except that, subject to any
requirement described in paragraph (5)(A)(iii), such insurance
policy or bond shall not cover any legal or liability expense of
the credit union which is described in paragraph (5)(A).
(u) Foreign investigations
(1) Requesting assistance from foreign banking authorities
In conducting any investigation, examination, or enforcement
action under this chapter, the Board may -
(A) request the assistance of any foreign banking authority;
and
(B) maintain an office outside the United States.
(2) Providing assistance to foreign banking authorities
(A) In general
The Board may, at the request of any foreign banking
authority, assist such authority if such authority states that
the requesting authority is conducting an investigation to
determine whether any person has violated, is violating, or is
about to violate any law or regulation relating to banking
matters or currency transactions administered or enforced by
the requesting authority.
(B) Investigation by Federal banking agency
The Board may, in the Board's discretion, investigate and
collect information and evidence pertinent to a request for
assistance under subparagraph (A). Any such investigation shall
comply with the laws of the United States and the policies and
procedures of the Board.
(C) Factors to consider
In deciding whether to provide assistance under this
paragraph, the Board shall consider -
(i) whether the requesting authority has agreed to provide
reciprocal assistance with respect to banking matters within
the jurisdiction of the Board or any appropriate Federal
banking agency; and
(ii) whether compliance with the request would prejudice
the public interest of the United States.
(D) Treatment of foreign banking authority
For purposes of any Federal law or Board regulation relating
to the collection or transfer of information by the Board or
any appropriate Federal banking agency, the foreign banking
authority shall be treated as another appropriate Federal
banking agency.
(3) Rule of construction
Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be construed to limit the
authority of the Board or any other Federal agency to provide or
receive assistance or information to or from any foreign
authority with respect to any matter.
(v) Termination of insurance for money laundering or cash
transaction reporting offenses
(1) In general
(A) Conviction of title 18 offenses
(i) Duty to notify
If an insured State credit union has been convicted of any
criminal offense under section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, the
Attorney General shall provide to the Board a written
notification of the conviction and shall include a certified
copy of the order of conviction from the court rendering the
decision.
(ii) Notice of termination
After written notification from the Attorney General to the
Board of such a conviction, the Board shall issue to such
insured credit union a notice of its intention to terminate
the insured status of the insured credit union and schedule a
hearing on the matter, which shall be conducted as a
termination hearing pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section, except that no period for correction shall apply to
a notice issued under this subparagraph.
(B) Conviction of title 31 offenses
If a credit union is convicted of any criminal offense under
section 5322 or 5324 of title 31 after prior written
notification from the Attorney General, the Board may initiate
proceedings to terminate the insured status of such credit
union in the manner described in subparagraph (A).
(C) Notice to State supervisor
The Board shall simultaneously transmit a copy of any notice
under this paragraph to the appropriate State financial
institutions supervisor.
(2) Factors to be considered
In determining whether to terminate insurance under paragraph
(1), the Board shall take into account the following factors:
(A) The extent to which directors, committee members, or
senior executive officers (as defined by the Board in
regulations which the Board shall prescribe) of the credit
union knew of, or were involved in, the commission of the money
laundering offense of which the credit union was found guilty.
(B) The extent to which the offense occurred despite the
existence of policies and procedures within the credit union
which were designed to prevent the occurrence of any such
offense.
(C) The extent to which the credit union has fully cooperated
with law enforcement authorities with respect to the
investigation of the money laundering offense of which the
credit union was found guilty.
(D) The extent to which the credit union has implemented
additional internal controls (since the commission of the
offense of which the credit union was found guilty) to prevent
the occurrence of any other money laundering offense.
(E) The extent to which the interest of the local community
in having adequate deposit and credit services available would
be threatened by the termination of insurance.
(3) Notice to State credit union supervisor and public
When the order to terminate insured status initiated pursuant
to this subsection is final, the Board shall -
(A) notify the commission, board, or authority (if any)
having supervision of the credit union described in paragraph
(1) at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the order
of the termination of the insured status of such credit union;
and
(B) publish notice of the termination of the insured status
of the credit union.
(4) Temporary insurance of previously insured deposits
Upon termination of the insured status of any State credit
union pursuant to paragraph (1), the deposits of such credit
union shall be treated in accordance with subsection (d)(2) of
this section.
(5) Successor liability
This subsection shall not apply to a successor to the interests
of, or a person who acquires, an insured credit union that
violated a provision of law described in paragraph (1), if the
successor succeeds to the interests of the violator, or the
acquisition is made, in good faith and not for purposes of
evading this subsection or regulations prescribed under this
subsection.
(w) One-year restrictions on Federal examiners of insured credit
unions
(1) In general
In addition to other applicable restrictions set forth in title
18, the penalties set forth in paragraph (5) of this subsection
shall apply to any person who -
(A) was an officer or employee (including any special
Government employee) of the Administration;
(B) served 2 or more months during the final 12 months of his
or her employment with the Administration as the senior
examiner (or a functionally equivalent position) of an insured
credit union with continuing, broad responsibility for the
examination (or inspection) of that insured credit union on
behalf of the Administration; and
(C) within 1 year after the termination date of his or her
service or employment with the Administration, knowingly
accepts compensation as an employee, officer, director, or
consultant from such insured credit union.
(2) Rule of construction
For purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to
act as a consultant for an insured credit union only if such
person directly works on matters for, or on behalf of, such
insured credit union.
(3) Regulations
(A) In general
The Board shall prescribe rules or regulations to administer
and carry out this subsection, including rules, regulations, or
guidelines to define the scope of persons referred to in
paragraph (1)(B).
(B) Consultation
In prescribing rules or regulations under this paragraph, the
Board shall, to the extent it deems necessary, consult with the
Federal banking agencies (as defined in section 1813 of this
title) on regulations issued by such agencies in carrying out
section 1820(k) of this title.
(4) Waiver
The Board may grant a waiver, on a case by case basis, of the
restriction imposed by this subsection to any officer or employee
(including any special Government employee) of the Administration
if the Chairman certifies in writing that granting the waiver
would not affect the integrity of the supervisory program of the
Administration.
(5) Penalties
(A) In general
In addition to any other administrative, civil, or criminal
remedy or penalty that may otherwise apply, whenever the Board
determines that a person subject to paragraph (1) has become
associated, in the manner described in paragraph (1)(C), with
an insured credit union, the Board shall impose upon such
person one or more of the following penalties:
(i) Industry-wide prohibition order
The Board shall serve a written notice or order in
accordance with and subject to the provisions of subsection
(g)(4) of this section for written notices or orders under
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (g) of this section, upon
such person of the intention of the Board -
(I) to remove such person from office or to prohibit such
person from further participation in the conduct of the
affairs of the insured credit union for a period of up to 5
years; and
(II) to prohibit any further participation by such
person, in any manner, in the conduct of the affairs of any
insured credit union for a period of up to 5 years.
(ii) Civil monetary penalty
The Board may, in an administrative proceeding or civil
action in an appropriate United States district court, impose
on such person a civil monetary penalty of not more than
$250,000. Any administrative proceeding under this clause
shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (k) of this
section. In lieu of an action by the Board under this clause,
the Attorney General of the United States may bring a civil
action under this clause in the appropriate United States
district court.
(B) Scope of prohibition order
Any person subject to an order issued under this subparagraph
(A)(i) shall be subject to paragraphs (5) and (7) of subsection
(g) of this section in the same manner and to the same extent
as a person subject to an order issued under subsection (g) of
this section.

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(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 206, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1003; amended Pub. L. 93-
383, title VII, Sec. 728, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 95-
22, title III, Sec. 307, Apr. 19, 1977, 91 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 95-
630, title I, Secs. 107(a)(4), (c)(4), (d)(4), (e)(4), 111(d),
title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3652, 3656, 3659,
3663, 3670, 3681; Pub. L. 97-320, title I, Secs. 132, 141(a)(8),
title IV, Secs. 424(a), (d)(9), (e), 427(c), Oct. 15, 1982, 96
Stat. 1487, 1489, 1522, 1523, 1525; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title
VIII, Sec. 2812, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1206; Pub. L. 99-570,
title I, Sec. 1359(d), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-29; Pub. L.
100-86, title V, Sec. 509(a), title VII, Secs. 709-713, Aug. 10,
1987, 101 Stat. 635, 653, 654; Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Secs.
901(a), (b)(2), 902(b), 903(b), 904(b), 905(b), 906(b), 907(b),
908(b), 913(b), 915(b), 920(b), title XII, Sec. 1217(b), Aug. 9,
1989, 103 Stat. 446, 448, 451, 455, 458, 460, 462, 464, 477, 484,
486, 488, 546; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV, Secs. 2523(b), 2532(c),
2547(b), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4870, 4881, 4887; Pub. L. 102-
233, title III, Sec. 302(a), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1767; Pub.
L. 102-550, title XV, Secs. 1501(b), 1503(b), 1504(b), Oct. 28,
1992, 106 Stat. 4044, 4050, 4053; Pub. L. 103-325, title IV, Sec.
411(c)(2)(B), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2253; Pub. L. 105-219,
title III, Sec. 301(b)(1), (g)(1), (2), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
930, 931; Pub. L. 108-458, title VI, Sec. 6303(c), Dec. 17, 2004,
118 Stat. 3753; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Secs. 708(b), 715(b),
716(b), 723(b), 726(14)-(19), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1989, 1995,
1996, 2000, 2002, 2003; Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Sec. 362(3),
July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1549.)


-STATAMEND-
AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION (G)(7)
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Secs. 351, 362(3), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1546, 1549, provided that, effective on the transfer date,
subsection (g)(7) of this section is amended:
(1) in subparagraph (A) -
(A) in clause (ii), by substituting "(b)(9)" for "(b)(8)";
(B) in clause (v), by substituting "financial" for "depository"
and inserting "and" at the end;
(C) in clause (vi), by substituting "Agency" for "Board" and a
period for "; and"; and
(D) by striking out clause (vii); and
(2) in subparagraph (D) -
(A) in clause (iii), by inserting "and" at the end;
(B) in clause (iv), by substituting "Agency" for "Board" and
striking out "and" at the end; and
(C) by striking out clause (v).
See Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note below.

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act, referred to
in subsec. (g)(2)(A)(iii), is title II of Pub. L. 95-630, Nov. 10,
1978, 92 Stat. 3672, as amended, which is classified principally to
chapter 33 (Sec. 3201 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 3201 of this title and Tables.
Section 1818(b)(8) of this title, referred to in subsec.
(g)(7)(A)(ii), was redesignated section 1818(b)(9) by Pub. L. 102-
242, title I, Sec. 131(c)(1), Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2266.
The Farm Credit Act of 1971, referred to in subsec.
(g)(7)(A)(iv), (D)(ii), is Pub. L. 92-181, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat.
583, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (Sec.
2001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2001 of
this title and Tables.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 716(b)(1),
substituted "any action on any application, notice, or other
request by the credit union or institution-affiliated party," for
"the granting of any application or other request by the credit
union" in first sentence.
Subsec. (e)(3)(D). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(14), struck out
"and" after semicolon.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(15), substituted
"subsection (e)(3)" for "subsection (e)(3)(B)".
Subsec. (g)(1)(A)(i)(III). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 716(b)(2),
substituted "any action on any application, notice, or request by
such credit union or institution-affiliated party" for "the grant
of any application or other request by such credit union".
Subsec. (g)(7)(D). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(16), struck out "and
subsection (1)" after "For purposes of this paragraph" in
introductory provisions.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(2), inserted heading.
Subsec. (i)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(1)(A),
substituted "any credit union" for "the credit union" in two
places.
Subsec. (i)(1)(B)(i). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(1)(B),
inserted "of which the subject of the order is, or most recently
was, an institution-affiliated party" before period at end.
Subsec. (i)(1)(C). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(1)(C),
substituted "any credit union's" for "the credit union's" in cl.
(i) and "any credit union" for "the credit union" wherever
appearing.
Subsec. (i)(1)(D)(i). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(1)(D),
substituted "upon the credit union of which the subject of the
order is, or most recently was, an institution-affiliated party"
for "upon such credit union".
Subsec. (i)(1)(E). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 708(b)(1)(E), added
subpar. (E).
Subsec. (k)(2)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 716(b)(3),
substituted "any action on any application, notice, or other
request by the credit union or institution-affiliated party" for
"the grant of any application or other request by such credit
union".
Subsec. (k)(3). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 715(b), inserted "or order"
after "notice" in two places.
Subsec. (s)(9). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 723(b), added par. (9).
Subsec. (t)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(17), inserted
"regulations" after "(as defined in".
Subsec. (t)(2)(C). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(18), substituted
"material effect" for "material affect".
Subsec. (t)(4)(A)(ii)(II). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(19), struck
out "or" after semicolon at end.
2004 - Subsec. (w). Pub. L. 108-458 added subsec. (w).
1998 - Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(g)(2), inserted
"or another (including, in the case of a State-chartered insured
credit union, the State official having jurisdiction over the
credit union)" after "appoint itself" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (h)(1)(F), (G). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(b)(1)(A), added
subpars. (F) and (G).
Subsec. (h)(2)(A). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(b)(1)(B)(i),
substituted "Except as provided in subparagraph (C), in the case"
for "In the case".
Subsec. (h)(2)(C). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(b)(1)(B)(ii), added
subpar. (C).
Subsec. (k)(1). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(g)(1)(A), inserted "or
section 1790d of this title" after "this section" in three places.
Subsec. (k)(2)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(g)(1)(B),
inserted ", or any final order under section 1790d of this title"
before semicolon at end.
1994 - Subsecs. (h)(1)(C), (i)(1)(A)(ii), (v)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-
325 substituted "section 5322 or 5324 of title 31" for "section
5322 of title 31".
1992 - Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1504(b)(1), amended
par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows:
"Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, any director, officer, or
committee member of an insured credit union has committed any
violation of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act,
the Board may serve upon such director, officer, or committee
member a written notice of its intention to remove him from
office."
Subsec. (h)(1)(C) to (E). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1501(b), added
subpar. (C) and redesignated former subpars. (C) and (D) as (D) and
(E), respectively.
Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1504(b)(2), amended par.
(1) generally, subdividing existing provisions into subpars. (A) to
(D), and, in subpar. (A), including violations under section 1956,
1957, or 1960 of title 18 or section 5322 of title 31 as reason for
suspension of any violator from further participation in the
affairs of the credit union.
Subsec. (v). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1503(b), added subsec. (v).
1990 - Subsec. (j)(1). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2547(b)(2), which
directed amendment of par. (1) by striking out after first sentence
"Such hearing shall be private, unless the Board, in its
discretion, after fully considering the views of the party afforded
the hearing, determines that a public hearing is necessary to
protect the public interest." was executed by striking out "Such
hearing shall be private unless the Board, in its discretion, after
fully considering the views of the party afforded the hearing,
determines that a public hearing is necessary to protect the public
interest." as the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2547(b)(1), amended subsec.
(s) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (s) read as follows:
"(1) In general. - The Board shall publish and make available to
the public -
"(A) any final order issued with respect to any administrative
enforcement proceeding initiated by such agency under this
section or any other provision of law; and
"(B) any modification to or termination of any final order
described in subparagraph (A).
"(2) Delay of publication under exceptional circumstances. - If
the Board makes a determination in writing that the publication of
any final order pursuant to paragraph (1) would seriously threaten
the safety or soundness of an insured credit union or other
federally regulated depository institution, the Board may delay the
publication of such order for a reasonable time."
Subsec. (t). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2523(b), added subsec. (t).
Subsec. (u). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2532(c), added subsec. (u).
1989 - Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(A), (B),
substituted references to institution-affiliated parties for
references to directors, officers, committee members, agents, or
other persons participating in the conduct of the affairs of credit
unions.
Subsec. (e)(3), (4). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 902(b)(1), added pars.
(3) and (4).
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 902(b)(2)(B), substituted
"significant" for "substantial", struck out "seriously" before
"weaken the condition of" and before "prejudice the interests of",
and inserted after first sentence "Such order may include any
requirement authorized under subsection (e)(3)(B) of this section."
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(B), (C), substituted references to
institution-affiliated parties for references to directors,
officers, committee members, employees, agents, or other persons
participating in the conduct of the affairs of credit unions.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(B), substituted
references to institution-affiliated parties for references to
directors, officers, committee members, employees, agents, or other
persons participating in the conduct of the affairs of credit
unions.
Subsec. (f)(3), (4). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 902(b)(2)(A), (C),
added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(1), amended par. (1)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "Whenever,
in the opinion of the Board, any director, officer, committee
member, or employee of an insured credit union has committed any
violation of law, rule, or regulation, or of a cease-and-desist
order which has become final, or has engaged or participated in any
unsafe or unsound practice in connection with the credit union, or
has committed or engaged in any act, omission, or practice which
constitutes a breach of his fiduciary duty as such director,
officer, committee member, or employee and the Board determines
that the credit union has suffered or will probably suffer
substantial financial loss or other damage or that the interests of
its insured members could be seriously prejudiced by reason of such
violation or practice or breach of fiduciary duty, the Board may
serve upon such director, officer, committee member, or employee a
written notice of its intention to remove him from office."
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(2), redesignated par.
(3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows:
"Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, any director, officer,
committee member, or employee of an insured credit union, by
conduct or practice with respect to another insured credit union or
other business institution which resulted in substantial financial
loss or other damage, has evidenced his personal dishonesty or
unfitness to continue as a director, officer, committee member, or
employee, and, whenever, in the opinion of the Board, any agent or
other person participating in the conduct of the affairs of an
insured credit union, by conduct or practice with respect to such
credit union or other insured credit union or other business
institution which resulted in substantial financial loss or other
damage, has evidenced his personal dishonesty or unfitness to
participate in the conduct of the affairs of such insured credit
union, the Board may serve upon such director, officer, committee
member, employee, agent, or other person a written notice of its
intention to remove him from office and/or to prohibit his further
participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of such
credit union."
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(2), added par. (3).
Former par. (3) redesignated (2).
Subsec. (g)(4). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(2), redesignated par.
(5) as (4) and struck out former par. (4) which provided for
temporary suspension from office or prohibition from further
participation in credit union activities.
Subsec. (g)(5). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(2), (3), added par.
(5). Former par. (5) redesignated (4).
Subsec. (g)(6). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 903(b)(4), substituted
"credit union under paragraph (3)" for "credit union under
paragraph (4)" and "person under paragraph (1) or (2)" for "person
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3)".
Subsec. (g)(7). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 904(b), amended par. (7)
generally, revising and restating as subpars. (A) to (F) provisions
of former subpars. (A) and (B).
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(b), inserted at end
"Except as provided in this paragraph, no court may take any
action, except at the request of the Board by regulation or order,
to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions of the
Board as conservator."
Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 906(b), struck out
"authorized by a United States attorney" after "is charged in any
information, indictment, or complaint", and substituted "or an
agreement to enter a pre-trial diversion or other similar program"
for "with respect to such crime" after "judgment of conviction".
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(D)(i)-(iv), (vi), substituted
references to institution-affiliated parties for references to
directors, committee members, or officers of insured credit unions,
or other persons participating in the conduct of the affairs of
credit unions, and substituted "whereupon such party (if a
director, a committee member, or an officer)" for "whereupon such
director, committee member, or officer".
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(D)(v), which directed the
substitution of "party" for "director, officer or other person"
could not be executed because "director, officer or other person"
does not appear in par. (1).
Subsec. (i)(3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(E)(i)-(iv),
substituted references to institution-affiliated parties for
references to directors, committee members, officers, or other
persons.
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(E)(v), which directed the
substitution of "such party" for "said director, committee member,
officer or other person" was executed by making the substitution
for "said director, committee member, officer, or other person"
after "whether the order removing" in third sentence to reflect the
probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (j)(2). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 920(b), substituted "Any
party to any proceeding under paragraph (1)" for "Any party to the
proceeding, or any person required by an order issued under this
section to cease and desist from any of the practices or violations
stated therein,".
Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(F), substituted "institution-
affiliated party" for "director, officer, committee member, or
other person".
Subsec. (k)(2). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 907(b), in amending par. (2)
generally, designated existing provisions as cls. (i) to (iv),
substituted provisions imposing a fine of $5,000 per day for
violation of any law or regulation, a final or temporary order, any
condition imposed in writing, or any written agreement for
provisions imposing a fine of $1,000 per day for violation of any
final order, authorizing the penalizing agency to compromise or
modify such penalty, providing for assessment and collection of
such penalty by written notice, and defining "violates", and added
subpars. (B) to (L).
Subsec. (k)(3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 905(b), added par. (3).
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 908(b), amended subsec. (l)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (l) read as follows: "Any
director, officer, or committee member, or former director,
officer, or committee member, of an insured credit union or of a
credit union any of the member accounts of which are insured, or
any other person against whom there is outstanding and effective
any notice or order (which is an order which has become final)
served upon such director, officer, committee member, or other
person under subsections (g)(4), (g)(5), or (i) of this section and
who (i) participates in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of
the credit union involved, or directly or indirectly solicits or
procures, or transfers or attempts to transfer, or votes or
attempts to vote, any proxies, consents, or authorizations in
respect of any voting rights in such credit union, or (ii) without
the prior written approval of the Board votes for a director,
serves or acts as a director, officer, committee member, or
employee of any credit union, shall upon conviction be fined not
more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or
both."
Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(b)(2)(G), substituted
"institution-affiliated party" for "director, officer, committee
member or other person participating in the conduct of its
affairs".
Subsec. (p). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 915(b), in first sentence,
inserted "or in connection with any claim for insured deposits or
any examination or investigation under section 1784(b) of this
title" after "any proceeding under this section", ", in conducting
the proceeding, examination, or investigation or considering the
claim for insured deposits," after "section, the Board", and ",
claims, examinations, or investigations" before period at end.
Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 901(a), added subsec. (r).
Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 913(b), added subsec. (s).
1987 - Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a), repealed Pub. L. 97-320, Sec.
141. See 1982 Amendment notes below.
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 709(1), substituted
"committee member, or employee" for "or committee member" in three
places.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 709(2)-(4), substituted
"committee member, or employee" for "or committee member" in two
places, substituted "any agent or other person" for "any other
person", and inserted "employee, agent," before "or other person".
Subsec. (g)(7). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 710, added par. (7).
Subsec. (h)(1)(C), (D). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 711, added subpars.
(C) and (D).
Subsec. (h)(2)(B). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 712, substituted "30" for
"ninety".
Subsec. (h)(8), (9). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 713, added par. (8) and
redesignated former par. (8) as (9).
1986 - Subsec. (k)(2)(A). Pub. L. 99-570, Sec. 1359(d)(2),
inserted reference to subsec. (q) of this section.
Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 99-570, Sec. 1359(d)(1), added subsec. (q).
1984 - Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 98-369 inserted "(1)" after
"subsection (a)", "maintain its deposit with and", and provisions
relating to termination of insured status and the obtaining of
comparable insurance coverage from another source.
1982 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(b), substituted
"subsection (j)" for "subsection (i)".
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Subsec. (g)(3) to (6). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 427(c)(1), added par.
(3); redesignated former pars. (3) to (5) as (4) to (6),
respectively; inserted reference to par. (3) in two places and
substituted reference to par. (6) for par. (5) in par. (4); and
inserted reference to par. (3) and substituted reference to par.
(4) for par. (3) in par. (6).
Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a), added subsec. (h)
and redesignated former subsecs. (h) and (i) as (i) and (j),
respectively.
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a), (c), (d), redesignated
former subsec. (i) as (j), substituted "subsection (i)(3)" for
"subsection (h)(3)" in first sentence and "subsection (j)" for
"subsection (i)" in fourth sentence of par. (1), and substituted
"subsection (i)(1)" for "subsection (h)(1)" after "an order issued
under" in par. (2). Former subsec. (j) redesignated (k).
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a)(1), redesignated former
subsec. (j) as (k). Former subsec. (k) redesignated (l).
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Subsec. (k)(2)(A), (D). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 424(a), (d)(9), (e),
which directed insertion of proviso giving Board authority to
compromise, etc., any civil money penalty imposed under this
subsection and substitution of "may be assessed" for "shall be
assessed" in subsec. (j)(2)(A), and substitution of "twenty days
from the service" for "ten days from the date" in subsection
(j)(2)(D), was executed to subsec. (k)(2)(A), (D) to reflect the
probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsec. (j) as
(k) by section 132(a)(1) of Pub. L. 97-320.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a)(1), (e), redesignated
former subsec. (k) as (l) and substituted "(i)" for "(h)" after
"(g)(3), (g)(4), or". Former subsec. (l) redesignated (m).
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 427(c)(2), which directed substitution of
reference to subsec. (g)(5) for subsec. (g)(3) in subsec. (k), was
executed to subsec. (l) to reflect the probable intent of Congress
and the redesignation of subsec. (k) as (l) by section 132(a)(1) of
Pub. L. 97-320.
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a)(1), (f), redesignated
former subsec. (l) as (m) and substituted "subjection (j)" for
"subsection (i)" after "paragraph (2) of" and "subsection (i)" for
"subsection (h)" after "an order issued under". Former subsec. (m)
redesignated (n).
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
Subsecs. (n) to (p). Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 132(a)(1), redesignated
former subsecs. (m) to (o) as (n) to (p), respectively.
Pub. L. 97-320, Sec. 141(a)(8), which directed that, effective
Oct. 13, 1986, the provisions of law amended by section 132 of Pub.
L. 97-320 shall be amended to read as they would without such
amendment, was repealed by Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 509(a). See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1982 Amendment note and
Extension of Emergency Acquisition and Net Worth Guarantee
Provisions of Pub. L. 97-320 note set out under section 1464 of
this title.
1978 - Subsecs. (a) to (d). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, and
"it" and "its" for "he" and "his", respectively, where appropriate.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 107(a)(4), 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, and in par. (1)
extended coverage of provisions to include directors, officers,
committee members, employees, agents, or other persons
participating in the conduct of the affairs of any insured credit
union or credit union which has insured accounts.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 107(c)(4), 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, inserted references
to any director, officer, committee member, employee, agent, or
other person participating in the conduct of the affairs of the
credit union, and inserted in par. (1) "prior to the completion of
the proceedings conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection
(e) of this section" after "its insured members" and "and to take
affirmative action to prevent such insolvency, dissipation,
condition, or prejudice pending completion of such proceedings"
after "violation or practice".
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 107(d)(4), 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, in pars. (1), (2)
"its" for "his", in par. (3) "it" for "he", "or prohibit him" for
"and/or prohibit him", "suspension or prohibition" for "suspension
and/or prohibition", and "removal and prohibition" for "removal
and/or prohibition", and in par. (4) "or to prohibit" for "and/or
to prohibit", "removal or prohibition" for "removal and/or
prohibition", and "or prohibition" for "and/or prohibition".
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 111(d)(1), 502(b), among other
changes, substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever
appearing, in par. (1) substituted "Crime" for "felony" in two
places and "subsection (g) of this section" for "paragraph (1) or
(2) of subsection (g) of this section", inserted "which is
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year under
State or Federal law" after "or breach of trust" and ", if
continued service or participation by the individual may pose a
threat to the interests of the credit union's members or may
threaten to impair public confidence in the credit union" after
"the Board may" in two places, and inserted provision that any
notice of suspension or order of removal issued under this
paragraph remain effective and outstanding until the completion of
any hearing or appeal authorized under paragraph (3) hereof unless
terminated by the Board, and added par. (3).
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 111(d)(2), (3), 502(b),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, in par.
(1) substituted "its" for "his" and "it" for "he" and "him" and
inserted "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (h)(3)
of this section)" after "provided for in this section", and in par.
(2) substituted "subsection (h)(1)" for "subsection (h)".
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 107(e)(4), 502(b), designated
existing provisions as par. (1), added par. (2), and substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing and "its" for "his"
in par. (1).
Subsecs. (k) to (o). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing.
1977 - Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 307(a), struck out
"and that such violation or practice or breach of fiduciary duty is
one involving personal dishonesty on the part of such director,
officer, or committee member" after "or breach of fiduciary duty".
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 95-22, Sec. 307(b), substituted
"dishonesty or unfitness" for "dishonesty and unfitness" wherever
appearing.
1974 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 728(a), designated
existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 728(b), inserted "(1)" after
"(a)".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-383, Sec. 728(c), designated existing
provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3).

