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§1795a Definitions

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY › § 1795a

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Summary

Defines key words used in this part. Liquidity needs are the funding needs of credit unions that mainly serve people and include three kinds: short-term help for temporary cash shortages, seasonal help for predictable longer swings in shares/deposits and loans, and longer-term help for unusual or emergency situations. Central Liquidity Facility or Facility means the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility. Paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus is the paid-in shares and deposits after subtracting any uncovered losses and adding or subtracting the undivided earnings once losses and net income/loss are accounted for; reserves are not part of surplus. Member means a Regular or an Agent member of the Facility.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §1795a

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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.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(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,22 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and
(4)“member” means a Regular or an Agent member of the Facility.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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.

Amendments

2020—Par. (1). Pub. L. 116–136, § 4016(b)(1)(A), inserted “primarily serving natural persons” after “credit unions” in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 116–136, § 4016(a)(1), struck out “primarily serving natural persons” after “credit unions” in introductory provisions. 1980—Pub. L. 96–221, § 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2020 Amendment Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4016(b)(2), Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 482, as amended by Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title V, § 540(a)(2), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2090, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by paragraph (1) [amending this section and section 1795c and 1795e of this title] shall take effect on December 31, 2021.”

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 1806 of Pub. L. 95–630, set out as a note under section 1795 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

12 U.S.C. § 1795a

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73