-CHANGE-
CHANGE OF NAME
Oversight Board redesignated Thrift Depositor Protection
Oversight Board, effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 302(a) of Pub.
L. 102-233, set out as a note under section 1441a of this title.
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board abolished, see section
14(a)-(d) of Pub. L. 105-216, set out as a note under section 1441a
of this title.


-MISC2-
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 111-203 effective on the transfer date, see
section 351 of Pub. L. 111-203, set out as a note under section 906
of Title 2, The Congress.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2004 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 108-458, title VI, Sec. 6303(d), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat.
3754, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other effective date
established pursuant to this Act [see Tables for classification],
subsection (a) shall become effective on the date of enactment of
this Act [Dec. 17, 2004], and the amendments made by subsections
(b) and (c) [amending this section and section 1820 of this title]
shall become effective at the end of the 12-month period beginning
on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 2004], whether or
not final regulations are issued in accordance with the amendments
made by this section [amending this section and section 1820 of
this title] as of that date of enactment."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Section 1501(c) of Pub. L. 102-550 provided that: "The amendments
made by this section [amending this section and section 1821 of
this title] shall take effect on December 20, 1992."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT
Section 903(e) of Pub. L. 101-73 provided that: "The amendments
made by this section [amending this section and section 1818 of
this title] shall apply with respect to violations committed and
activities engaged in after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Aug. 9, 1989]."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by sections 107(a)(4), (c)(4), (d)(4), and 111(d)(1)-
(3) of Pub. L. 95-630 effective upon expiration of 120 days after
Nov. 10, 1978, see section 2101 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 375b of this title.
Amendment by section 107(e)(4) of Pub. L. 95-630 applicable to
violations occurring or continuing after Nov. 10, 1978, see section
109 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 93 of this
title.
Amendment by section 502(b) of Pub. L. 95-630 effective on
expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional
provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note
under section 1752 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED UNDER 1986 AMENDMENT
The regulations required to be prescribed under amendment by Pub.
L. 99-570 effective at end of 3-month period beginning on October
27, 1986, see section 1364(e) of Pub. L. 99-570, set out as a note
under section 1464 of this title.

EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY ACQUISITION AND NET WORTH GUARANTEE
PROVISIONS OF PUB. L. 97-320
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as
a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect before Aug.
10, 1987, to any other provision of law to be deemed to have taken
effect before such date and any such provision of law to be in
effect as if no such amendment had been made before such date, see
section 509(c) of Pub. L. 100-86, set out as a note under section
1464 of this title.
No amendment made by section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as
a note under section 1464 of this title, as in effect on the day
before Oct. 8, 1986, to any other provision of law to be deemed to
have taken effect before such date and any such provision of law to
be in effect as if no such amendment had taken effect before such
date, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 99-452, set out as a note under
section 1464 of this title.
Section 141(a) of Pub. L. 97-320, set out as a note under section
1464 of this title, as in effect on the day after Aug. 27, 1986,
applicable as if included in Pub. L. 97-320 on Oct. 15, 1982, with
no amendment made by such section to any other provision of law to
be deemed to have taken effect before Aug. 27, 1986, and any such
provision of law to be in effect as if no such amendment had taken
effect before Aug. 27, 1986, see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 99-400,
set out as a note under section 1464 of this title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) So in original.

(!2) See References in Text note below.

(!3) So in original. Probably should be "not to".

(!4) So in original.


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12 USC Sec. 1786a 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1786a. Omitted

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section, act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 206A, as
added Pub. L. 105-164, Sec. 3(b), Mar. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 35;
amended Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(20), Oct. 13, 2006,
120 Stat. 2003, which related to regulation and examination of
credit union organizations and service providers by the National
Credit Union Administration Board, ceased to be effective as of
Dec. 31, 2001, pursuant to subsec. (f) of the section.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1787 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1787. Payment of insurance

-STATUTE-
(a) Liquidation by Board; bond; appointment of agent; fees to be
fixed by Board
(1)(A) Upon its finding that a Federal credit union insured under
this subchapter is bankrupt or insolvent, the Board shall close
such credit union for liquidation and appoint itself liquidating
agent therefor.
(B) Not later than 10 days after the date on which the Board
closes a credit union for liquidation pursuant to paragraph (1), or
accepts appointment as liquidating agent pursuant to subsection (b)
of this section, such insured credit union may apply to the United
States district court for the judicial district in which the
principal office of such insured credit union is located or the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an
order requiring the Board to show cause why it should not be
prohibited from continuing such liquidation. Except as otherwise
provided in this subparagraph, no court may take any action for or
toward the removal of any liquidating agent or, except at the
instance of the Board, restrain or affect the exercise of powers or
functions of a liquidating agent.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board as
liquidating agent of a closed Federal credit union insured under
this subchapter shall not be required to furnish bond and shall
have the right to appoint an agent or agents to assist it in its
duties as such liquidating agent. All fees, compensation, and
expenses of liquidation and administration thereof shall be fixed
by the Board and may be paid by them out of funds coming into its
possession as such liquidating agent.
(3) Liquidation to facilitate prompt corrective action. - The
Board may close any credit union for liquidation, and appoint
itself or another (including, in the case of a State-chartered
insured credit union, the State official having jurisdiction over
the credit union) as liquidating agent of that credit union, if -
(A) the Board determines that -
(i) the credit union is significantly undercapitalized, as
defined in section 1790d of this title, and has no reasonable
prospect of becoming adequately capitalized, as defined in
section 1790d of this title; or
(ii) the credit union is critically undercapitalized, as
defined in section 1790d of this title; and

(B) in the case of a State-chartered insured credit union, the
Board has complied with section 1790d(l) of this title.
(b) Powers and duties of Board as conservator or liquidating agent
(1) Rulemaking authority of Board
The Board may prescribe such regulations as the Board
determines to be appropriate regarding the conduct of the Board
as conservator or liquidating agent.
(2) General powers
(A) Successor to credit union
The Board shall, as conservator or liquidating agent, and by
operation of law, succeed to -
(i) all rights, titles, powers, and privileges of the
credit union, and of any member, accountholder, officer, or
director of such credit union with respect to the credit
union and the assets of the credit union; and
(ii) title to the books, records, and assets of any
previous conservator or other legal custodian of such credit
union.
(B) Operate the credit union
The Board may, as conservator or liquidating agent -
(i) take over the assets of and operate the credit union
with all the powers of the members or shareholders, the
directors, and the officers of the credit union and shall be
authorized to conduct all business of the credit union;
(ii) collect all obligations and money due the credit
union;
(iii) perform all functions of the credit union in the name
of the credit union which is consistent with the appointment
as conservator or liquidating agent; and
(iv) preserve and conserve the assets and property of such
credit union.
(C) Functions of credit union's officers, directors, and
shareholders
The Board may, by regulation or order, provide for the
exercise of any function by any member or stockholder,
director, or officer of any credit union for which the Board
has been appointed conservator or liquidating agent.
(D) Powers as conservator
The Board may, as conservator, take such action as may be -
(i) necessary to put the credit union in a sound and
solvent condition; and
(ii) appropriate to carry on the business of the credit
union and preserve and conserve the assets and property of
the credit union.
(E) Additional powers as liquidating agent
The Board may, as liquidating agent, place the credit union
in liquidation and proceed to realize upon the assets of the
credit union, having due regard to the conditions of credit in
the locality.
(F) Payment of valid obligations
The Board, as conservator or liquidating agent, shall pay all
valid obligations of the credit union in accordance with the
prescriptions and limitations of this chapter.
(G) Attachment of assets and injunctive relief
Subject to subparagraph (H), any court of competent
jurisdiction may, at the request of the Board (in the Board's
capacity as conservator or liquidating agent for any insured
credit union or in the Board's corporate capacity in the
exercise of any authority under this section), issue an order
in accordance with Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, including an order placing the assets of any person
designated by the Board under the control of the court and
appointing a trustee to hold such assets.
(H) Standards
(i) Showing
Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply
with respect to any proceeding under subparagraph (G) without
regard to the requirement of such rule that the applicant
show that the injury, loss, or damage is irreparable and
immediate.
(ii) State proceeding
If, in the case of any proceeding in a State court, the
court determines that rules of civil procedure available
under the laws of such State provide substantially similar
protections to such party's right to due process as Rule 65
(as modified with respect to such proceeding by clause (i)),
the relief sought by the Board pursuant to subparagraph (G)
may be requested under the laws of such State.
(I) Subpoena authority
(i) In general
The Board may, as conservator or liquidating agent and for
purposes of carrying out any power, authority, or duty with
respect to an insured credit union (including determining any
claim against the credit union and determining and realizing
upon any asset of any person in the course of collecting
money due the credit union), exercise any power established
under section 1786(p) of this title, and the provisions of
such section shall apply with respect to the exercise of any
such power under this subparagraph in the same manner as such
provisions apply under such section.
(ii) Authority of Board
A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum may be issued under
clause (i) only by, or with the written approval of, the
Board or their designees.
(iii) Rule of construction
This subsection shall not be construed as limiting any
rights that the Board, in any capacity, might otherwise have
under section 1786(p) of this title.
(J) Incidental powers
The Board may, as conservator or liquidating agent -
(i) exercise all powers and authorities specifically
granted to conservators or liquidating agents, respectively,
under this chapter and such incidental powers as shall be
necessary to carry out such powers; and
(ii) take any action authorized by this chapter,

which the Board determines is in the best interests of the
credit union, its account holders, or the Board.
(K) Exemption from criminal prosecution
The Administration shall be exempt from all prosecution by
the United States or any State, county, municipality, or local
authority for any criminal offense arising under Federal,
State, county, municipal, or local law, which was allegedly
committed by a credit union, or persons acting on behalf of a
credit union, prior to the appointment of the Administration as
liquidating agent.
(3) Authority of liquidating agent to determine claims
(A) In general
The Board may, as liquidating agent, determine claims in
accordance with the requirements of this subsection and
regulations prescribed under paragraph (4).
(B) Notice requirements
The liquidating agent, in any case involving the liquidation
or winding up of the affairs of a closed credit union, shall -
(i) promptly publish a notice to the credit union's
creditors to present their claims, together with proof, to
the liquidating agent by a date specified in the notice which
shall be not less than 90 days after the publication of such
notice; and
(ii) republish such notice approximately 1 month and 2
months, respectively, after the publication under clause (i).
(C) Mailing required
The liquidating agent shall mail a notice similar to the
notice published under subparagraph (B)(i) at the time of such
publication to any creditor shown on the credit union's books -

(i) at the creditor's last address appearing in such books;
or
(ii) upon discovery of the name and address of a claimant
not appearing on the credit union's books within 30 days
after the discovery of such name and address.
(4) Rulemaking authority relating to determination of claims
The Board may prescribe regulations regarding the allowance or
disallowance of claims by the liquidating agent and providing for
administrative determination of claims and review of such
determination.
(5) Procedures for determination of claims
(A) Determination period
(i) In general
Before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date
any claim against a credit union is filed with the Board as
liquidating agent, the Board shall determine whether to allow
or disallow the claim and shall notify the claimant of any
determination with respect to such claim.
(ii) Extension of time
The period described in clause (i) may be extended by a
written agreement between the claimant and the Board.
(iii) Mailing of notice sufficient
The requirements of clause (i) shall be deemed to be
satisfied if the notice of any determination with respect to
any claim is mailed to the last address of the claimant which
appears -
(I) on the credit union's books;
(II) in the claim filed by the claimant; or
(III) in documents submitted in proof of the claim.
(iv) Contents of notice of disallowance
If any claim filed under clause (i) is disallowed, the
notice to the claimant shall contain -
(I) a statement of each reason for the disallowance; and
(II) the procedures available for obtaining agency review
of the determination to disallow the claim or judicial
determination of the claim.
(B) Allowance of proven claims
The liquidating agent shall allow any claim received on or
before the date specified in the notice published under
paragraph (3)(B)(i) by the liquidating agent from any claimant
which is proved to the satisfaction of the liquidating agent.
(C) Disallowance of claims filed after end of filing period
(i) In general
Except as provided in clause (ii), claims filed after the
date specified in the notice published under paragraph
(3)(B)(i) shall be disallowed and such disallowance shall be
final.
(ii) Certain exceptions
Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any claim filed
by any claimant after the date specified in the notice
published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) and such claim may be
considered by the liquidating agent if -
(I) the claimant did not receive notice of the
appointment of the liquidating agent in time to file such
claim before such date; and
(II) such claim is filed in time to permit payment of
such claim.
(D) Authority to disallow claims
The liquidating agent may disallow any portion of any claim
by a creditor or claim of security, preference, or priority
which is not proved to the satisfaction of the liquidating
agent.
(E) No judicial review of determination pursuant to
subparagraph (D)
No court may review the Board's determination pursuant to
subparagraph (D) to disallow a claim.
(F) Legal effect of filing
(i) Statute of limitation tolled
For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the
filing of a claim with the liquidating agent shall constitute
a commencement of an action.
(ii) No prejudice to other actions
Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the
liquidating agent shall not prejudice any right of the
claimant to continue any action which was filed before the
appointment of the liquidating agent.
(6) Provision for agency review or judicial determination of
claims
(A) In general
Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the earlier
of -
(i) the end of the period described in paragraph (5)(A)(i)
with respect to any claim against a credit union for which
the Board is liquidating agent; or
(ii) the date of any notice of disallowance of such claim
pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(i),

the claimant may request administrative review of the claim in
accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7) or
file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before
the appointment of the liquidating agent) in the district or
territorial court of the United States for the district within
which the credit union's principal place of business is located
or the United States District Court for the District of
Columbia (and such court shall have jurisdiction to hear such
claim).
(B) Statute of limitations
If any claimant fails to -
(i) request administrative review of any claim in
accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7); or
(ii) file suit on such claim (or continue an action
commenced before the appointment of the liquidating agent),

before the end of the 60-day period described in subparagraph
(A), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed (other than any
portion of such claim which was allowed by the liquidating
agent) as of the end of such period, such disallowance shall be
final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or
remedies with respect to such claim.
(7) Review of claims
(A) Administrative hearing
If any claimant requests review under this subparagraph in
lieu of filing or continuing any action under paragraph (6) and
the Board agrees to such request, the Board shall consider the
claim after opportunity for a hearing on the record. The final
determination of the Board with respect to such claim shall be
subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5.
(B) Other review procedures
(i) In general
The Board shall also establish such alternative dispute
resolution processes as may be appropriate for the resolution
of claims filed under paragraph (5)(A)(i).
(ii) Criteria
In establishing alternative dispute resolution processes,
the Board shall strive for procedures which are expeditious,
fair, independent, and low cost.
(iii) Voluntary binding or nonbinding procedures
The Board may establish both binding and nonbinding
processes, which may be conducted by any government or
private party, but all parties, including the claimant and
the Board, must agree to the use of the process in a
particular case.
(iv) Consideration of incentives
The Board shall seek to develop incentives for claimants to
participate in the alternative dispute resolution process.
(8) Expedited determination of claims
(A) Establishment required
The Board shall establish a procedure for expedited relief
outside of the routine claims process established under
paragraph (5) for claimants who -
(i) allege the existence of legally valid and enforceable
or perfected security interests in assets of any credit union
for which the Board has been appointed liquidating agent; and
(ii) allege that irreparable injury will occur if the
routine claims procedure is followed.
(B) Determination period
Before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date any
claim is filed in accordance with the procedures established
pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Board shall -
(i) determine -
(I) whether to allow or disallow such claim; or
(II) whether such claim should be determined pursuant to
the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (5); or

(ii) notify the claimant of the determination, and if the
claim is disallowed, a statement of each reason for the
disallowance and the procedure for obtaining agency review or
judicial determination.
(C) Period for filing or renewing suit
Any claimant who files a request for expedited relief shall
be permitted to file a suit, or to continue a suit filed before
the appointment of the liquidating agent, seeking a
determination of the claimant's rights with respect to such
security interest after the earlier of -
(i) the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of
the filing of a request for expedited relief; or
(ii) the date the Board denies the claim.
(D) Statute of limitations
If an action described in subparagraph (C) is not filed, or
the motion to renew a previously filed suit is not made, before
the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which
such action or motion may be filed in accordance with
subparagraph (B), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed as
of the end of such period (other than any portion of such claim
which was allowed by the liquidating agent), such disallowance
shall be final, and the claimant shall have no further rights
or remedies with respect to such claim.
(E) Legal effect of filing
(i) Statute of limitation tolled
For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the
filing of a claim with the liquidating agent shall constitute
a commencement of an action.
(ii) No prejudice to other actions
Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the
liquidating agent shall not prejudice any right of the
claimant to continue any action which was filed before the
appointment of the liquidating agent.
(9) Agreement as basis of claim
(A) Requirements
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any agreement which
does not meet the requirements set forth in section 1788(a)(3)
of this title shall not form the basis of, or substantially
comprise, a claim against the liquidating agent or the Board.
(B) Exception to contemporaneous execution requirement
Notwithstanding section 1788(a)(3) of this title, any
agreement between a Federal home loan bank or Federal Reserve
bank and any insured credit union which was executed before the
extension of credit by such bank to such credit union shall be
treated as having been executed contemporaneously with such
extension of credit for purposes of subparagraph (A).
(10) Payment of claims
(A) In general
The liquidating agent may, in the liquidating agent's
discretion and to the extent funds are available, pay creditor
claims which are allowed by the liquidating agent, approved by
the Board pursuant to a final determination pursuant to
paragraph (7) or (8), or determined by the final judgment of
any court of competent jurisdiction in such manner and amounts
as are authorized under this chapter.
(B) Payment of dividends on claims
The liquidating agent may, in the liquidating agent's sole
discretion, pay dividends on proved claims at any time, and no
liability shall attach to the Board (in such Board's corporate
capacity or as liquidating agent), by reason of any such
payment, for failure to pay dividends to a claimant whose claim
is not proved at the time of any such payment.
(11) Distribution of assets
(A) Subrogated claims; claims of uninsured accountholders and
other creditors
The liquidating agent shall -
(i) retain for the account of the Board such portion of the
amounts realized from any liquidation as the Board may be
entitled to receive in connection with the subrogation of the
claims of accountholders; and
(ii) pay to accountholders and other creditors the net
amounts available for distribution to them.
(B) Distribution to shareholders of amounts remaining after
payment of all other claims and expenses
In any case in which funds remain after all accountholders,
creditors, other claimants, and administrative expenses are
paid, the liquidating agent shall distribute such funds to the
credit union's shareholders or members together with the
accounting report required under paragraph (14)(C).
(12) Suspension of legal actions
(A) In general
After the appointment of a conservator or liquidating agent
for an insured credit union, the conservator or liquidating
agent may request a stay for a period not to exceed -
(i) 45 days, in the case of any conservator; and
(ii) 90 days, in the case of any liquidating agent,

in any judicial action or proceeding to which such credit union
is or becomes a party.
(B) Grant of stay by all courts required
Upon receipt of a request by any conservator or liquidating
agent pursuant to subparagraph (A) for a stay of any judicial
action or proceeding in any court with jurisdiction of such
action or proceeding, the court shall grant such stay as to all
parties.
(13) Additional rights and duties
(A) Prior final adjudication
The Board shall abide by any final unappealable judgment of
any court of competent jurisdiction which was rendered before
the appointment of the Board as conservator or liquidating
agent.
(B) Rights and remedies of conservator or liquidating agent
In the event of any appealable judgment, the Board as
conservator or liquidating agent shall -
(i) have all the rights and remedies available to the
credit union (before the appointment of such conservator or
liquidating agent) and the Board in its corporate capacity,
including removal to Federal court and all appellate rights;
and
(ii) not be required to post any bond in order to pursue
such remedies.
(C) No attachment or execution
No attachment or execution may issue by any court upon assets
in the possession of the liquidating agent.
(D) Limitation on judicial review
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no court
shall have jurisdiction over -
(i) any claim or action for payment from, or any action
seeking a determination of rights with respect to, the assets
of any credit union for which the Board has been appointed
liquidating agent, including assets which the Board may
acquire from itself as such liquidating agent; or
(ii) any claim relating to any act or omission of such
credit union or the Board as liquidating agent.
(14) Statute of limitations for actions brought by conservator or
liquidating agent
(A) In general
Notwithstanding any provision of any contract, the applicable
statute of limitations with regard to any action brought by the
Board as conservator or liquidating agent shall be -
(i) in the case of any contract claim, the longer of -
(I) the 6-year period beginning on the date the claim
accrues; or
(II) the period applicable under State law; and

(ii) in the case of any tort claim, the longer of -
(I) the 3-year period beginning on the date the claim
accrues; or
(II) the period applicable under State law.
(B) Determination of the date on which a claim accrues
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the date on which the
statute of limitation begins to run on any claim described in
such subparagraph shall be the later of -
(i) the date of the appointment of the Board as conservator
or liquidating agent; or
(ii) the date on which the cause of action accrues.
(15) Accounting and recordkeeping requirements
(A) In general
The Board as conservator or liquidating agent shall,
consistent with the accounting and reporting practices and
procedures established by the Board, maintain a full accounting
of each conservatorship and liquidation or other disposition of
credit unions in default.
(B) Annual accounting or report
With respect to each conservatorship or liquidation to which
the Board was appointed, the Board shall make an annual
accounting or report, as appropriate, available to the
Comptroller General of the United States or, in the case of a
State-chartered credit union, the authority which appointed the
Board as conservator or liquidating agent.
(C) Availability of reports
Any report prepared pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be
made available by the Board upon request to any shareholder of
the credit union for which the Board was appointed conservator
or liquidating agent or any other member of the public.
(D) Recordkeeping requirement
(i) In general
Except as provided in clause (ii), after the end of the 6-
year period beginning on the date the Board is appointed as
liquidating agent of an insured credit union, the Board may
destroy any records of such credit union which the Board, in
the Board's discretion, determines to be unnecessary unless
directed not to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or
governmental agency, or prohibited by law.
(ii) Old records
Notwithstanding clause (i) the Board may destroy records of
an insured credit union which are at least 10 years old as of
the date on which the Board is appointed as liquidating agent
of such credit union in accordance with clause (i) at any
time after such appointment is final, without regard to the 6-
year period of limitation contained in clause (i).
(16) Fraudulent transfers
(A) In general
The Board, as conservator or liquidating agent for any
insured credit union, may avoid a transfer of any interest of
an institution-affiliated party, or any person who the Board
determines is a debtor of the institution, in property, or any
obligation incurred by such party or person, that was made
within 5 years of the date on which the Board becomes
conservator or liquidating agent if such party or person
voluntarily or involuntarily made such transfer or incurred
such liability with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the
insured credit union or the Board.
(B) Right of recovery
To the extent a transfer is avoided under subparagraph (A),
the Board may recover, for the benefit of the insured credit
union, the property transferred, or, if a court so orders, the
value of such property (at the time of such transfer) from -
(i) the initial transferee of such transfer or the
institution-affiliated party or person for whose benefit such
transfer was made; or
(ii) any immediate or mediate transferee of any such
initial transferee.
(C) Rights of transferee or obligee
The Board may not recover under subparagraph (B) from -
(i) any transferee that takes for value, including
satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in
good faith; or
(ii) any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such
transferee.
(D) Rights under this paragraph
The rights of the Board under this paragraph shall be
superior to any rights of a trustee or any other party (other
than any party which is a Federal agency) under title 11.
(c) Provisions relating to contracts entered into before
appointment of conservator or liquidating agent
(1) Authority to repudiate contracts
In addition to any other rights a conservator or liquidating
agent may have, the conservator or liquidating agent for any
insured credit union may disaffirm or repudiate any contract or
lease -
(A) to which such credit union is a party;
(B) the performance of which the conservator or liquidating
agent, in the conservator's or liquidating agent's discretion,
determines to be burdensome; and
(C) the disaffirmance or repudiation of which the conservator
or liquidating agent determines, in the conservator's or
liquidating agent's discretion, will promote the orderly
administration of the credit union's affairs.
(2) Timing of repudiation
The conservator or liquidating agent appointed for any insured
credit union shall determine whether or not to exercise the
rights of repudiation under this subsection within a reasonable
period following such appointment.
(3) Claims for damages for repudiation
(A) In general
Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) and
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the liability of the conservator
or liquidating agent for the disaffirmance or repudiation of
any contract pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be -
(i) limited to actual direct compensatory damages; and
(ii) determined as of -
(I) the date of the appointment of the conservator or
liquidating agent; or
(II) in the case of any contract or agreement referred to
in paragraph (8), the date of the disaffirmance or
repudiation of such contract or agreement.
(B) No liability for other damages
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "actual direct
compensatory damages" does not include -
(i) punitive or exemplary damages;
(ii) damages for lost profits or opportunity; or
(iii) damages for pain and suffering.
(C) Measure of damages for repudiation of financial contracts
In the case of any qualified financial contract or agreement
to which paragraph (8) applies, compensatory damages shall be -

(i) deemed to include normal and reasonable costs of cover
or other reasonable measures of damages utilized in the
industries for such contract and agreement claims; and
(ii) paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection
(f) of this section except as otherwise specifically provided
in this section.
(4) Leases under which the credit union is the lessee
(A) In general
If the conservator or liquidating agent disaffirms or
repudiates a lease under which the credit union was the lessee,
the conservator or liquidating agent shall not be liable for
any damages (other than damages determined pursuant to
subparagraph (B)) for the disaffirmance or repudiation of such
lease.
(B) Payments of rent
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the lessor under a lease to
which such subparagraph applies shall -
(i) be entitled to the contractual rent accruing before the
later of the date -
(I) the notice of disaffirmance or repudiation is mailed;
or
(II) the disaffirmance or repudiation becomes effective,

unless the lessor is in default or breach of the terms of the
lease;
(ii) have no claim for damages under any acceleration
clause or other penalty provision in the lease; and
(iii) have a claim for any unpaid rent, subject to all
appropriate offsets and defenses, due as of the date of the
appointment which shall be paid in accordance with this
subsection and subsection (b) of this section.
(5) Leases under which the credit union is the lessor
(A) In general
If the conservator or liquidating agent repudiates an
unexpired written lease of real property of the credit union
under which the credit union is the lessor and the lessee is
not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, the lessee
under such lease may either -
(i) treat the lease as terminated by such repudiation; or
(ii) remain in possession of the leasehold interest for the
balance of the term of the lease unless the lessee defaults
under the terms of the lease after the date of such
repudiation.
(B) Provisions applicable to lessee remaining in possession
If any lessee under a lease described in subparagraph (A)
remains in possession of a leasehold interest pursuant to
clause (ii) of such subparagraph -
(i) the lessee -
(I) shall continue to pay the contractual rent pursuant
to the terms of the lease after the date of the repudiation
of such lease; and
(II) may offset against any rent payment which accrues
after the date of the repudiation of the lease, any damages
which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance of
any obligation of the credit union under the lease after
such date; and

(ii) the conservator or liquidating agent shall not be
liable to the lessee for any damages arising after such date
as a result of the repudiation other than the amount of any
offset allowed under clause (i)(II).
(6) Contracts for the sale of real property
(A) In general
If the conservator or liquidating agent repudiates any
contract (which meets the requirements of each paragraph of
section 1788(a)(3) of this title) for the sale of real property
and the purchaser of such real property under such contract is
in possession and is not, as of the date of such repudiation,
in default, such purchaser may either -
(i) treat the contract as terminated by such repudiation;
or
(ii) remain in possession of such real property.
(B) Provisions applicable to purchaser remaining in possession
If any purchaser of real property under any contract
described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of such
property pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph -
(i) the purchaser -
(I) shall continue to make all payments due under the
contract after the date of the repudiation of the contract;
and
(II) may offset against any such payments any damages
which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance
(after such date) of any obligation of the credit union
under the contract; and

(ii) the conservator or liquidating agent shall -
(I) not be liable to the purchaser for any damages
arising after such date as a result of the repudiation
other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause
(i)(II);
(II) deliver title to the purchaser in accordance with
the provisions of the contract; and
(III) have no obligation under the contract other than
the performance required under subclause (II).
(C) Assignment and sale allowed
(i) In general
No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as
limiting the right of the conservator or liquidating agent to
assign the contract described in subparagraph (A) and sell
the property subject to the contract and the provisions of
this paragraph.
(ii) No liability after assignment and sale
If an assignment and sale described in clause (i) is
consummated, the conservator or liquidating agent shall have
no further liability under the contract described in
subparagraph (A) or with respect to the real property which
was the subject of such contract.
(7) Provisions applicable to service contracts
(A) Services performed before appointment
In the case of any contract for services between any person
and any insured credit union for which the Board has been
appointed conservator or liquidating agent, any claim of such
person for services performed before the appointment of the
conservator or the liquidating agent shall be -
(i) a claim to be paid in accordance with subsection (b) of
this section; and
(ii) deemed to have arisen as of the date the conservator
or liquidating agent was appointed.
(B) Services performed after appointment and prior to
repudiation
If, in the case of any contract for services described in
subparagraph (A), the conservator or liquidating agent accepts
performance by the other person before the conservator or
liquidating agent makes any determination to exercise the right
of repudiation of such contract under this section -
(i) the other party shall be paid under the terms of the
contract for the services performed; and
(ii) the amount of such payment shall be treated as an
administrative expense of the conservatorship or liquidation.
(C) Acceptance of performance no bar to subsequent repudiation
The acceptance by any conservator or liquidating agent of
services referred to in subparagraph (B) in connection with a
contract described in such subparagraph shall not affect the
right of the conservator or liquidating agent to repudiate such
contract under this section at any time after such performance.
(8) Certain qualified financial contracts
(A) Rights of parties to contracts
Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10) of this subsection and
notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (other than
subsection (b)(9) of this section and section 1788(a)(3) of
this title), any other Federal law, or the law of any State, no
person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising -
(i) any right such person has to cause the termination,
liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial
contract with an insured credit union which arises upon the
appointment of the Board as liquidating agent for such credit
union at any time after such appointment;
(ii) any right under any security agreement or arrangement
or other credit enhancement related to 1 or more qualified
financial contracts described in clause (i); (!1)

(iii) any right to offset or net out any termination value,
payment amount, or other transfer obligation arising under or
in connection with 1 or more contracts and agreements
described in clause (i), including any master agreement for
such contracts or agreements.
(B) Applicability of other provisions
Subsection (b)(12) of this section shall apply in the case of
any judicial action or proceeding brought against any
liquidating agent referred to in subparagraph (A), or the
credit union for which such liquidating agent was appointed, by
any party to a contract or agreement described in subparagraph
(A)(i) with such credit union.
(C) Certain transfers not avoidable
(i) In general
Notwithstanding paragraph (11), section 91 of this title or
any other Federal or State law relating to the avoidance of
preferential or fraudulent transfers, the Board, whether
acting as such or as conservator or liquidating agent of an
insured credit union, may not avoid any transfer of money or
other property in connection with any qualified financial
contract with an insured credit union.
(ii) Exception for certain transfers
Clause (i) shall not apply to any transfer of money or
other property in connection with any qualified financial
contract with an insured credit union if the Board determines
that the transferee had actual intent to hinder, delay, or
defraud such credit union, the creditors of such credit
union, or any conservator or liquidating agent appointed for
such credit union.
(D) Certain contracts and agreements defined
For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions
shall apply:
(i) Qualified financial contract
The term "qualified financial contract" means any
securities contract, forward contract, repurchase agreement,
and any similar agreement that the Board determines by
regulation, resolution, or order to be a qualified financial
contract for purposes of this paragraph.
(ii) Securities contract
The term "securities contract" -
(I) means a contract for the purchase, sale, or loan of a
security, a certificate of deposit, a mortgage loan, any
interest in a mortgage loan, a group or index of
securities, certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or
interests therein (including any interest therein or based
on the value thereof) or any option on any of the
foregoing, including any option to purchase or sell any
such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan,
interest, group or index, or option, and including any
repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction on any such
security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest,
group or index, or option (whether or not such repurchase
or reverse repurchase transaction is a "repurchase
agreement", as defined in clause (v));
(II) does not include any purchase, sale, or repurchase
obligation under a participation in a commercial mortgage
loan unless the Board determines by regulation, resolution,
or order to include any such agreement within the meaning
of such term;
(III) means any option entered into on a national
securities exchange relating to foreign currencies;
(IV) means the guarantee (including by novation) by or to
any securities clearing agency of any settlement of cash,
securities, certificates of deposit, mortgage loans or
interests therein, group or index of securities,
certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or interests
therein (including any interest therein or based on the
value thereof) or option on any of the foregoing, including
any option to purchase or sell any such security,
certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or
index, or option (whether or not such settlement is in
connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in
subclauses (I) through (XII) (other than subclause (II));
(V) means any margin loan;
(VI) means any extension of credit for the clearance or
settlement of securities transactions;
(VII) means any loan transaction coupled with a
securities collar transaction, any prepaid securities
forward transaction, or any total return swap transaction
coupled with a securities sale transaction;
(VIII) means any other agreement or transaction that is
similar to any agreement or transaction referred to in this
clause;
(IX) means any combination of the agreements or
transactions referred to in this clause;
(X) means any option to enter into any agreement or
transaction referred to in this clause;
(XI) means a master agreement that provides for an
agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I),
(III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), or (X),
together with all supplements to any such master agreement,
without regard to whether the master agreement provides for
an agreement or transaction that is not a securities
contract under this clause, except that the master
agreement shall be considered to be a securities contract
under this clause only with respect to each agreement or
transaction under the master agreement that is referred to
in subclause (I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII),
(IX), or (X); and
(XII) means any security agreement or arrangement or
other credit enhancement related to any agreement or
transaction referred to in this clause, including any
guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with
any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause.
(iii) Commodity contract
The term "commodity contract" means -
(I) with respect to a futures commission merchant, a
contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future
delivery on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market
or board of trade;
(II) with respect to a foreign futures commission
merchant, a foreign future;
(III) with respect to a leverage transaction merchant, a
leverage transaction;
(IV) with respect to a clearing organization, a contract
for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery
on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board
of trade that is cleared by such clearing organization, or
commodity option traded on, or subject to the rules of, a
contract market or board of trade that is cleared by such
clearing organization;
(V) with respect to a commodity options dealer, a
commodity option;
(VI) any other agreement or transaction that is similar
to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;
(VII) any combination of the agreements or transactions
referred to in this clause;
(VIII) any option to enter into any agreement or
transaction referred to in this clause;
(IX) a master agreement that provides for an agreement or
transaction referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III),
(IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII), together with all
supplements to any such master agreement, without regard to
whether the master agreement provides for an agreement or
transaction that is not a commodity contract under this
clause, except that the master agreement shall be
considered to be a commodity contract under this clause
only with respect to each agreement or transaction under
the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I),
(II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII); or
(X) any security agreement or arrangement or other credit
enhancement related to any agreement or transaction
referred to in this clause, including any guarantee or
reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement
or transaction referred to in this clause.
(iv) Forward contract
The term "forward contract" means -
(I) a contract (other than a commodity contract) for the
purchase, sale, or transfer of a commodity or any similar
good, article, service, right, or interest which is
presently or in the future becomes the subject of dealing
in the forward contract trade, or product or byproduct
thereof, with a maturity date more than 2 days after the
date the contract is entered into, including,(!2) a
repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction (whether or
not such repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a
"repurchase agreement", as defined in clause (v)),
consignment, lease, swap, hedge transaction, deposit, loan,
option, allocated transaction, unallocated transaction, or
any other similar agreement;

(II) any combination of agreements or transactions
referred to in subclauses (I) and (III);
(III) any option to enter into any agreement or
transaction referred to in subclause (I) or (II);
(IV) a master agreement that provides for an agreement or
transaction referred to in subclauses (I), (II), or (III),
together with all supplements to any such master agreement,
without regard to whether the master agreement provides for
an agreement or transaction that is not a forward contract
under this clause, except that the master agreement shall
be considered to be a forward contract under this clause
only with respect to each agreement or transaction under
the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I),
(II), or (III); or
(V) any security agreement or arrangement or other credit
enhancement related to any agreement or transaction
referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV),
including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in
connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in
any such subclause.
(v) Repurchase agreement
The term "repurchase agreement" (which definition also
applies to a reverse repurchase agreement) -
(I) means an agreement, including related terms, which
provides for the transfer of one or more certificates of
deposit, mortgage-related securities (as such term is
defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C.
78a et seq.]), mortgage loans, interests in mortgage-
related securities or mortgage loans, eligible bankers'
acceptances, qualified foreign government securities or
securities that are direct obligations of, or that are
fully guaranteed by, the United States or any agency of the
United States against the transfer of funds by the
transferee of such certificates of deposit, eligible
bankers' acceptances, securities, mortgage loans, or
interests with a simultaneous agreement by such transferee
to transfer to the transferor thereof certificates of
deposit, eligible bankers' acceptances, securities,
mortgage loans, or interests as described above, at a date
certain not later than 1 year after such transfers or on
demand, against the transfer of funds, or any other similar
agreement;
(II) does not include any repurchase obligation under a
participation in a commercial mortgage loan unless the
Board determines by regulation, resolution, or order to
include any such participation within the meaning of such
term;
(III) means any combination of agreements or transactions
referred to in subclauses (I) and (IV);
(IV) means any option to enter into any agreement or
transaction referred to in subclause (I) or (III);
(V) means a master agreement that provides for an
agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I),
(III), or (IV), together with all supplements to any such
master agreement, without regard to whether the master
agreement provides for an agreement or transaction that is
not a repurchase agreement under this clause, except that
the master agreement shall be considered to be a repurchase
agreement under this subclause only with respect to each
agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is
referred to in subclause (I), (III), or (IV); and
(VI) means any security agreement or arrangement or other
credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction
referred to in subclause (I), (III), (IV), or (V),
including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in
connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in
any such subclause.

For purposes of this clause, the term "qualified foreign
government security" means a security that is a direct
obligation of, or that is fully guaranteed by, the central
government of a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (as determined by regulation or
order adopted by the appropriate Federal banking authority).
(vi) Swap agreement
The term "swap agreement" means -
(I) any agreement, including the terms and conditions
incorporated by reference in any such agreement, which is
an interest rate swap, option, future, or forward
agreement, including a rate floor, rate cap, rate collar,
cross-currency rate swap, and basis swap; a spot, same day-
tomorrow, tomorrow-next, forward, or other foreign
exchange, precious metals, or other commodity agreement; a
currency swap, option, future, or forward agreement; an
equity index or equity swap, option, future, or forward
agreement; a debt index or debt swap, option, future, or
forward agreement; a total return, credit spread or credit
swap, option, future, or forward agreement; a commodity
index or commodity swap, option, future, or forward
agreement; weather swap, option, future, or forward
agreement; an emissions swap, option, future, or forward
agreement; or an inflation swap, option, future, or forward
agreement;
(II) any agreement or transaction that is similar to any
other agreement or transaction referred to in this clause
and that is of a type that has been, is presently, or in
the future becomes, the subject of recurrent dealings in
the swap or other derivatives markets (including terms and
conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and
that is a forward, swap, future, option, or spot
transaction on one or more rates, currencies, commodities,
equity securities or other equity instruments, debt
securities or other debt instruments, quantitative measures
associated with an occurrence, extent of an occurrence, or
contingency associated with a financial, commercial, or
economic consequence, or economic or financial indices or
measures of economic or financial risk or value;
(III) any combination of agreements or transactions
referred to in this clause;
(IV) any option to enter into any agreement or
transaction referred to in this clause;
(V) a master agreement that provides for an agreement or
transaction referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or
(IV), together with all supplements to any such master
agreement, without regard to whether the master agreement
contains an agreement or transaction that is not a swap
agreement under this clause, except that the master
agreement shall be considered to be a swap agreement under
this clause only with respect to each agreement or
transaction under the master agreement that is referred to
in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV); and
(VI) any security agreement or arrangement or other
credit enhancement related to any agreements or
transactions referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III),
(IV), or (V), including any guarantee or reimbursement
obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction
referred to in any such subclause.

Such term is applicable for purposes of this subsection only
and shall not be construed or applied so as to challenge or
affect the characterization, definition, or treatment of any
swap agreement under any other statute, regulation, or rule,
including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Legal Certainty for
Bank Products Act of 2000 [7 U.S.C. 27 to 27f], the
securities laws (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(47)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C.
78c(a)(47)]) and the Commodity Exchange Act [7 U.S.C. 1 et
seq.].
(vii) Treatment of master agreement as one agreement
Any master agreement for any contract or agreement
described in any preceding clause of this subparagraph (or
any master agreement for such master agreement or
agreements), together with all supplements to such master
agreement, shall be treated as a single agreement and a
single qualified financial contract. If a master agreement
contains provisions relating to agreements or transactions
that are not themselves qualified financial contracts, the
master agreement shall be deemed to be a qualified financial
contract only with respect to those transactions that are
themselves qualified financial contracts.
(viii) Transfer
The term "transfer" means every mode, direct or indirect,
absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of
disposing of or parting with property or with an interest in
property, including retention of title as a security interest
and foreclosure of the depository institution's equity of
redemption.
(ix) Person
The term "person" includes any governmental entity in
addition to any entity included in the definition of such
term in section 1 of title 1.
(E) Certain protections in event of appointment of conservator
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (other
than subsections (b)(9) and (c)(10) of this section, and
section 1788(a)(3) of this title), any other Federal law, or
the law of any State, no person shall be stayed or prohibited
from exercising -
(i) any right such person has to cause the termination,
liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial
contract with a credit union in a conservatorship based upon
a default under such financial contract which is enforceable
under applicable noninsolvency law;
(ii) any right under any security agreement or arrangement
or other credit enhancement related to 1 or more qualified
financial contracts described in clause (i); (!1)
(iii) any right to offset or net out any termination
values, payment amounts, or other transfer obligations
arising under or in connection with such qualified financial
contracts.
(F) Clarification
No provision of law shall be construed as limiting the right
or power of the Board, or authorizing any court or agency to
limit or delay, in any manner, the right or power of the Board
to transfer any qualified financial contract in accordance with
paragraphs (9) and (10) of this subsection or to disaffirm or
repudiate any such contract in accordance with subsection
(c)(1) of this section.
(G) Walkaway clauses not effective
(i) In general
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and
(E), and sections 4403 and 4404 of this title, no walkaway
clause shall be enforceable in a qualified financial contract
of an insured credit union in default.
(ii) Limited suspension of certain obligations
In the case of a qualified financial contract referred to
in clause (i), any payment or delivery obligations otherwise
due from a party pursuant to the qualified financial contract
shall be suspended from the time the liquidating agent is
appointed until the earlier of -
(I) the time such party receives notice that such
contract has been transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A);
or
(II) 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day
following the date of the appointment of the liquidating
agent.
(iii) Walkaway clause defined
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "walkaway
clause" means any provision in a qualified financial contract
that suspends, conditions, or extinguishes a payment
obligation of a party, in whole or in part, or does not
create a payment obligation of a party that would otherwise
exist, solely because of such party's status as a
nondefaulting party in connection with the insolvency of an
insured credit union or the appointment of or the exercise of
rights or powers by a conservator or liquidating agent of
such credit union, and not as a result of a party's exercise
of any right to offset, setoff, or net obligations that exist
under the contract, any other contract between those parties,
or applicable law.
(H) Recordkeeping requirements
The Board, in consultation with the appropriate Federal
banking agencies, may prescribe regulations requiring more
detailed recordkeeping by any insured credit union with respect
to qualified financial contracts (including market valuations)
only if such insured credit union is in a troubled condition
(as such term is defined by the Board pursuant to section 1790a
of this title).
(9) Transfer of qualified financial contracts
(A) In general
In making any transfer of assets or liabilities of a credit
union in default which includes any qualified financial
contract, the conservator or liquidating agent for such credit
union shall either -
(i) transfer to 1 financial institution, other than a
financial institution for which a conservator, receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been
appointed or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding -
(I) all qualified financial contracts between any person
or any affiliate of such person and the credit union in
default;
(II) all claims of such person or any affiliate of such
person against such credit union under any such contract
(other than any claim which, under the terms of any such
contract, is subordinated to the claims of general
unsecured creditors of such credit union);
(III) all claims of such credit union against such person
or any affiliate of such person under any such contract;
and
(IV) all property securing or any other credit
enhancement for any contract described in subclause (I) or
any claim described in subclause (II) or (III) under any
such contract; or

(ii) transfer none of the qualified financial contracts,
claims, property or other credit enhancement referred to in
clause (i) (with respect to such person and any affiliate of
such person).
(B) Transfer to foreign bank, foreign financial institution, or
branch or agency of a foreign bank or financial institution
In transferring any qualified financial contracts and related
claims and property under subparagraph (A)(i), the conservator
or liquidating agent for the credit union shall not make such
transfer to a foreign bank, financial institution organized
under the laws of a foreign country, or a branch or agency of a
foreign bank or financial institution unless, under the law
applicable to such bank, financial institution, branch or
agency, to the qualified financial contracts, and to any
netting contract, any security agreement or arrangement or
other credit enhancement related to 1 or more qualified
financial contracts, the contractual rights of the parties to
such qualified financial contracts, netting contracts, security
agreements or arrangements, or other credit enhancements are
enforceable substantially to the same extent as permitted under
this section.
(C) Transfer of contracts subject to the rules of a clearing
organization
In the event that a conservator or liquidating agent
transfers any qualified financial contract and related claims,
property, and credit enhancements pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(i) and such contract is cleared by or subject to the rules
of a clearing organization, the clearing organization shall not
be required to accept the transferee as a member by virtue of
the transfer.
(D) Definitions
For purposes of this paragraph -
(i) the term "financial institution" means a broker or
dealer, a depository institution, a futures commission
merchant, a credit union, or any other institution, as
determined by the Board by regulation to be a financial
institution; and
(ii) the term "clearing organization" has the same meaning
as in section 4402 of this title.
(10) Notification of transfer
(A) In general
If -
(i) the conservator or liquidating agent for an insured
credit union in default makes any transfer of the assets and
liabilities of such credit union; and
(ii) the transfer includes any qualified financial
contract,

the conservator or liquidating agent shall notify any person
who is a party to any such contract of such transfer by 5:00
p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of
the appointment of the liquidating agent in the case of a
liquidation, or the business day following such transfer in the
case of a conservatorship.
(B) Certain rights not enforceable
(i) Liquidation
A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract
with an insured credit union may not exercise any right that
such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract
under paragraph (8)(A) of this subsection or section 4403 or
4404 of this title, solely by reason of or incidental to the
appointment of a liquidating agent for the credit union
institution (or the insolvency or financial condition of the
credit union for which the liquidating agent has been
appointed) -
(I) until 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day
following the date of the appointment of the liquidating
agent; or
(II) after the person has received notice that the
contract has been transferred pursuant to paragraph (9)(A).
(ii) Conservatorship
A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract
with an insured credit union may not exercise any right that
such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract
under paragraph (8)(E) of this subsection or section 4403 or
4404 of this title, solely by reason of or incidental to the
appointment of a conservator for the credit union or (!3) the
insolvency or financial condition of the credit union for
which the conservator has been appointed).

(iii) Notice
For purposes of this paragraph, the Board as conservator or
liquidating agent of an insured credit union shall be deemed
to have notified a person who is a party to a qualified
financial contract with such credit union if the Board has
taken steps reasonably calculated to provide notice to such
person by the time specified in subparagraph (A).
(C) Treatment of bridge banks (!4)

The following institutions shall not be considered to be a
financial institution for which a conservator, receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been
appointed or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding for purposes of paragraph (9):
(i) A bridge depository institution.
(ii) A credit union organized by the Board, for which a
conservator is appointed either -
(I) immediately upon the organization of the credit
union; or
(II) at the time of a purchase and assumption transaction
between the credit union and the Board as receiver for a
credit union in default.
(D) "Business day" defined
For purposes of this paragraph, the term "business day" means
any day other than any Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which
either the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York is closed.
(11) Disaffirmance or repudiation of qualified financial
contracts
In exercising the rights of disaffirmance or repudiation of a
conservator or liquidating agent with respect to any qualified
financial contract to which an insured credit union is a party,
the conservator or liquidating agent for such credit union shall
either -
(A) disaffirm or repudiate all qualified financial contracts
between -
(i) any person or any affiliate of such person; and
(ii) the credit union in default; or

(B) disaffirm or repudiate none of the qualified financial
contracts referred to in subparagraph (A) (with respect to such
person or any affiliate of such person).
(12) Certain security interests not avoidable
No provision of this subsection shall be construed as
permitting the avoidance of any legally enforceable or perfected
security interest in any of the assets of any credit union except
where such an interest is taken in contemplation of the credit
union's insolvency or with the intent to hinder, delay, or
defraud the credit union or the creditors of such credit union.
(13) Authority to enforce contracts
(A) In general
The conservator or liquidating agent may enforce any
contract, other than a director's or officer's liability
insurance contract or a credit union bond, entered into by the
credit union notwithstanding any provision of the contract
providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise
of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the
appointment of or the exercise of rights or powers by a
conservator or liquidating agent.
(B) Certain rights not affected
No provision of this paragraph may be construed as impairing
or affecting any right of the conservator or liquidating agent
to enforce or recover under a directors or officers liability
insurance contract or credit union bond under other applicable
law.
(C) Consent requirement
(i) In general
Except as otherwise provided by this section, no person may
exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or
declare a default under any contract to which the credit
union is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise
control over any property of the credit union or affect any
contractual rights of the credit union, without the consent
of the conservator or liquidating agent, as appropriate,
during the 45-day period beginning on the date of the
appointment of the conservator, or during the 90-day period
beginning on the date of the appointment of the liquidating
agent, as applicable.
(ii) Certain exceptions
No provision of this subparagraph shall apply to a director
or officer liability insurance contract or a credit union
bond, or to the rights of parties to certain qualified
financial contracts pursuant to paragraph (8), or shall be
construed as permitting the conservator or liquidating agent
to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of
such contract.
(iii) Rule of construction
Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to limit or
otherwise affect the applicability of title 11.
(14) Exception for Federal Reserve and Federal home loan banks
No provision of this subsection shall apply with respect to -
(A) any extension of credit from any Federal home loan bank
or Federal Reserve bank to any insured depository institution;
or
(B) any security interest in the assets of the institution
securing any such extension of credit.
(15) Savings clause
The meanings of terms used in this subsection are applicable
for purposes of this subsection only, and shall not be construed
or applied so as to challenge or affect the characterization,
definition, or treatment of any similar terms under any other
statute, regulation, or rule, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act, the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000 [7 U.S.C.
27 to 27f], the securities laws (as that term is defined in
section (a)(47) (!5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and
the Commodity Exchange Act [7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.].

(d) Payment of insured deposits
(1) In general
In case of the liquidation of any insured credit union, payment
of the insured deposits in such credit union shall be made by the
Board as soon as possible, subject to the provisions of
subsection (e) of this section, either by cash or by making
available to each accountholder a transferred deposit in a new
credit union in the same community or in another insured credit
union in an amount equal to the insured deposit of such
accountholder.
(2) Proof of claims
The Board, in its discretion, may require proof of claims to be
filed and may approve or reject such claims for insured deposits.
(3) Resolution of disputes
A determination by the Administration regarding any claim for
insurance coverage shall be treated as a final determination for
purposes of this section. In its discretion, the Board may
promulgate regulations prescribing procedures for resolving any
disputed claim relating to any insured deposit or any
determination of insurance coverage with respect to any deposit.
A final determination made by the Board regarding any claim for
insurance coverage shall be a final agency action reviewable in
accordance with chapter 7 of title 5 by the United States
district court for the Federal judicial district where the
principal place of business of the credit union is located.
(4) Statute of limitations
Any request for review of a final determination by the Board
regarding any claim for insurance coverage shall be filed with
the appropriate United States district court not later than 60
days after the date on which such determination is issued.
(e) Subrogation of Board
(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of
any State, or the constitution of any State, the Board, upon the
payment to any accountholder as provided in subsection (d) of
this section in connection with any insured credit union
described in such subsection or the assumption of any deposit in
such credit union by another insured credit union pursuant to
this section, shall be subrogated to all rights of the
accountholder against such credit union to the extent of such
payment or assumption.
(2) Dividends on subrogated amounts
The subrogation of the Board under paragraph (1) with respect
to any insured credit union shall include the right on the part
of the Board to receive the same dividends from the proceeds of
the assets of such credit union as would have been payable to the
accountholder on a claim for the insured deposit, but such
accountholder shall retain such claim for any uninsured or
unassumed portion of the deposit.
(f) Valuation of claims in default
(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or the law
of any State, this subsection shall govern the rights of the
creditors (other than insured accountholders) of such credit
union.
(2) Maximum liability
The maximum liability of the Board, acting as liquidating agent
or in any other capacity, to any person having a claim against
the liquidating agent or the insured credit union for which such
liquidating agent is appointed shall equal the amount such
claimant would have received if the Board had liquidated the
assets and liabilities of such credit union without exercising
the Board's authority under subsection (n) of this section.
(3) Additional payments authorized
(A) In general
The Board may, in its discretion and in the interests of
minimizing its losses, use its own resources to make additional
payments or credit additional amounts to or with respect to or
for the account of any claimant or category of claimants. The
Board shall not be obligated, as a result of having made any
such payment or credited any such amount to or with respect to
or for the account of any claimant or category of claimants, to
make payments to any other claimant or category of claimants.
(B) Manner of payment
The Board may make the payments or credit the amounts
specified in subparagraph (A) directly to the claimants or may
make such payments or credit such amounts to an open insured
credit union to induce the open insured credit union to accept
liability for such claims.
(g) Limitation on court action
Except as provided in this section, no court may take any action,
except at the request of the Board of Directors by regulation or
order, to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions of
the Board as a conservator or a liquidating agent.
(h) Liability of directors and officers
A director or officer of an insured credit union may be held
personally liable for monetary damages in any civil action by, on
behalf of, or at the request or direction of the Board, which
action is prosecuted wholly or partially for the benefit of the
Board -
(1) acting as conservator or liquidating agent of such insured
credit union,
(2) acting based upon a suit, claim, or cause of action
purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed by such
liquidating agent or conservator, or
(3) acting based upon a suit, claim, or cause of action
purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed in whole or in
part by an insured credit union or its affiliate in connection
with assistance provided under section 1788 of this title,

for gross negligence, including any similar conduct or conduct that
demonstrates a greater disregard of a duty of care (than gross
negligence) including intentional tortious conduct, as such terms
are defined and determined under applicable State law. Nothing in
this paragraph shall impair or affect any right, if any, of the
Board under other applicable law.
(i) Damages
In any proceeding related to any claim against an insured credit
union's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant,
appraiser, or any other party employed by or providing services to
an insured credit union, recoverable damages determined to result
from the improvident or otherwise improper use or investment of any
insured credit union's assets shall include principal losses and
appropriate interest.
(j) Board as liquidating agent of State-chartered credit unions
Whenever any insured State-chartered credit union shall have been
closed by action of its board of directors or by the commission,
board, or authority having supervision of such credit union, as the
case may be, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, on account of
bankruptcy or insolvency, the Board shall accept appointment as
liquidating agent therefor, if such appointment is tendered by the
commission, board, or authority having supervision of such credit
union, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, and is authorized
or permitted by State law. With respect to any such State-chartered
credit union, the Board as such liquidating agent shall possess all
the rights, powers, and privileges granted by State law to a
liquidating agent of a State-chartered credit union. For the
purposes of this subsection, the term "liquidating agent" includes
a liquidating agent, receiver, conservator, commission, person, or
other agency charged by law with the duty of winding up the affairs
of a credit union.
(k) Insured amounts payable
(1) Net insured amount
(A) In general
(i) Net amount of insurance payable
Subject to clause (ii) and the provisions of paragraph (2),
the net amount of share insurance payable to any member at an
insured credit union shall not exceed the total amount of the
shares or deposits in the name of the member (after deducting
offsets), less any part thereof which is in excess of the
standard maximum share insurance amount, as determined in
accordance with this paragraph and paragraphs (5) and (6),
and consistently with actions taken by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation under section 1821(a) of this title.
(ii) Insurance for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts
Notwithstanding clause (i), the Board shall fully insure
the net amount that any member or depositor at an insured
credit union maintains in a noninterest-bearing transaction
account. Such amount shall not be taken into account when
computing the net amount due to such member or depositor
under clause (i).
(iii) Noninterest-bearing transaction account defined
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "noninterest-
bearing transaction account" means an account or deposit
maintained at an insured credit union -
(I) with respect to which interest is neither accrued nor
paid;
(II) on which the account holder or depositor is
permitted to make withdrawals by negotiable or transferable
instrument, payment orders of withdrawal, telephone or
other electronic media transfers, or other similar items
for the purpose of making payments or transfers to third
parties or others; and
(III) on which the insured credit union does not reserve
the right to require advance notice of an intended
withdrawal.
(B) Aggregation
Determination of the net amount of share insurance under
subparagraph (A)(i), shall be in accordance with such
regulations as the Board may prescribe, and, in determining the
amount payable to any member, there shall be added together all
accounts in the credit union maintained by that member for that
member's own benefit, either in the member's own name or in the
names of others.
(C) Authority to define the extent of coverage
The Board may define, with such classifications and
exceptions as it may prescribe, the extent of the share
insurance coverage provided for member accounts, including
member accounts in the name of a minor, in trust, or in joint
tenancy.
(2) Government depositors or members
(A) In general
Notwithstanding any limitation in this chapter or in any
other provision of law relating to the amount of insurance
available to any 1 depositor or member, deposits or shares of a
government depositor or member shall be insured in an amount
equal to the standard maximum share insurance amount (as
determined under paragraph (5)), subject to subparagraph (C).
(B) Government depositor
In this paragraph, the term "government depositor" means a
depositor that is -
(i) an officer, employee, or agent of the United States
having official custody of public funds and lawfully
investing the same in a credit union insured in accordance
with this subchapter;
(ii) an officer, employee, or agent of any State of the
United States, or of any county, municipality, or political
subdivision thereof having official custody of public funds
and lawfully investing the same in a credit union insured in
accordance with this subchapter in such State;
(iii) an officer, employee, or agent of the District of
Columbia having official custody of public funds and lawfully
investing the same in a credit union insured in accordance
with this subchapter in the District of Columbia;
(iv) an officer, employee, or agent of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, of the Panama Canal Zone, or of any territory or
possession of the United States, or of any county,
municipality, or political subdivision thereof having
official custody of public funds and lawfully investing the
same in a credit union insured in accordance with this
subchapter in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Panama
Canal Zone, or any such territory or possession,
respectively; or
(v) an officer, employee, or agent of any Indian tribe (as
defined in section 1452(c) of title 25) or agency thereof
having official custody of tribal funds and lawfully
investing the same in a credit union insured in accordance
with this subchapter.
(C) Authority to limit deposits
The Board may limit the aggregate amount of funds that may be
invested or deposited in any credit union insured in accordance
with this subchapter by any government depositor or member on
the basis of the size of any such credit union in terms of its
assets.

(3) Notwithstanding any limitation in this subchapter or in any
other provision of law relating to the amount of insurance
available for the account of any one depositor or member, funds
invested in a credit union insured in accordance with this
subchapter pursuant to a pension or profit-sharing plan described
in section 401(d) of title 26, and funds invested in such an
insured credit union in the form of individual retirement accounts
as described in section 408(a) of title 26, shall be insured in the
amount of "$250,000 (!6) (which amount shall be subject to
inflation adjustments as provided under section 1821(a)(1)(F) of
this title, except that $250,000 (!7) shall be substituted for
$100,000 (!7) wherever such term appears in such section)" (!6) per
account. As to any plan qualifying under section 401(d) or section
408(a) of title 26, the term "per account" means the present vested
and ascertainable interest of each beneficiary under the plan,
excluding any remainder interest created by, or as a result of, the
plan.


(4) Coverage for certain employee benefit plan deposits
(A) Pass-through insurance
The Administration shall provide pass-through share insurance
for the deposits or shares of any employee benefit plan.
(B) Prohibition on acceptance of deposits
An insured credit union that is not well capitalized or
adequately capitalized may not accept employee benefit plan
deposits.
(C) Definitions
For purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions
shall apply:
(i) Capital standards
The terms "well capitalized" and "adequately capitalized"
have the same meanings as in section 1790d(c) of this title.
(ii) Employee benefit plan
The term "employee benefit plan" -
(I) has the meaning given to such term in section 1002(3)
of title 29;
(II) includes any plan described in section 401(d) of
title 26; and
(III) includes any eligible deferred compensation plan
described in section 457 of title 26.
(iii) Pass-through share insurance
The term "pass-through share insurance" means, with respect
to an employee benefit plan, insurance coverage based on the
interest of each participant, in accordance with regulations
issued by the Administration.
(D) Rule of construction
No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as
authorizing an insured credit union to accept the deposits of
an employee benefit plan in an amount greater than such credit
union is authorized to accept under any other provision of
Federal or State law.
(5) Standard maximum share insurance amount defined
For purposes of this chapter, the term "standard maximum share
insurance amount" means $250,000, adjusted as provided under
section 1821(a)(1)(F) of this title.
(l) Payment; discharge of liability
Payment of an insured account to any person by the Board shall
discharge the Board to the same extent that payment to such person
by the closed insured credit union would have discharged it from
liability for the insured account.
(m) Undisclosed names
Except as otherwise prescribed by the Board, the Board shall not
be required to recognize as the owner of any portion of an account
appearing on the records of the closed credit union under a name
other than that of the claimant any person whose name or interest
as such owner is not disclosed on the records of such closed credit
union as part owner of such account, if such recognition would
increase the aggregate amount of the insured accounts in such
closed credit union.
(n) Withholding of payment due to liability of credit union member
The Board may withhold payment of such portion of the insured
account of any member of a closed credit union as may be required
to provide for the payment of any direct or indirect liability of
such member to the closed credit union or its liquidating agent,
which is not offset against a claim due from such credit union,
pending the determination and payment of such liability by such
member or any other person liable therefor.
(o) Unclaimed insured accounts; limitations
If, after the Board shall have given at least four months' notice
to the member by mailing a copy thereof to his last-known address
appearing on the records of the closed credit union, any member of
the closed credit union shall fail to claim his insured account
from the Board within 18 months after the appointment of the
liquidating agent for the closed credit union, all rights of the
member against the Board with respect to the insured accounts shall
be barred, and all rights of the member against the closed credit
union, or the estate to which the Board may have become subrogated,
shall thereupon revert to the member.
(p) Sale of assets; security for loans; approval of court;
agreements affecting interest of Board in any asset acquired by
it
(1) Liquidating agents of insured credit unions closed for
liquidation on account of bankruptcy or insolvency may offer the
assets of such credit unions for sale to the Board or as security
for loans from the Board, upon receiving permission from the
commission, board, or authority having supervision of such credit
union, in the case of an insured State-chartered credit union, in
accordance with express provisions of State law. The proceeds of
every such sale or loan shall be utilized for the same purposes and
in the same manner as other funds realized from the liquidation of
the assets of such credit unions. The Board, in its discretion, may
make loans on the security of or may purchase and liquidate or sell
any part of the assets of an insured credit union closed for
liquidation on account of bankruptcy or insolvency, but in any case
in which the Board is acting as liquidating agent of a closed
insured credit union, no such loan or purchase shall be made
without the approval of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) No agreement which tends to diminish or defeat the right,
title, or interest of the Board in any asset acquired by it under
this subsection, either as security for a loan or by purchase,
shall be valid against the Board unless such agreement -
(A) shall be in writing;
(B) shall have been executed by the credit union and the person
or persons claiming an adverse interest thereunder, including the
obligor, contemporaneously with the acquisition of the asset by
the credit union;
(C) shall have been approved by the board of directors of the
credit union, which approval shall be reflected in the minutes of
such board; and
(D) shall have been, continuously, from the time of its
execution, an official record of the credit union.
(q) Prohibition on certain acquisitions of assets
(1) Convicted debtors
Except as provided in paragraph (2), any individual who -
(A) has been convicted of an offense under section 215, 657,
1006, 1014, 1032, 1341, 1343, or 1344 of title 18 or of
conspiring to commit any such offense, affecting any insured
credit union for which the Board is appointed conservator or
liquidating agent; and
(B) is in default on any loan or other extension of credit
from such insured credit union which, if not paid, will cause
substantial loss to the credit union, the National Credit Union
Share Insurance Fund, or the Board,

may not purchase any asset of such credit union from the
conservator or liquidating agent.
(2) Settlement of claims
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the sale or transfer by the
Board of any asset of any insured credit union to any individual
if the sale or transfer of the asset resolves or settles, or is
part of the resolution or settlement, of -
(A) 1 or more claims that have been, or could have been,
asserted by the Board against the individual; or
(B) obligations owed by the individual to the insured credit
union or the Board.
(r) Foreign investigations
The Board, as conservator or liquidating agent of any insured
credit union and for purposes of carrying out any power, authority,
or duty with respect to an insured credit union -
(1) may request the assistance of any foreign banking authority
and provide assistance to any foreign banking authority in
accordance with section 1786(u) of this title; and
(2) may maintain an office to coordinate foreign investigations
or investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 207, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1010; amended Pub. L. 93-
495, title I, Secs. 101(c), 104(a), Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1501,
1503; Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title XIV, Sec.
1401(c), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3712; Pub. L. 96-153, title
III, Sec. 323(c), Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1120; Pub. L. 96-221,
title III, Sec. 308(c)(1), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 148; Pub. L. 99-
514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100-86, title
VII, Sec. 714(a), (b), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 654, 655; Pub. L.
101-73, title IX, Sec. 915(c), title XII, Sec. 1217(a), Aug. 9,
1989, 103 Stat. 486, 530; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV, Secs.
2521(a)(2), 2526(b), 2528(b), 2532(d), 2534(b), Nov. 29, 1990, 104
Stat. 4864, 4876, 4878, 4882, 4883; Pub. L. 103-394, title V, Sec.
501(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4143; Pub. L. 105-219, title
III, Sec. 301(b)(2), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 930; Pub. L. 109-8,
title IX, Secs. 901(a)(2), (b)(2), (c)(2), (d)(2), (e)(2), (f)(2),
(g)(2), (h)(2), (i)(2), 902(b), 903(b), 904(b), 905(b), 908(b),
Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 147, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156-159, 162,
166, 183; Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1), (2), Feb. 15, 2006, 119
Stat. 3602, 3604; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Secs. 718(b), 720(b),
721(b), 722(b), 726(21)-(23), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1997-1999,
2003; Pub. L. 109-390, Secs. 2(a)(2), (b)(2), (c)(2), 3(b), 6(b),
Dec. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 2693-2695, 2699; Pub. L. 110-289, div. A,
title VI, Sec. 1604(b)(2), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2829; Pub. L.
111-203, title III, Secs. 335(b), 343(b)(1), (3), July 21, 2010,
124 Stat. 1540, 1545.)


-STATAMEND-
AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION (K)(1)
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Sec. 343(b)(3), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1545, provided that, effective January 1, 2013, subsection
(k)(1) of this section is amended:
(1) in subparagraph (A) -
(A) by substituting "Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2),
the net amount" for "(i) net amount of insurance payable. - " and
all that follows through "paragraph (2), the net amount"; and
(B) by striking out clauses (ii) and (iii); and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by substituting "subparagraph (A)" for
"subparagraph (A)(i)".

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in subsec.
(b)(2)(G), (H), are set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure.
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, referred to in subsec.
(c)(8)(D)(v)(I), is act June 6, 1934, ch. 404, 48 Stat. 881, as
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 2B (Sec. 78a et
seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Section 3(a)(47) of the Act
is classified to section 78c of Title 15. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 78a of Title 15
and Tables.
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi),
(15), is Pub. L. 106-102, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1338, as
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title of 1999 Amendment note set out under section 1811 of
this title and Tables.
The Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000, referred to in
subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi), (15), is title IV of H.R. 5660, as enacted
by Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763,
2763A-457, which is classified to sections 27 to 27f of Title 7,
Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title of 2000 Amendment note set out under section 1 of
Title 7 and Tables.
The Commodity Exchange Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi),
(15), is act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, 42 Stat. 998, as amended,
which is classified generally to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of
Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see section 1 of Title 7 and Tables.
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec.
(k)(2)(B)(iv), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations
and Intercourse.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2010 - Subsec. (k)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111-203, Sec. 343(b)(1)(A),
designated existing provisions as cl. (i), inserted heading,
substituted "Subject to clause (ii) and the provisions of paragraph
(2), the net amount" for "Subject to the provisions of paragraph
(2), the net amount", and added cls. (ii) and (iii).
Subsec. (k)(1)(B). Pub. L. 111-203, Sec. 343(b)(1)(B),
substituted "subparagraph (A)(i)" for "subparagraph (A)".
Subsec. (k)(5). Pub. L. 111-203, Sec. 335(b), substituted
"$250,000" for "$100,000".
2008 - Subsec. (c)(10)(C)(i). Pub. L. 110-289 substituted "bridge
depository institution" for "bridge bank".
2006 - Subsec. (b)(2)(K). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 720(b), added
subpar. (K).
Subsec. (b)(15)(D). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 722(b), designated
existing provisions as cl. (i), inserted cl. heading, substituted
"Except as provided in clause (ii), after the end of the 6-year
period" for "After the end of the 6-year period", and added cl.
(ii).
Subsec. (c)(5)(B)(i)(I). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(21), inserted
"and" after semicolon.
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii)(I). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(a)(2)(A),
substituted "a mortgage loan," for "a mortgage loan, or" after
"certificate of deposit," and inserted before semicolon at end
"(whether or not such repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction
is a 'repurchase agreement', as defined in clause (v))".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii)(IV). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(a)(2)(B),
inserted "(including by novation)" after "the guarantee" and
"(whether or not such settlement is in connection with any
agreement or transaction referred to in subclauses (I) through
(XII) (other than subclause (II))" before semicolon at end.
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii)(VI) to (VIII). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec.
2(a)(2)(D), (E), added subcls. (VI) and (VII) and redesignated
former subcl. (VI) as (VIII). Former subcl. (VIII) redesignated
(X).
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii)(IX). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(a)(2)(D),
redesignated subcl. (VII) as (IX). Former subcl. (IX) redesignated
(XI).
Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(a)(2)(C), substituted "(VIII), (IX), or
(X)" for "or (VIII)" in two places.
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii)(X) to (XII). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec.
2(a)(2)(D), redesignated subcls. (VIII) to (X) as (X) to (XII),
respectively.
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(iv)(I). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(b)(2),
substituted "or reverse repurchase transaction (whether or not such
repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a 'repurchase
agreement', as defined in clause (v))" for "transaction, reverse
repurchase transaction".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(c)(2)(C),
substituted in concluding provisions "the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,
the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000, the securities
laws (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) and the Commodity Exchange Act" for "the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities Investor Protection Act of
1970, the Commodity Exchange Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and
the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi)(I). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(c)(2)(A),
substituted ", precious metals, or other commodity" for "or
precious metals" and "weather swap, option, future, or forward
agreement; an emissions swap, option, future, or forward agreement;
or an inflation swap, option, future, or forward agreement" for "or
a weather swap, weather derivative, or weather option".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi)(II). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 2(c)(2)(B),
inserted "or other derivatives" after "dealings in the swap" and
substituted "future, option, or spot transaction" for "future, or
option".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ix). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 3(b), added cl.
(ix).
Subsec. (c)(8)(G)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 109-390, Sec. 6(b), added
cls. (ii) and (iii) and struck out former cl. (ii) which defined
walkaway clause.
Subsec. (c)(13)(C). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 718(b), which directed
addition of subpar. (C) to subsec. (c)(12), was executed to par.
(13) to reflect the probable intent of Congress because par. (12)
does not contain subpars. and par. (12) was redesignated (13) by
Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 904(b)(1). See 2005 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 721(b), added par. (3) and
struck out former par. (3) which related to resolution of dispute
and adjudication of claims.
Subsec. (d)(3)(A). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(22), which directed
substitution of "with" for "to" in heading, could not be executed
because there is no subpar. (A) heading after the amendment by Pub.
L. 109-351, Sec. 721(b). See above.
Subsec. (d)(4), (5). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 721(b), added par. (4)
and struck out former pars. (4) and (5) which related to review of
the Board's final determination and the statute of limitations.
Subsec. (f)(3)(A). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(23), substituted
"category of claimants." for "category or claimants." in last
sentence.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1)(A), inserted subsec.
heading.
Subsec. (k)(1). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1)(A), added par. (1)
and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "Subject to
the provisions of paragraph (2), for the purposes of this
subsection, the term 'insured account' means the total amount of
the account in the member's name (after deducting offsets) less any
part thereof which is in excess of $100,000. Such amount shall be
determined according to such regulations as the Board may
prescribe, and, in determining the amount due to any member, there
shall be added together all accounts in the credit union maintained
by him for his own benefit either in his own name or in the names
of others. The Board may define, with such classifications and
exceptions as it may prescribe, the extent of the insurance
coverage provided for member accounts, including member accounts in
the name of a minor, in trust, or in joint tenancy."
Subsec. (k)(2). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1)(B)(ii)-(iv),
inserted par. heading, added subpar. (A), substituted subpar. (B)
designation, heading, and introductory provisions for former
subpar. (A) designation and introductory provisions which read
"Notwithstanding any limitation in this chapter or in any other
provision of law relating to the amount of insurance available for
the account of any one depositor or member, in the case of a
depositor or member who is - ", redesignated former subpar. (B) as
(C), inserted heading, and substituted "government depositor or
member" for "depositor or member referred to in subparagraph (A)".
Subsec. (k)(2)(A). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1)(B)(i),
substituted period for semicolon at end of cl. (v), realigned
margins of cls. (i) to (v), and struck out concluding provisions
which read as follows: "his account shall be insured in an amount
not to exceed $100,000 per account."
Subsec. (k)(3). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(2), substituted "
'$250,000 (which amount shall be subject to inflation adjustments
as provided under section 1821(a)(1)(F) of this title, except that
$250,000 shall be substituted for $100,000 wherever such term
appears in such section)' " for "$100,000".
Subsec. (k)(4), (5). Pub. L. 109-173, Sec. 2(d)(1)(C), added
pars. (4) and (5).
2005 - Subsec. (c)(8)(A). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(h)(2)(A)(i),
substituted "paragraphs (9) and (10)" for "paragraph (12)" in
introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(8)(A)(i). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(h)(2)(A)(ii),
substituted "such person has to cause the termination, liquidation,
or acceleration" for "to cause the termination or liquidation".
Subsec. (c)(8)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(h)(2)(A)(iii),
added cl. (ii) and struck out former cl. (ii) which read as
follows: "any right under any security arrangement relating to any
contract or agreement described in clause (i); or".
Subsec. (c)(8)(C)(i). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(i)(2), inserted
"section 91 of this title or any other Federal or State law
relating to the avoidance of preferential or fraudulent transfers,"
before "the Board".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(a)(2)(A), substituted
"subsection, the following definitions shall apply:" for
"subsection - " in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(i). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(a)(2)(B), inserted
", resolution, or order" after "any similar agreement that the
Board determines by regulation".
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(ii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(b)(2), reenacted
heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows: "The term 'securities contract' -
"(I) has the meaning given to such term in section 741 of title
11, except that the term 'security' (as used in such section)
shall be deemed to include any mortgage loan, any mortgage-
related security (as defined in section 78c(a)(41) of title 15),
and any interest in any mortgage loan or mortgage-related
security; and
"(II) does not include any participation in a commercial
mortgage loan unless the Board determines by regulation,
resolution, or order to include any such participation within the
meaning of such term."
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(iii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(c)(2), amended
heading and text of cl. (iii) generally. Prior to amendment, text
read as follows: "The term 'forward contract' has the meaning given
to such term in section 101 of title 11."
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(d)(2), amended
heading and text of cl. (iv) generally. Prior to amendment, text
read as follows: "The term 'repurchase agreement' -
"(I) has the meaning given to such term in section 101 of title
11, except that the items (as described in such section) which
may be subject to any such agreement shall be deemed to include
mortgage-related securities (as such term is defined in section
78c(a)(41) of title 15, any mortgage loan, and any interest in
any mortgage loan; and
"(II) does not include any participation in a commercial
mortgage loan unless the Board determines by regulation,
resolution, or order to include any such participation within the
meaning of such term."
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(v). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(e)(2), amended
heading and text of cl. (v) generally. Prior to amendment, text
read as follows: "The term 'transfer' has the meaning given to such
term in section 101 of title 11."
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vi). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(f)(2), added cl.
(vi).
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(vii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 905(b), added cl.
(vii).
Subsec. (c)(8)(D)(viii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(g)(2), added cl.
(viii).
Subsec. (c)(8)(E). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 902(b)(1)(A), substituted
"other than subsections (b)(9) and (c)(10)" for "other than
paragraph (12) of this subsection, subsection (b)(9)" in
introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(8)(E)(ii). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 901(h)(2)(B), added
cl. (ii) and struck out former cl. (ii) which read as follows: "any
right under any security arrangement relating to such qualified
financial contracts; or".
Subsec. (c)(8)(F), (G). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 902(b)(1)(B), added
subpars. (F) and (G).
Subsec. (c)(8)(H). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 908(b), added subpar. (H).
Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 903(b)(1), reenacted heading
without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text
related to the transfer of qualified financial contracts, claims,
and property of a credit union in default.
Subsec. (c)(10)(A). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 903(b)(2), substituted
concluding provisions for former concluding provisions which read
as follows: "the conservator or liquidating agent shall use such
conservator's or liquidating agent's best efforts to notify any
person who is a party to any such contract of such transfer by
12:00, noon (local time), on the business day following such
transfer."
Subsec. (c)(10)(B) to (D). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 903(b)(3), added
subpars. (B) and (C) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (D).
Subsec. (c)(11). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 904(b)(2), added par. (11).
Former par. (11) redesignated (12).
Subsec. (c)(12). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 904(b)(1), redesignated par.
(11) as (12). Former par. (12) redesignated (13).
Subsec. (c)(12)(A). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 902(b)(2), inserted "or
the exercise of rights or powers by" after "the appointment of".
Subsec. (c)(13), (14). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 904(b)(1),
redesignated pars. (12) and (13) as (13) and (14), respectively.
Subsec. (c)(15). Pub. L. 109-8, Sec. 904(b)(3), added par. (15).
1998 - Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(b)(2)(A),
substituted "itself" for "himself".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 301(b)(2)(B), added par.
(3).
1994 - Subsec. (c)(8)(D). Pub. L. 103-394 substituted "section
741" for "section 741(7)" in cl. (ii)(I), "section 101" for
"section 101(24)" in cl. (iii), "section 101" for "section 101(41)"
in cl. (iv)(I), and "section 101" for "section 101(50)" in cl. (v).
1990 - Subsec. (b)(2)(G), (H). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2521(a)(2),
added subpars. (G) and (H). Former subpar. (G) redesignated (I).
Subsec. (b)(2)(I). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2534(b), added subpar.
(I). Former subpar. (I) redesignated (J).
Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2521(a)(2), redesignated subpar. (G) as
(I).
Subsec. (b)(2)(J). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2534(b), redesignated
subpar. (I) as (J).
Subsec. (b)(16). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2528(b), added par. (16).
Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2526(b), added subsec. (q).
Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2532(d), added subsec. (r).
1989 - Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(1),
redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which
detailed the duties of the Board in serving as liquidating agent
for bankrupt or insolvent credit unions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(3), (4), added subsec.
(b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (j).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(3), (4), added subsec.
(c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (k).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(2), (4), added subsec.
(d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which provided for
subrogation by the Board to all rights of a member against a closed
credit union to the extent of the Board's payment to the member.
Subsecs. (e) to (i). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(3), (4), added
subsecs. (e) to (i) and redesignated former subsecs. (e) to (i) as
(l) to (p), respectively.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(2), (3), redesignated
former subsec. (b) as (j) and struck out former subsec. (j) which
provided that the power of the Board respecting liquidations was
subject to the Board's own regulations or to regulations of other
public authorities.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(3), (5), redesignated
former subsec. (c) as (k) and in par. (1), struck out first and
fifth sentences which provided that, whenever an insured credit
union was closed for liquidation on account of bankruptcy or
insolvency, the Board was to pay insured accounts as soon as
possible, and that in such cases the Board could investigate
claims, require proof of them, and require determination by a
court.
Subsec. (k)(1). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 915(c), inserted "may
investigate said claims under section 1786(p) of this title," after
"before paying the insured accounts," in last sentence.
Subsecs. (l) to (p). Pub. L. 101-73, Sec. 1217(a)(3),
redesignated former subsecs. (e) to (i) as (l) to (p),
respectively.
1987 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 714(a), designated
existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 100-86, Sec. 714(b), redesignated former
section 1788(c) of this title as subsec. (j) of this section and
substituted "subject only to the regulation of the Board, or, in
cases where the Board has been appointed liquidating agent solely
by a public authority having jurisdiction over the matter other
than said Board, subject only to the regulation of such public
authority" for "subject to the regulation of the court or other
public body having jurisdiction over the matter".
1986 - Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal
Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954" wherever
appearing, which for purposes of codification was translated as
"title 26" thus requiring no change in text.
1980 - Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 96-221 substituted "$100,000" for
"$40,000".
1979 - Subsec. (c)(2)(A)(v). Pub. L. 96-153 added cl. (v).
1978 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, "it"
for "he" and "him", and "its" for "his", where appropriate.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-630, Secs. 502(b), 1401(c), substituted
in pars. (1) and (2) "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing
and "it" and "its" for "he" and "his", respectively, where
appropriate, and added par. (3).
Subsecs. (d) to (i). Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, and "it" and "its"
for "him" and "his", respectively, where appropriate.
1974 - Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 93-495, Secs. 101(c)(1), (2),
104(a), redesignated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted
"Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), for the purposes of
this subsection" for "For the purposes of this subsection", and
substituted "$40,000" for "$20,000". As enacted section 104(a) of
Pub. L. 93-495 amended the first sentence; however the amendment
was executed to the second sentence editorially since this would
appear to be the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 93-495, Sec. 101(c)(3), added par. (2).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 335(b) of Pub. L. 111-203 effective 1 day
after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 111-203, set out as an Effective Date note under section
5301 of this title.
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Sec. 343(b)(2), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1545, provided that: "The amendments made by paragraph (1)
[amending this section] shall take effect upon the date of the
enactment of this Act [July 21, 2010]".
Pub. L. 111-203, title III, Sec. 343(b)(3), July 21, 2010, 124
Stat. 1545, provided that the amendment made by section 343(b)(3)
is effective Jan. 1, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 109-390 not applicable to any cases
commenced under Title 11, Bankruptcy, or to appointments made under
any Federal or State law, before Dec. 12, 2006, see section 7 of
Pub. L. 109-390, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 11.
Amendment by Pub. L. 109-173 effective Apr. 1, 2006, see section
2(e) of Pub. L. 109-173, set out as a note under section 1785 of
this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2005 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 109-8 effective 180 days after Apr. 20,
2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under
Title 11, Bankruptcy, before such effective date, except as
otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109-8, set out as a
note under section 101 of Title 11.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-394 effective Oct. 22, 1994, and not
applicable with respect to cases commenced under Title 11,
Bankruptcy, before Oct. 22, 1994, see section 702 of Pub. L. 103-
394, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 11.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-221 effective on Mar. 31, 1980, see
section 308(e) of Pub. L. 96-221, set out as a note under section
1817 of this title.

APPLICABILITY OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Section 308(c)(2) of Pub. L. 96-221 provided that: "The amendment
made by this subsection [amending this section] is not applicable
to any claim arising out of the closing of a credit union for
liquidation on account of bankruptcy or insolvency pursuant to
section 207 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1787) prior
to the effective date of this section [see section 308(e) of Pub.
L. 96-221, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note
under section 1817 of this title]."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-153 applicable only to claims arising
after Dec. 21, 1979, with respect to a closing of a bank, etc., see
section 323(e) of Pub. L. 96-153, set out as an Effective and
Termination Dates of 1979 Amendment note under section 1728 of this
title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 502(b) of Pub. L. 95-630 effective on
expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional
provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note
under section 1752 of this title.
Section 1402 of title XIV of Pub. L. 95-630 provided that: "This
title [amending this section and sections 1728 and 1821 of this
title] shall take effect upon enactment [Nov. 10, 1978]."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by section 101(c)(1), (2) of Pub.
L. 93-495 see section 101(g) of Pub. L. 93-495, set out as a note
under section 1813 of this title.
Section 104(b), (c) of Pub. L. 93-495 provided that:
"(b) The amendment made by this section [amending this section]
is not applicable to any claim arising out of the closing of a
credit union for liquidation on account of bankruptcy or insolvency
pursuant to section 207 of title II of the Federal Credit Union Act
(12 U.S.C. 1787) prior to the effective date of this section.
"(c) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
thirtieth day beginning after the date of enactment of this Act
[Oct. 28, 1974.]."

TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT IN STANDARD MAXIMUM SHARE INSURANCE AMOUNT
Subsec. (k)(5) of this section to apply with "$250,000"
substituted for "$100,000" during period beginning on Oct. 3, 2008,
and ending on Dec. 31, 2009, see section 5241(b)(1) of this title.

-FOOTNOTE-

(!1) So in original. Probably should be followed by "or".

(!2) So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

(!3) So in original. Probably should read "(or".



(!4) So in original. Probably should be "bridge depository
institutions".

(!5) So in original. Probably should be section "3(a)(47)".

(!6) So in original. Quotation marks probably should not appear.

(!7) So in original. Probably should be set off by quotation
marks.


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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1788 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1788. Special assistance to avoid liquidation

-STATUTE-
(a) Loans; purchase of assets; accounts; agreements affecting
interest of Board in any asset acquired by it
(1) In order to reopen a closed insured credit union or in order
to prevent the closing of an insured credit union which the Board
has determined is in danger of closing or in order to assist in the
voluntary liquidation of a solvent credit union, the Board, in its
discretion, is authorized to make loans to, or purchase the assets
of, or establish accounts in such insured credit union upon such
terms and conditions as it may prescribe. Except with respect to
the voluntary liquidation of a solvent credit union, such loans
shall be made and such accounts shall be established only when, in
the opinion of the Board, such action is necessary to protect the
fund or the interests of the members of the credit union.
(2) Whenever in the judgment of the Board such action will reduce
the risk or avert a threatened loss to the fund and will facilitate
a merger or consolidation of an insured credit union with another
insured credit union, or will facilitate the sale of the assets of
an open or closed insured credit union to and assumption of its
liability by another person, the Board may, upon such terms and
conditions as it may determine, make loans secured in whole or in
part by assets of an open or closed insured credit union, which
loans may be in subordination to the rights of members and
creditors of such credit union, or the Board may purchase any of
such assets or may guarantee any person against loss by reason of
its assuming the liabilities and purchasing the assets of an open
or closed insured credit union. For purposes of this paragraph, the
term "person" means any credit union, individual, partnership,
corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or
governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity.
(3) No agreement which tends to diminish or defeat the right,
title, or interest of the Board, in any asset acquired by it under
this subsection, either as security for a loan or by purchase,
shall be valid against the Board unless such agreement -
(A) shall be in writing;
(B) shall have been executed by the credit union and the person
or persons claiming an adverse interest thereunder, including the
obligor, contemporaneously with the acquisition of the asset by
the credit union;
(C) shall have been approved by the board of directors of the
credit union, which approval shall be reflected in the minutes of
such board; and
(D) shall have been continuously, from the time of its
execution, an official record of the credit union.
(b) Protection of Fund
For the protection of the Fund, the Board, without regard to
chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302,
3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of
title 41, may -
(1) deal with, complete, reconstruct, rent, renovate,
modernize, insure, make contracts for the management of, sell for
cash or credit, or lease, in its discretion, any real property
acquired or held by it under this section; and
(2) assign or sell at public or private sale, or otherwise
dispose of, any evidence of debt, contract, claim, personal
property, or security assigned to or held by it under this
section.

Section 6101 of title 41 shall not apply to any purchase or
contract for services or supplies made or entered into by the Board
under this section if the amount thereof does not exceed $1,000, or
to any contract for hazard insurance on any real property acquired
or held by it under this section.
(c) Money paid into Fund
Money received by the Board in carrying out this section shall be
paid into the Fund.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 208, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1013; amended Pub. L. 92-
221, Sec. 3, Dec. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 93-383, title
VII, Sec. 729, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 95-630, title
V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L. 100-86, title
VII, Sec. 714(b), (c), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 655.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (b), "chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C
(except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and
4711) of subtitle I of title 41" substituted for "the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949" and "Section 6101
of title 41" substituted for "Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States" on authority of Pub. L. 107-217, Sec. 5(c),
Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public
Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111-350, Sec. 6(c),
Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public
Contracts.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1987 - Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 100-86 redesignated subsec. (c)
as section 1787(j) of this title and subsec. (d) as (c).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing, "it" for "he" and "its" for "him", and "its"
for "his", where appropriate.
1974 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93-383 inserted provisions
relating to the voluntary liquidation of a solvent credit union and
struck out provisions subordinating loans and accounts to the
rights of members and creditors of the credit union.
1971 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 92-221 substituted "assumption of
its liability by another person" for "assumption of its liability
by another insured credit union" and "may guarantee any person
against loss by reason of his" for "may guarantee any other insured
credit union against loss by reason of its" and inserted definition
of "person" as that term is used in par. (2).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1789 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1789. Administrative provisions

-STATUTE-
(a) In carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, the Board
may -
(1) make contracts;
(2) sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law
or equity, State or Federal. All suits of a civil nature at
common law or in equity to which the Board shall be a party shall
be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the
United States district courts shall have original jurisdiction
thereof, without regard to the amount in controversy. The Board
may, without bond or security, remove any such action, suit, or
proceeding from a State court to the United States district court
for the district or division embracing the place where the same
is pending by following any procedure for removal now or
hereafter in effect, except that any such suit to which the Board
is a party in its capacity as liquidating agent of a State-
chartered credit union and which involves only the rights or
obligations of members, creditors, and such State credit union
under State law shall not be deemed to arise under the laws of
the United States. No attachment or execution shall be issued
against the Board or its property before final judgment in any
suit, action, or proceeding in any State, county, municipal, or
United States court. The Board shall designate an agent upon whom
service of process may be made in any State, territory, or
jurisdiction in which any insured credit union is located;
(3) pursue to final disposition by way of compromise or
otherwise claims both for and against the United States (other
than tort claims, claims involving administrative expenses, and
claims in excess of $5,000 arising out of contracts for
construction, repairs, and the purchase of supplies and
materials) which are not in litigation and have not been referred
to the Department of Justice;
(4) to appoint such officers and employees as are not otherwise
provided for in this chapter, to define their duties, fix their
compensation, require bonds of them and fix the penalty thereof,
and to dismiss at pleasure such officers or employees. Nothing in
this chapter or any other Act shall be construed to prevent the
appointment and compensation as an officer or employee of the
Administration of any officer or employee of the United States in
any board, commission, independent establishment, or executive
department thereof;
(5) employ experts and consultants or organizations thereof, as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5;
(6) prescribe the manner in which its general business may be
conducted and the privileges granted to it by law may be
exercised and enjoyed;
(7) exercise all powers specifically granted by the provisions
of this subchapter and such incidental powers as shall be
necessary to carry out the power so granted;
(8) make examinations of and require information and reports
from insured credit unions, as provided in this subchapter;
(9) act as liquidating agent;
(10) delegate to any officer or employee of the Administration
such of its functions as it deems appropriate; and
(11) prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem
necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
subchapter.

(b) With respect to the financial operations arising by reason of
this subchapter, the Board shall -
(1) prepare annually and submit a business-type budget as
provided for wholly owned Government corporations by chapter 91
of title 31; and
(2) maintain an integral set of accounts, which shall be
audited by the Government Accountability Office in accordance
with principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate
transactions, as provided by section 9105 (!1) of title 31.


-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 209, as added Pub. L. 91-
468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1014; amended Pub. L. 93-
604, title VII, Sec. 706, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1964; Pub. L. 95-
630, title V, Sec. 502(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681; Pub. L.
108-271, Sec. 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 109-351,
title VII, Sec. 726(24), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2003.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 9105 of title 31, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was
amended generally by Pub. L. 101-576, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 15,
1990, 104 Stat. 2853, and as so amended no longer directs audits to
be conducted in accordance with principles and procedures
applicable to commercial corporate transactions.

-COD-
CODIFICATION
In subsec. (a)(5), "section 3109 of title 5" substituted for
"section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C.
55a)" on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
In subsec. (b), "chapter 91 of title 31" and "section 9105 of
title 31" substituted for "the Government Corporation Control Act
[31 U.S.C. 841 et seq.]" and "section 105 of the Government
Corporation Control Act [31 U.S.C. 850]", respectively, on
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.
1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 109-351 substituted a semicolon
for period at end.
2004 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108-271 substituted "Government
Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 substituted "Board" for "Administrator"
wherever appearing, "its" for "his", and "it" for "he" and "him",
where appropriate.
1975 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 93-604 substituted "audited by the
General Accounting Office" for "audited annually by the General
Accounting Office".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509
of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this
title.

-FOOTNOTE-
(!1) See References in Text note below.


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12 USC Sec. 1789a 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1789a. Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal
agents; duties

-STATUTE-
Any credit union the accounts of which are insured under this
title shall be a depositary of public money and may be employed as
fiscal agent of the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to deposit public money in any such insured credit
union, and shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
enable such credit unions to become depositaries of public money
and fiscal agents of the United States. Each credit union shall
perform all such reasonable duties as depositaries of public money
and fiscal agent of the United States as may be required of it
including services in connection with the collection of taxes and
other obligations owed the United States.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 210, as added Pub. L. 95-
147, Sec. 2(c)(1), Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1227.)


-MISC1-
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 210 of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, was renumbered
section 211 and is classified to section 1790 of this title.

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12 USC Sec. 1790 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1790. Nondiscriminatory provision

-STATUTE-
It is not the purpose of this subchapter to discriminate in any
manner against State-chartered credit unions and in favor of
Federal credit unions, but it is the purpose of this subchapter to
provide all credit unions with the same opportunity to obtain and
enjoy the benefits of this subchapter.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 211, formerly Sec. 210, as
added Pub. L. 91-468, Sec. 1(3), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1015;
renumbered Sec. 211, Pub. L. 95-147, Sec. 2(c)(2), Oct. 28, 1977,
91 Stat. 1228.)

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1790a 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1790a. Board disapproval of directors, committee members, and
senior executive officers of insured credit unions

-STATUTE-
(a) Prior notice required
An insured credit union shall notify the Board of the proposed
addition of any individual to the board of directors or committee
or the employment of any individual as a senior executive officer
of such credit union at least 30 days before such addition or
employment becomes effective, if the insured credit union -
(1) has been chartered less than 2 years; or
(2) is in troubled condition, as determined on the basis of
such credit union's most recent report of condition or report of
examination.
(b) Disapproval by Board
An insured credit union may not add any individual to the board
of directors or employ any individual as a senior executive officer
if the Board issues a notice of disapproval of such addition or
employment before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the
date the agency receives notice of the proposed action pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Exception in extraordinary circumstances
(1) In general
The Board may prescribe by regulation conditions under which
the prior notice requirement of subsection (a) of this section
may be waived in the event of extraordinary circumstances.
(2) No effect on disapproval authority of Board
Such waivers shall not affect the authority of the Board to
issue notices of disapproval of such additions or employment of
such individuals within 30 days after each such waiver.
(d) Additional information
Any notice submitted to the Board by any insured credit union
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include -
(1) the information described in section 1817(j)(6)(A) of this
title about the individual; and
(2) such other information as the Board may prescribe by
regulation.
(e) Standard for disapproval
The Board shall issue a notice of disapproval with respect to a
notice submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the
competence, experience, character, or integrity of the individual
with respect to whom such notice is submitted indicates that it
would not be in the best interests of the depositors of the insured
credit union or in the best interests of the public to permit the
individual to be employed by, or associated with, such insured
credit union.
(f) Definition regulations
The Board shall prescribe by regulation a definition for the
terms "troubled condition" and "senior executive officer" for
purposes of subsection (a) of this section.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 212, as added Pub. L. 101-
73, title IX, Sec. 914(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 485.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 914(b) of Pub. L. 101-73, which directed that this
section be added to title II of "the Federal Credit Union Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1781 et seq.)" was executed by adding this section
to the Federal Credit Union Act, which comprises this chapter, as
the probable intent of Congress.

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-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1790b 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1790b. Credit union employee protection remedy

-STATUTE-
(a) In general
(1) Employees of credit unions
No insured credit union may discharge or otherwise discriminate
against any employee with respect to compensation, terms,
conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee (or
any person acting pursuant to the request of the employee)
provided information to the Board or the Attorney General
regarding any possible violation of any law or regulation by the
credit union or any director, officer, or employee of the credit
union.
(2) Employees of the Administration
The Administration may not discharge or otherwise discriminate
against any employee (including any employee of the National
Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility) with respect to
compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment
because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to the
request of the employee) provided information to the
Administration or the Attorney General regarding any possible
violation of any law or regulation by -
(A) any credit union or the Administration;
(B) any director, officer, committee member, or employee of
any credit union; or
(C) any officer or employee of the Administration.
(b) Enforcement
Any employee or former employee who believes he has been
discharged or discriminated against in violation of subsection (a)
of this section may file a civil action in the appropriate United
States district court before the close of the 2-year period
beginning on the date of such discharge or discrimination. The
complainant shall also file a copy of the complaint initiating such
action with the Board.
(c) Remedies
If the district court determines that a violation of subsection
(a) of this section has occurred, it may order the credit union or
the Administration which committed the violation -
(1) to reinstate the employee to his former position,
(2) to pay compensatory damages, or
(3) take other appropriate actions to remedy any past
discrimination.
(d) Limitations
The protections of this section shall not apply to any employee
who -
(1) deliberately causes or participates in the alleged
violation of law or regulation, or
(2) knowingly or recklessly provides substantially false
information to such an agency or the Attorney General.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 213, as added Pub. L. 101-
73, title IX, Sec. 932(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 494; amended
Pub. L. 102-242, title II, Sec. 251(b)(1), (2), Dec. 19, 1991, 105
Stat. 2332, 2333; Pub. L. 102-550, title XVI, Sec. 1604(d), Oct.
28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4084.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1992 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-550 substituted, in subpar.
(A), "union or the" for "union the" and in subpar. (B), "committee
member, or employee of any credit union" for "or employee of any
depository institution or any such bank".
1991 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-242, Sec. 251(b)(1), substituted
"In general" for "Prohibition against discrimination against
whistleblowers" in heading and amended text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows: "No federally insured credit union
may discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee with
respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
employment because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to
the request of the employee) provided information to the Board or
to the Attorney General regarding a possible violation of any law
or regulation by the credit union or any of its officers,
directors, or employees."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-242, Sec. 251(b)(2), inserted "or the
Administration" after "the credit union".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-550 effective as if included in the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, Pub.
L. 102-242, as of Dec. 19, 1991, see section 1609(a) of Pub. L. 102-
550, set out as a note under section 191 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT
Section 251(b)(3) of Pub. L. 102-242 provided that: "Paragraph
(2) of section 213(a) of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C.
1790b(a)(2)] (as added under the amendment made by paragraph (1))
shall be treated as having taken effect on January 1, 1987, and for
purposes of any cause of action arising under such paragraph (as so
effective) before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19,
1991], the 2-year period referred to in section 213(b) of such Act
shall be deemed to begin on such date of enactment."

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12 USC Sec. 1790c 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

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Sec. 1790c. Reward for information leading to recoveries or civil
penalties

-STATUTE-
The Board may pay rewards in connection with an offense affecting
an insured credit union, under the same circumstances and subject
to the same limitations that a Federal banking agency may pay
rewards under section 1831j of this title in connection with an
offense affecting a depository institution insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 214, as added Pub. L. 101-
73, title IX, Sec. 933(b), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 496.)

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12 USC Sec. 1790d 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

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Sec. 1790d. Prompt corrective action

-STATUTE-
(a) Resolving problems to protect Fund
(1) Purpose
The purpose of this section is to resolve the problems of
insured credit unions at the least possible long-term loss to the
Fund.
(2) Prompt corrective action required
The Board shall carry out the purpose of this section by taking
prompt corrective action to resolve the problems of insured
credit unions.
(b) Regulations required
(1) Insured credit unions
(A) In general
The Board shall, by regulation, prescribe a system of prompt
corrective action for insured credit unions that is -
(i) consistent with this section; and
(ii) comparable to section 1831o of this title.
(B) Cooperative character of credit unions
The Board shall design the system required under subparagraph
(A) to take into account that credit unions are not-for-profit
cooperatives that -
(i) do not issue capital stock;
(ii) must rely on retained earnings to build net worth; and
(iii) have boards of directors that consist primarily of
volunteers.
(2) New credit unions
(A) In general
In addition to regulations under paragraph (1), the Board
shall, by regulation, prescribe a system of prompt corrective
action that shall apply to new credit unions in lieu of this
section and the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1).
(B) Criteria for alternative system
The Board shall design the system prescribed under
subparagraph (A) -
(i) to carry out the purpose of this section;
(ii) to recognize that credit unions (as cooperatives that
do not issue capital stock) initially have no net worth, and
give new credit unions reasonable time to accumulate net
worth;
(iii) to create adequate incentives for new credit unions
to become adequately capitalized by the time that they either
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(I) have been in operation for more than 10 years; or
(II) have more than $10,000,000 in total assets;

(iv) to impose appropriate restrictions and requirements on
new credit unions that do not make sufficient progress toward
becoming adequately capitalized; and
(v) to prevent evasion of the purpose of this section.
(c) Net worth categories
(1) In general
For purposes of this section the following definitions shall
apply:
(A) Well capitalized
An insured credit union is "well capitalized" if -
(i) it has a net worth ratio of not less than 7 percent;
and
(ii) it meets any applicable risk-based net worth
requirement under subsection (d) of this section.
(B) Adequately capitalized
An insured credit union is "adequately capitalized" if -
(i) it has a net worth ratio of not less than 6 percent;
and
(ii) it meets any applicable risk-based net worth
requirement under subsection (d) of this section.
(C) Undercapitalized
An insured credit union is "undercapitalized" if -
(i) it has a net worth ratio of less than 6 percent; or
(ii) it fails to meet any applicable risk-based net worth
requirement under subsection (d) of this section.
(D) Significantly undercapitalized
An insured credit union is "significantly undercapitalized" -

(i) if it has a net worth ratio of less than 4 percent; or
(ii) if -
(I) it has a net worth ratio of less than 5 percent; and
(II) it -
(aa) fails to submit an acceptable net worth
restoration plan within the time allowed under subsection
(f) of this section; or
(bb) materially fails to implement a net worth
restoration plan accepted by the Board.
(E) Critically undercapitalized
An insured credit union is "critically undercapitalized" if
it has a net worth ratio of less than 2 percent (or such higher
net worth ratio, not to exceed 3 percent, as the Board may
specify by regulation).
(2) Adjusting net worth levels
(A) In general
If, for purposes of section 1831o(c) of this title, the
Federal banking agencies increase or decrease the required
minimum level for the leverage limit (as those terms are used
in section 1831o of this title), the Board may, by regulation,
and subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph,
correspondingly increase or decrease 1 or more of the net worth
ratios specified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph
(1) of this subsection in an amount that is equal to not more
than the difference between the required minimum level most
recently established by the Federal banking agencies and 4
percent of total assets (with respect to institutions regulated
by those agencies).
(B) Determinations required
The Board may increase or decrease net worth ratios under
subparagraph (A) only if the Board -
(i) determines, in consultation with the Federal banking
agencies, that the reason for the increase or decrease in the
required minimum level for the leverage limit also justifies
the adjustment in net worth ratios; and
(ii) determines that the resulting net worth ratios are
sufficient to carry out the purpose of this section.
(C) Transition period required
If the Board increases any net worth ratio under this
paragraph, the Board shall give insured credit unions a
reasonable period of time to meet the increased ratio.
(d) Risk-based net worth requirement for complex credit unions
(1) In general
The regulations required under subsection (b)(1) of this
section shall include a risk-based net worth requirement for
insured credit unions that are complex, as defined by the Board
based on the portfolios of assets and liabilities of credit
unions.
(2) Standard
The Board shall design the risk-based net worth requirement to
take account of any material risks against which the net worth
ratio required for an insured credit union to be adequately
capitalized may not provide adequate protection.
(e) Earnings-retention requirement applicable to credit unions that
are not well capitalized
(1) In general
An insured credit union that is not well capitalized shall
annually set aside as net worth an amount equal to not less than
0.4 percent of its total assets.
(2) Board's authority to decrease earnings-retention requirement
(A) In general
The Board may, by order, decrease the 0.4 percent requirement
in paragraph (1) with respect to a credit union to the extent
that the Board determines that the decrease -
(i) is necessary to avoid a significant redemption of
shares; and
(ii) would further the purpose of this section.
(B) Periodic review required
The Board shall periodically review any order issued under
subparagraph (A).
(f) Net worth restoration plan required
(1) In general
Each insured credit union that is undercapitalized shall submit
an acceptable net worth restoration plan to the Board within the
time allowed under this subsection.
(2) Assistance to small credit unions
The Board (or the staff of the Board) shall, upon timely
request by an insured credit union with total assets of less than
$10,000,000, and subject to such regulations or guidelines as the
Board may prescribe, assist that credit union in preparing a net
worth restoration plan.
(3) Deadlines for submission and review of plans
The Board shall, by regulation, establish deadlines for
submission of net worth restoration plans under this subsection
that -
(A) provide insured credit unions with reasonable time to
submit net worth restoration plans; and
(B) require the Board to act on net worth restoration plans
expeditiously.
(4) Failure to submit acceptable plan within time allowed
(A) Failure to submit any plan
If an insured credit union fails to submit a net worth
restoration plan within the time allowed under paragraph (3),
the Board shall -
(i) promptly notify the credit union of that failure; and
(ii) give the credit union a reasonable opportunity to
submit a net worth restoration plan.
(B) Submission of unacceptable plan
If an insured credit union submits a net worth restoration
plan within the time allowed under paragraph (3), and the Board
determines that the plan is not acceptable, the Board shall -
(i) promptly notify the credit union of why the plan is not
acceptable; and
(ii) give the credit union a reasonable opportunity to
submit a revised plan.
(5) Accepting plan
The Board may accept a net worth restoration plan only if the
Board determines that the plan is based on realistic assumptions
and is likely to succeed in restoring the net worth of the credit
union.
(g) Restrictions on undercapitalized credit unions
(1) Restriction on asset growth
An insured credit union that is undercapitalized shall not
generally permit its average total assets to increase, unless -
(A) the Board has accepted the net worth restoration plan of
the credit union for that action;
(B) any increase in total assets is consistent with the net
worth restoration plan; and
(C) the net worth ratio of the credit union increases at a
rate that is consistent with the net worth restoration plan.
(2) Restriction on member business loans
Notwithstanding section 1757a(a) of this title, an insured
credit union that is undercapitalized may not make any increase
in the total amount of member business loans (as defined in
section 1757a(c) of this title) outstanding at that credit union
at any one time, until such time as the credit union becomes
adequately capitalized.
(h) More stringent treatment based on other supervisory criteria
With respect to the exercise of authority by the Board under
regulations comparable to section 1831o(g) of this title -
(1) the Board may not reclassify an insured credit union into a
lower net worth category, or treat an insured credit union as if
it were in a lower net worth category, for reasons not pertaining
to the safety and soundness of that credit union; and
(2) the Board may not delegate its authority to reclassify an
insured credit union into a lower net worth category or to treat
an insured credit union as if it were in a lower net worth
category.
(i) Action required regarding critically undercapitalized credit
unions
(1) In general
The Board shall, not later than 90 days after the date on which
an insured credit union becomes critically undercapitalized -
(A) appoint a conservator or liquidating agent for the credit
union; or
(B) take such other action as the Board determines would
better achieve the purpose of this section, after documenting
why the action would better achieve that purpose.
(2) Periodic redeterminations required
Any determination by the Board under paragraph (1)(B) to take
any action with respect to an insured credit union in lieu of
appointing a conservator or liquidating agent shall cease to be
effective not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning
on the date on which the determination is made, and a conservator
or liquidating agent shall be appointed for that credit union
under paragraph (1)(A), unless the Board makes a new
determination under paragraph (1)(B) before the end of the
effective period of the prior determination.
(3) Appointment of liquidating agent required if other action
fails to restore net worth
(A) In general
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the Board shall
appoint a liquidating agent for an insured credit union if the
credit union is critically undercapitalized on average during
the calendar quarter beginning 18 months after the date on
which the credit union became critically undercapitalized.
(B) Exception
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Board may continue to
take such other action as the Board determines to be
appropriate in lieu of appointment of a liquidating agent if -
(i) the Board determines that -
(I) the insured credit union has been in substantial
compliance with an approved net worth restoration plan that
requires consistent improvement in the net worth of the
credit union since the date of the approval of the plan;
and
(II) the insured credit union has positive net income or
has an upward trend in earnings that the Board projects as
sustainable; and

(ii) the Board certifies that the credit union is viable
and not expected to fail.
(4) Nondelegation
(A) In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Board may not
delegate the authority of the Board under this subsection.
(B) Exception
The Board may delegate the authority of the Board under this
subsection with respect to an insured credit union that has
less than $5,000,000 in total assets, if the Board permits the
credit union to appeal any adverse action to the Board.
(j) Reviews required when share insurance fund experiences losses
(1) In general
If the Fund incurs a material loss with respect to an insured
credit union, the Inspector General of the Board shall -
(A) submit to the Board a written report reviewing the
supervision of the credit union by the Administration
(including the implementation of this section by the
Administration), which shall include -
(i) a description of the reasons why the problems of the
credit union resulted in a material loss to the Fund; and
(ii) recommendations for preventing any such loss in the
future; and

(B) submit a copy of the report under subparagraph (A) to -
(i) the Comptroller General of the United States;
(ii) the Corporation;
(iii) in the case of a report relating to a State credit
union, the appropriate State supervisor; and
(iv) to any Member of Congress, upon request.
(2) Material loss defined
For purposes of determining whether the Fund has incurred a
material loss with respect to an insured credit union, a loss is
material if it exceeds the sum of -
(A) $25,000,000; and
(B) an amount equal to 10 percent of the total assets of the
credit union on the date on which the Board initiated
assistance under section 1788 of this title or was appointed
liquidating agent.
(3) Public disclosure required
(A) In general
The Board shall disclose a report under this subsection, upon
request under section 552 of title 5, without excising -
(i) any portion under section 552(b)(5) of title 5; or
(ii) any information about the insured credit union (other
than trade secrets) under section 552(b)(8) of title 5.
(B) Rule of construction
Subparagraph (A) may not be construed as requiring the agency
to disclose the name of any customer of the insured credit
union (other than an institution-affiliated party), or
information from which the identity of such customer could
reasonably be ascertained.
(4) Losses that are not material
(A) Semiannual report
For the 6-month period ending on March 31, 2010, and each 6-
month period thereafter, the Inspector General of the Board
shall -
(i) identify any losses that the Inspector General
estimates were incurred by the Fund during such 6-month
period, with respect to insured credit unions;
(ii) for each loss to the Fund that is not a material loss,
determine -
(I) the grounds identified by the Board or the State
official having jurisdiction over a State credit union for
appointing the Board as the liquidating agent for any
Federal or State credit union; and
(II) whether any unusual circumstances exist that might
warrant an in-depth review of the loss; and

(iii) prepare and submit a written report to the Board and
to Congress on the results of the determinations of the
Inspector General that includes -
(I) an identification of any loss that warrants an in-
depth review, and the reasons such review is warranted, or
if the Inspector General determines that no review is
warranted, an explanation of such determination; and
(II) for each loss identified in subclause (I) that
warrants an in-depth review, the date by which such review,
and a report on the review prepared in a manner consistent
with reports under paragraph (1)(A), will be completed.
(B) Deadline for semiannual report
The Inspector General of the Board shall -
(i) submit each report required under subparagraph (A)
expeditiously, and not later than 90 days after the end of
the 6-month period covered by the report; and
(ii) provide a copy of the report required under
subparagraph (A) to any Member of Congress, upon request.
(5) GAO review
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, under such
conditions as the Comptroller General determines to be
appropriate -
(A) review each report made under paragraph (1), including
the extent to which the Inspector General of the Board complied
with the requirements under section 8L of the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) with respect to each such report;
and
(B) recommend improvements to the supervision of insured
credit unions (including improvements relating to the
implementation of this section).
(k) Appeals process
Material supervisory determinations, including decisions to
require prompt corrective action, made pursuant to this section by
Administration officials other than the Board may be appealed to
the Board pursuant to the independent appellate process required by
section 4806 of this title (or, if the Board so specifies, pursuant
to separate procedures prescribed by regulation).
(l) Consultation and cooperation with State credit union
supervisors
(1) In general
In implementing this section, the Board shall consult and seek
to work cooperatively with State officials having jurisdiction
over State-chartered insured credit unions.
(2) Evaluating net worth restoration plan
In evaluating any net worth restoration plan submitted by a
State-chartered insured credit union, the Board shall seek the
views of the State official having jurisdiction over the credit
union.
(3) Deciding whether to appoint conservator or liquidating agent
With respect to any decision by the Board on whether to appoint
a conservator or liquidating agent for a State-chartered insured
credit union -
(A) the Board shall -
(i) seek the views of the State official having
jurisdiction over the credit union; and
(ii) give that official an opportunity to take the proposed
action;

(B) the Board shall, upon timely request of an official
referred to in subparagraph (A), promptly provide the official
with -
(i) a written statement of the reasons for the proposed
action; and
(ii) reasonable time to respond to that statement;

(C) if the official referred to in subparagraph (A) makes a
timely written response that disagrees with the proposed action
and gives reasons for that disagreement, the Board shall not
appoint a conservator or liquidating agent for the credit
union, unless the Board, after considering the views of the
official, has determined that -
(i) the Fund faces a significant risk of loss with respect
to the credit union if a conservator or liquidating agent is
not appointed; and
(ii) the appointment is necessary to reduce -
(I) the risk that the Fund would incur a loss with
respect to the credit union; or
(II) any loss that the Fund is expected to incur with
respect to the credit union; and

(D) the Board may not delegate any determination under
subparagraph (C).
(m) Corporate credit unions exempted
This section does not apply to any insured credit union that -
(1) operates primarily for the purpose of serving credit
unions; and
(2) permits individuals to be members of the credit union only
to the extent that applicable law requires that such persons own
shares.
(n) Other authority not affected
This section does not limit any authority of the Board or a State
to take action in addition to (but not in derogation of) any action
that is required under this section.
(o) Definitions
For purposes of this section the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) Federal banking agency
The term "Federal banking agency" has the same meaning as in
section 1813 of this title.
(2) Net worth
The term "net worth" -
(A) with respect to any insured credit union, means the
retained earnings balance of the credit union, as determined
under generally accepted accounting principles, together with
any amounts that were previously retained earnings of any other
credit union with which the credit union has combined;
(B) with respect to any insured credit union, includes, at
the Board's discretion and subject to rules and regulations
established by the Board, assistance provided under section
1788 of this title to facilitate a least-cost resolution
consistent with the best interests of the credit union system;
and
(C) with respect to a low-income credit union, includes
secondary capital accounts that are -
(i) uninsured; and
(ii) subordinate to all other claims against the credit
union, including the claims of creditors, shareholders, and
the Fund.
(3) Net worth ratio
The term "net worth ratio" means, with respect to a credit
union, the ratio of the net worth of the credit union to the
total assets of the credit union.
(4) New credit union
The term "new credit union" means an insured credit union that -

(A) has been in operation for less than 10 years; and
(B) has not more than $10,000,000 in total assets.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 216, as added Pub. L. 105-
219, title III, Sec. 301(a), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 923; amended
Pub. L. 109-351, title V, Sec. 504, title VII, Sec. 726(25), Oct.
13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1975, 2003; Pub. L. 111-203, title IX, Sec.
988(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1938; Pub. L. 111-382, Sec. 3,
Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4135.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in
subsec. (j)(5)(A), is section 8L of Pub. L. 95-452, which is set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.


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AMENDMENTS
2011 - Subsec. (o)(2). Pub. L. 111-382 amended par. (2)
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The term 'net
worth' -
"(A) with respect to any insured credit union, means the
retained earnings balance of the credit union, as determined
under generally accepted accounting principles, together with any
amounts that were previously retained earnings of any other
credit union with which the credit union has combined; and
"(B) with respect to a low-income credit union, includes
secondary capital accounts that are -
"(i) uninsured; and
"(ii) subordinate to all other claims against the credit
union, including the claims of creditors, shareholders, and the
Fund."
2010 - Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 111-203 amended subsec. (j)
generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For purposes
of determining whether the Fund has incurred a material loss with
respect to an insured credit union (such that the inspector general
of the Board must make a report), a loss is material if it exceeds
the sum of -
"(1) $10,000,000; and
"(2) an amount equal to 10 percent of the total assets of the
credit union at the time at which the Board initiated assistance
under section 1788 of this title or was appointed liquidating
agent."
2006 - Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 726(25), inserted "any
action" before "that is required".
Subsec. (o)(2)(A). Pub. L. 109-351, Sec. 504, inserted "the"
before "retained earnings balance" and ", together with any amounts
that were previously retained earnings of any other credit union
with which the credit union has combined" before semicolon.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 111-203 effective 1 day after July 21, 2010,
except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111-203, set
out as an Effective Date note under section 5301 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 301(e), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
931, provided that:
"(1) In general. - Except as provided in paragraph (2), section
216 of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1790d] (as added by
this section) shall become effective 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 1998].
"(2) Risk-based net worth requirement. - Section 216(d) of the
Federal Credit Union Act (as added by this section) shall become
effective on January 1, 2001."

REGULATIONS
Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 301(d), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
930, provided that:
"(1) In general. - Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Board
shall -
"(A) publish in the Federal Register proposed regulations to
implement section 216 of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C.
1790d] (as added by subsection (a) of this section) not later
than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 7,
1998]; and
"(B) promulgate final regulations to implement section 216 not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
"(2) Risk-based net worth requirement. -
"(A) Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. - Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board shall
publish in the Federal Register an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking, as required by section 216(d) of the Federal Credit
Union Act, as added by this Act.
"(B) Final regulations. - The Board shall promulgate final
regulations, as required by section 216(d) not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act."

CONSULTATION REQUIRED
Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 301(c), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
930, provided that: "In developing regulations to implement section
216 of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1790d] (as added by
subsection (a) of this section), the Board shall consult with the
Secretary, the Federal banking agencies, and the State officials
having jurisdiction over State-chartered insured credit unions."

REPORT TO CONGRESS
Pub. L. 105-219, title III, Sec. 301(f), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
931, provided that: "When the Board publishes proposed regulations
pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(A) [set out above], or promulgates
final regulations pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B) [set out above],
the Board shall submit to the Congress a report that specifically
explains -
"(1) how the regulations carry out section 216(b)(1)(B) of the
Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1790d(b)(1)(B)] (as added by
this section), relating to the cooperative character of credit
unions; and
"(2) how the regulations differ from section 38 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1831o], and the reasons for
those differences."

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DEFINITIONS
Pub. L. 105-219, Sec. 3, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 914, provided
that: "As used in this Act [see Short Title of 1998 Amendment note
set out under section 1751 of this title] -
"(1) the term 'Administration' means the National Credit Union
Administration;
"(2) the term 'Board' means the National Credit Union
Administration Board;
"(3) the term 'Federal banking agencies' has the same meaning
as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C.
1813];
"(4) the terms 'insured credit union' and 'State-chartered
insured credit union' have the same meanings as in section 101 of
the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1752]; and
"(5) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury."

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12 USC Sec. 1790e 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER II - SHARE INSURANCE

-HEAD-
Sec. 1790e. Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund

-STATUTE-
(a) Establishment of Stabilization Fund
There is hereby created in the Treasury of the United States a
fund to be known as the "Temporary Corporate Credit Union
Stabilization Fund." The Board will administer the Stabilization
Fund as prescribed by section 1789 of this title.
(b) Expenditures from Stabilization Fund
Money in the Stabilization Fund shall be available upon
requisition by the Board, without fiscal year limitation, for
making payments for the purposes described in section 1783(a) of
this title, subject to the following additional limitations:
(1) All payments other than administrative payments shall be
connected to the conservatorship, liquidation, or threatened
conservatorship or liquidation, of a corporate credit union.
(2) Prior to authorizing each payment the Board shall -
(A) certify that, absent the existence of the Stabilization
Fund, the Board would have made the identical payment out of
the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (Insurance
Fund); and
(B) report each such certification to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Authority to borrow
(1) In general
The Stabilization Fund is authorized to borrow from the
Secretary of the Treasury from time-to-time as deemed necessary
by the Board. The maximum outstanding amount of all borrowings
from the Treasury by the Stabilization Fund and the National
Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, combined, is limited to the
amount provided for in section 1783(d)(1) of this title,
including any authorized increases in that amount.
(2) Repayment of advances
(A) In general
The advances made under this section shall be repaid by the
Stabilization Fund, and interest on such advance shall be paid,
to the General fund of the Treasury.
(B) Variable rate of interest
The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the first rate
determination at the time of the first advance under this
section and shall reset the rate again for all advances on each
anniversary of the first advance. The interest rate shall be
equal to the average market yield on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States with remaining periods to
maturity equal to 12 months.
(3) Repayment schedule
The Stabilization Fund shall repay the advances on a first-in,
first-out basis, with interest on the amount repaid, at times and
dates determined by the Board at its discretion. All advances
shall be repaid not later than the date of the seventh
anniversary of the first advance to the Stabilization Fund,
unless the Board extends this final repayment date. The Board
shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury on
any proposed extension, including the terms and conditions of the
extended repayment and any additional advances.
(d) Assessment authority
(1) Assessments relating to expenditures under subsection (b)
In order to make expenditures, as described in subsection (b),
the Board may assess a special premium with respect to each
insured credit union in an aggregate amount that is reasonably
calculated to make any pending or future expenditure described in
subsection (b), which premium shall be due and payable not later
than 60 days after the date of the assessment. In setting the
amount of any assessment under this subsection, the Board shall
take into consideration any potential impact on credit union
earnings that such an assessment may have.
(2) Special premiums relating to repayments under subsection
(c)(3)
Not later than 90 days before the scheduled date of each
repayment described in subsection (c)(3), the Board shall set the
amount of the upcoming repayment and shall determine whether the
Stabilization Fund will have sufficient funds to make the
repayment. If the Stabilization Fund is not likely to have
sufficient funds to make the repayment, the Board shall assess
with respect to each insured credit union a special premium,
which shall be due and payable not later than 60 days after the
date of the assessment, in an aggregate amount calculated to
ensure that the Stabilization Fund is able to make the required
repayment.
(3) Computation
Any assessment or premium charge for an insured credit union
under this subsection shall be stated as a percentage of its
insured shares, as represented on the previous call report of
that insured credit union. The percentage shall be identical for
each insured credit union. Any insured credit union that fails to
make timely payment of the assessment or special premium is
subject to the procedures and penalties described under
subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 1782 of this title.
(e) Distributions from Insurance Fund
At the end of any calendar year in which the Stabilization Fund
has an outstanding advance from the Treasury, the Insurance Fund is
prohibited from making the distribution to insured credit unions
described in section 1782(c)(3) of this title. In lieu of the
distribution described in that section, the Insurance Fund shall
make a distribution to the Stabilization Fund of the maximum amount
possible that does not reduce the Insurance Fund's equity ratio
below the normal operating level and does not reduce the Insurance
Fund's available assets ratio below 1.0 percent.
(f) Investment of Stabilization Fund assets
The Board may request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest
such portion of the Stabilization Fund as is not, in the Board's
judgment, required to meet the current needs of the Stabilization
Fund. Such investments shall be made by the Secretary of the
Treasury in public debt securities, with maturities suitable to the
needs of the Stabilization Fund, as determined by the Board, and
bearing interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on
outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of
comparable maturity.
(g) Reports
The Board shall submit an annual report to Congress on the
financial condition and the results of the operation of the
Stabilization Fund. The report is due to Congress within 30 days
after each anniversary of the first advance made under subsection
(c)(1). Because the Fund will use advances from the Treasury to
meet corporate stabilization costs with full repayment of
borrowings to Treasury at the Board's discretion not due until 7
years from the initial advance, to the extent operating expenses of
the Fund exceed income, the financial condition of the Fund may
reflect a deficit. With planned and required future repayments, the
Board shall resolve all deficits prior to termination of the Fund.
(h) Closing of Stabilization Fund
Within 90 days following the seventh anniversary of the initial
Stabilization Fund advance, or earlier at the Board's discretion,
the Board shall distribute any funds, property, or other assets
remaining in the Stabilization Fund to the Insurance Fund and shall
close the Stabilization Fund. If the Board extends the final
repayment date as permitted under subsection (c)(3), the mandatory
date for closing the Stabilization Fund shall be extended by the
same number of days.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, Sec. 217, as added Pub. L. 111-
22, div. A, title II, Sec. 204(f)(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat.
1651; amended Pub. L. 111-382, Sec. 1, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat.
4134.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2011 - Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 111-382, Sec. 1(a), inserted "and
any additional advances" before period at end.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111-382, Sec. 1(b), added subsec. (d) and
struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as
follows:
"At least 90 days prior to each repayment described in subsection
(c)(3), the Board shall set the amount of the upcoming repayment
and determine if the Stabilization Fund will have sufficient funds
to make the repayment. If the Stabilization Fund might not have
sufficient funds to make the repayment, the Board shall assess each
federally insured credit union a special premium due and payable
within 60 days in an aggregate amount calculated to ensure the
Stabilization Fund is able to make the repayment. The premium
charge for each credit union shall be stated as a percentage of its
insured shares as represented on the credit union's previous call
report. The percentage shall be identical for each credit union.
Any credit union that fails to make timely payment of the special
premium is subject to the procedures and penalties described under
subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 1782 of this title."

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12 USC SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

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12 USC Sec. 1795 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795. Congressional findings

-STATUTE-
The Congress finds that the establishment of a National Credit
Union Central Liquidity Facility is needed to improve general
financial stability by meeting the liquidity needs of credit unions
and thereby encourage savings, support consumer and mortgage
lending, and provide basic financial resources to all segments of
the economy.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 301,
as added Pub. L. 95-630, title XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92
Stat. 3719; amended Pub. L. 96-221, title III, Sec. 309(b)(1), Mar.
31, 1980, 94 Stat. 149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 1806 of title XVIII of Pub. L. 95-630 provided that:
"This title [enacting this subchapter and amending section 1757 of
this title, section 709 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure,
and section 856 of former Title 31, Money and Finance] shall take
effect on October 1, 1979."

SHORT TITLE
For short title of title XVIII of Pub. L. 95-630, Nov. 10, 1978,
92 Stat. 3719, as the "National Credit Union Central Liquidity
Facility Act", see section 1801 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as a
Short Title of 1978 Amendment note under section 1751 of this
title.

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12 USC Sec. 1795a 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795a. Definitions

-STATUTE-
As used in this subchapter, the term -
(1) "liquidity needs" means the needs of credit unions
primarily serving natural persons for -
(A) short-term adjustment credit available to assist in
meeting temporary requirements for funds or to cushion more
persistent outflows of funds pending an orderly adjustment of
credit union assets and liabilities;
(B) seasonal credit available for longer periods to assist in
meeting seasonal needs for funds arising from a combination of
expected patterns of movement in share and deposit accounts and
loans; and
(C) protracted adjustment credit available in the event of
unusual or emergency circumstances of a longer term nature
resulting from national, regional or local difficulties.

(2) "Central Liquidity Facility" or "Facility" means the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility;
(3) "paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus" means the
balance of the paid-in share accounts and deposits as of a given
date, less any loss that may have been incurred for which there
is no reserve or which has not been charged against undivided
earnings, plus the credit balance (or less the debit balance) of
the undivided earnings account as of a given date, after all
losses have been provided for and net earnings or net losses have
been added thereto or deducted therefrom. Reserves shall not be
considered as part of surplus, and
(4) "member" means a Regular or an Agent member of the
Facility.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 302,
as added Pub. L. 95-630, title XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92
Stat. 3719; amended Pub. L. 96-221, title III, Sec. 309(b)(1), (2),
Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(b)(2), substituted "title" for
"subchapter", which for purposes of codification has been
editorially translated as "subchapter", thereby requiring no
further change in text.

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12 USC Sec. 1795b 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795b. National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity
Facility; establishment; management; jurisdiction

-STATUTE-
There is created the National Credit Union Administration Central
Liquidity Facility. The Central Liquidity Facility, an
instrumentality of the United States, shall exist within the
National Credit Union Administration and be managed by the Board.
The United States district court shall have original jurisdiction
over any case to which the Board on behalf of the Facility is a
party, without regard to the amount in controversy.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 303,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3720; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(1), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat.
149; Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VIII, Sec. 2813(a)(1), July 18,
1984, 98 Stat. 1206.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1984 - Pub. L. 98-369 inserted ", an instrumentality of the
United States,".
1980 - Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" in two places, such change having been made
previously by Pub. L. 95-630.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" in two places.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section
2813(c) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 1795k of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

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12 USC Sec. 1795c 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795c. Membership

-STATUTE-
(a) Credit unions serving natural persons
A credit union primarily serving natural persons may be a Regular
member of the Facility by subscribing to the capital stock of the
Facility in an amount not less than one-half of 1 per centum of the
credit union's paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus.
(b) Credit unions serving other credit unions
A credit union or group of credit unions, primarily serving other
credit unions, may be an Agent member of the Facility by -
(1) obtaining the approval of the Board;
(2) subscribing to the capital stock of the Facility in an
amount not less than one-half of 1 per centum of the paid-in and
unimpaired capital and surplus of all those credit unions which
primarily serve natural persons, which are members of such credit
union or of any credit union comprising such credit union group,
and which are not regular members;
(3) agreeing to comply with rules and regulations the Board
shall prescribe with respect to, but not limited to, management
quality, asset and liability safety and soundness, internal
operating and control practices and procedures, and participation
of natural persons in the affairs of such credit union or credit
union group; and
(4) agreeing to submit to the supervision of the Board which
shall include, but not be limited to, reporting requirements and
periodic unrestricted examinations.
(c) Stock subscription requirements
Stock subscriptions provided for in subsections (a) and (b)(2) of
this section shall be -
(1) based on an arithmetic average of paid-in capital and
surplus over the six months preceding application and membership;
and
(2) adjusted at the close of each calendar year in accordance
with an arithmetic average of paid-in capital and surplus over a
period determined by the Board.
(d) Functions of Agent members of Facility
An Agent member of the Facility shall perform for its member
credit unions those functions required by the Board to carry out
this subchapter.
(e) Withdrawal from or termination of membership
(1) A member of the Facility whose capital stock subscription
constitutes less than 5 per centum of such stock outstanding, may
withdraw from membership in the Facility six months after notifying
the Board of its intention to do so.
(2) A member of the Facility whose capital stock subscription
constitutes 5 per centum or more of such stock outstanding, may
withdraw from membership in the Facility twenty-four months after
notifying the Board of its intention to do so.
(3) The Board may terminate membership in the Facility if, after
opportunity for a hearing, the Board determines a member has failed
to comply with any provision of this subchapter or regulation
issued pursuant thereto.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 304,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3720; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(1), (2), Mar. 31, 1980, 94
Stat. 149; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(26), Oct. 13, 2006,
120 Stat. 2003.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 109-351 substituted "the affairs
of such credit union" for "the affairs or such credit union".
1980 - Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, such
change having been made previously by Pub. L. 95-630.
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(2),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, such
change having been made previously by Pub. L. 95-630, and "title"
for "subchapter" wherever appearing, which for purposes of
codification has been editorially translated as "subchapter",
thereby requiring no further change in text.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630 set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

-End-



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12 USC Sec. 1795d 01/07/2011

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TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795d. Capital stock

-STATUTE-
(a) Opening of books; minimum subscription
As soon as practicable, the Board shall open books for
subscriptions to the capital stock of the Facility. The minimum
subscription shall be $50.
(b) Requirements
The capital stock of the Facility -
(1) shall be divided into shares having a par value of $50
each;
(2) shall be paid for with cash or with securities of the
United States or any Agency thereof in accordance with
requirements the Board may impose;
(3) shall share in dividend distributions at rates determined
by the Board. However, rates on the required capital stock shall
be without preference; and
(4) shall not be transferred or hypothecated except as provided
for herein.
(c) Redemption of stock
When circumstances require that all or a portion of a member's
stock be redeemed by the Facility, the Board shall pay an amount
equal to what the member originally paid for the stock less any
amount owed by the member to the Facility.
(d) Use of subscription amount
At least one-half of the payment for the subscription amount
required for membership under section 1795c of this title shall be
transferred to the Facility. The remainder may be held by the
member on call of the Board and shall be invested in assets
designated by the Board.
(e) Restriction on advances to credit unions
A credit union or credit union group that becomes a member of the
Facility later than six months after the date the Board opens books
for capital stock subscriptions, may not borrow or receive advances
from the Facility without approval by the Board for a period of six
months after becoming a member.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 305,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3721; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Sec. 309(a)(2), (4), (b)(1), Mar. 31, 1980, 94
Stat. 148, 149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator", such change having been previously
made by Pub. L. 95-630.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(2), (4), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, such change having
been previously made by Pub. L. 95-630, and in par. (3) inserted
specific requirement that rates on required capital stock be
without preference.
Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, such change having
been previously made by Pub. L. 95-630.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

-End-



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12 USC Sec. 1795e 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795e. Extensions of credit

-STATUTE-
(a)(1) A member may apply for an extension of credit from the
Facility to meet its liquidity needs. The Board shall approve or
deny any such application within five working days after receiving
it. The Board shall not approve an application for credit the
intent of which is to expand credit union portfolios.
(2) The Board may advance funds to a member on terms and
conditions prescribed by the Board after giving due consideration
to creditworthiness.
(3) The Board shall not advance funds for the benefit of a credit
union whose share or deposit accounts are insured by a State share
or deposit guaranty credit union, insurance corporation, or
guaranty association, without consultation with the appropriate
State share or deposit guaranty credit union, insurance
corporation, or guaranty association.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to lend to the
Facility up to $500,000,000, in the event the Board certifies to
the Secretary that the Facility does not have sufficient funds to
meet liquidity needs of credit unions. Any such loan shall bear an
interest rate not greater than one-eighth of 1 per centum above the
current average market yield on outstanding obligations of the
United States with remaining time to maturity comparable to the
maturity of such loan. The authority of the Secretary to lend under
this subsection shall be limited to such extent or in such amounts
as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 306,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3721; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(1), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat.
149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4),
substituted "Board" for "Administrator" wherever appearing, such
change having been previously made by Pub. L. 95-630.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator" wherever appearing.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

-End-



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12 USC Sec. 1795f 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795f. Powers of Board

-STATUTE-
(a) General authorities
The Board on behalf of the Facility shall have the ability to -
(1) prescribe the manner in which the general business of the
Facility shall be conducted;
(2) prescribe rules and regulations to carry out this
subchapter;
(3) determine the expenditures incurred by the Administration
to carry out this subchapter, and the expenditures incurred by
the Facility to carry out subchapters I and II of this chapter,
and annually assess the Facility and the Administration
accordingly;
(4) borrow from -
(A) any source, provided that the total face value of these
obligations shall not exceed twelve times the subscribed
capital stock and surplus of the Facility; and
(B) the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund up to
$500,000 to defray initial organizational and operating
expenses of the Facility at such rates and terms consistent
with prevailing market conditions;

(5) guarantee performance of the terms of any financial
obligation of a member but only when such obligation bears a
clear and conspicuous notice on its face that only the resources
of the Facility underlie such guarantee;
(6) purchase any asset from a member with the member's
endorsement;
(7) invest in obligations of the United States or any agency
thereof;
(8) make deposits in federally insured financial institutions
and make investments in shares or deposits of credit unions;
(9) sue and be sued, complain, and defend, in any State or
Federal court;
(10) adopt a seal;
(11) pursue to final disposition by way of compromise or
otherwise claims both for and against the United States (other
than tort claims, claims involving administrative expenses, and
claims in excess of $5,000 arising out of contracts for
construction, repairs, and the purchase of supplies and
materials) which are not in litigation and have not been referred
to the Department of Justice;
(12) appoint officers and employees to assist in carrying out
this subchapter, who shall be appointed subject to the provisions
of title 5;
(13) conduct business, carry on operations, have offices, and
exercise the powers granted by this subchapter in any State or
territory;
(14) lease, purchase, or otherwise acquire and own, hold,
improve, use, or otherwise deal in and with property, real,
personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, wherever situated;
(15) enter into contracts with any public or private
organization, partnership, corporation, or individual;
(16) advance funds on a fully secured basis to a State credit
union share or deposit insurance corporation, guaranty credit
union, or guaranty association. Such advance shall not exceed
twelve months in maturity, shall be relent at an interest rate
not exceeding that imposed by the Facility, and shall not be
renewable;
(17) exercise such incidental powers as shall be necessary or
requisite to enable it to carry out effectively the purposes for
which the facility is incorporated; and
(18) advance funds to the National Credit Union Share Insurance
Fund under such terms and conditions as may be established by the
Board.
(b) Collection and settlement of checks, share drafts, etc.;
charges; rules and regulations
(1) The Board may authorize the Central Liquidity Facility or its
Agent members, subject to such rules and regulations, including
definitions of terms used in this subsection, as the Board shall
from time to time prescribe, to be drawees of, and to engage in, or
be agents or intermediaries for, or otherwise participate or assist
in, the collection and settlement of (including presentment,
clearing, and payment of, and remitting for), checks, share drafts,
or any other negotiable or nonnegotiable items or instruments of
payment drawn on or issued by members of the Central Liquidity
Facility, any of its Agent members, or any other credit union
eligible to become a member of the Central Liquidity Facility, and
to have such incidental powers as the Board shall find necessary
for the exercise of any such authorization.
(2) The Central Liquidity Facility or its Agent members shall
make charges, to be determined and regulated by the Board
consistent with the principles set forth in section 248a(c) of this
title, or utilize the services of, or act as agent for, or be a
member of, a Federal Reserve bank, clearinghouse, or any other
public or private financial institution or other agency, in the
exercise of any powers or functions pursuant to this subsection.
(3) The Board is authorized, with respect to participation in the
collection and settlement of any items by the Central Liquidity
Facility or by its Agent members, and with respect to the
collection and settlement (including payment by the payor
institution) of items payable by members of the Central Liquidity
Facility or of any of its Agent members, to prescribe rules and
regulations regarding the rights, powers, responsibilities, duties,
and liabilities, including standards relating thereto, of such
entities and other parties to any such items or their collection
and settlement. In prescribing such rules and regulations, the
Board may adopt or apply, in whole or in part, general banking
usage and practices, and, in instances or respects in which they
would otherwise not be applicable, Federal Reserve regulations and
operating letters, the Uniform Commercial Code, and clearinghouse
rules.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 307,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3722; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Secs. 309(a)(3), (4), (b), 312, Mar. 31, 1980, 94
Stat. 149, 150; Pub. L. 97-320, title V, Sec. 531, Oct. 15, 1982,
96 Stat. 1536.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Subsec. (a)(17), (18). Pub. L. 97-320 added pars. (17) and
(18).
1980 - Pub. L. 96-221, Secs. 309(a)(3), (4), (b)(2), (3), 312,
designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) substituted "Board"
for "Administrator", such change having been made previously by
Pub. L. 95-630, and "title" and "titles" for "subchapter" and
"subchapters", which for purposes of codification has been
editorially translated as "subchapter" or "subchapters" thereby
requiring no further change in text, in par. (15) struck out
requirement respecting advance appropriation of amounts, and added
subsec. (b).
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1795g 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795g. Depositories, custodians, and fiscal agents

-STATUTE-
The Federal Reserve Banks are authorized to act as depositories,
custodians and/or fiscal agents for the Central Liquidity Facility
in the general performance of its powers conferred by this
subchapter. Each Federal Reserve Bank when designated by the Board
as fiscal agent for the Central Liquidity Facility, shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for all expenses incurred as such fiscal
agent.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 308,
as added and amended Pub. L. 95-630, title V, Sec. 502(b), title
XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3681, 3723; Pub. L. 96-
221, title III, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(1), (2), Mar. 31, 1980, 94
Stat. 149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Pub. L. 96-221, Sec. 309(a)(4), (b)(2), substituted
"Board" for "Administrator", such change having been made
previously by Pub. L. 95-630, and "title" for "subchapter", which
for purposes of codification has been editorially translated as
"subchapter", thereby requiring no further change in text.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630, Sec. 502(b), substituted "Board" for
"Administrator".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment effective on expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10,
1978, and transitional provisions, see section 509 of Pub. L. 95-
630, set out as a note under section 1752 of this title.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1795h 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795h. Audit of financial transactions

-STATUTE-
The Comptroller General of the United States shall audit the
Central Liquidity Facility under such rules and regulations as the
Comptroller may prescribe.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 309,
as added Pub. L. 95-630, title XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92
Stat. 3723; amended Pub. L. 96-221, title III, Sec. 309(b)(1), Mar.
31, 1980, 94 Stat. 149.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1795i 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795i. Annual report

-STATUTE-
The annual report required by section 1752a(d) of this title
shall include a full report of the activities of the Facility.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, formerly subch. III, Sec. 310,
as added Pub. L. 95-630, title XVIII, Sec. 1802, Nov. 10, 1978, 92
Stat. 3723; amended Pub. L. 96-221, title III, Sec. 309(b)(1), Mar.
31, 1980, 94 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 109-351, title VII, Sec. 726(27),
Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2003.)

-COD-
CODIFICATION
Section 309(b)(1) of Pub. L. 96-221 redesignated subch. III as
title III of act June 26, 1934, ch. 750, cited as a credit to this
section.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Pub. L. 109-351 substituted "section 1752a(d)" for
"section 1752a(e)".

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1795j 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795j. Agent of Federal Reserve System

-STATUTE-
The facility is authorized to act upon the request of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as an agent of the
Federal Reserve System in matters pertaining to credit unions under
such terms and conditions as may be established by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, Sec. 311, as added Pub. L. 97-
320, title V, Sec. 532, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1536.)

-End-



-CITE-
12 USC Sec. 1795k 01/07/2011

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 14 - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS
SUBCHAPTER III - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

-HEAD-
Sec. 1795k. State and local tax exemption

-STATUTE-
(a) Franchise, activities, etc., of Central Liquidity Facility;
exception
The Central Liquidity Facility, and its franchise, activities,
capital reserves, surplus, and income, shall be exempt from all
State and local taxation now or hereafter imposed, other than taxes
on real property held by the Facility (to the same extent,
according to its value, as other similar property held by other
persons is taxed).
(b) Notes, bonds, debentures and other obligations of Central
Liquidity Facility; exceptions
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the notes, bonds,
debentures, and other obligations issued on behalf of the Central
Liquidity Facility and the income therefrom shall be exempt from
all State and local taxation now or hereafter imposed.
(2) Any obligation described in paragraph (1) shall not be exempt
from State or local gift, estate, inheritance, legacy, succession,
or other wealth transfer taxes.
(c) "State" defined; tax status
For purposes of this section -
(1) the term "State" includes the District of Columbia; and
(2) taxes imposed by counties or municipalities, or any
territory, dependency, or possession of the United States shall
be treated as local taxes.

-SOURCE-
(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title III, Sec. 312, as added Pub. L. 98-
369, div. B, title VIII, Sec. 2813(a)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat.
1206.)


-MISC1-
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 2813(c) of Pub. L. 98-369 provided that: "The amendments
made by this section [enacting this section and amending section
1795b of this title and section 501 of Title 26, Internal Revenue
Code] shall take effect on October 1, 1979."

-End-

   

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