12 USC § 1756 - Reports and examinations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1756"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1756 - Reports and examinations"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1756"
section_name: "Reports and examinations"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, § 106, formerly § 6, 48 Stat. 1218; Dec. 6, 1937, ch. 3, § 1, 51 Stat. 4; 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 401, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952; June 29, 1948, ch. 711, §§ 1, 2, 62 Stat. 1091; renumbered § 7 and amended Pub. L. 86–354, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 91–206, § 2(1), Mar. 10, 1970, 84 Stat. 49; renumbered title I, § 106, Pub. L. 91–468, § 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 95–630, title V, § 508, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3683.)"
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# § 1756. Reports and examinations

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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— 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 .

1970— substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in three places.

1959— provided for the making of reports to the Director as and when he may require.

1937—Act , 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.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on expiration of 120 days after , and transitional provisions, see , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions of Farm Credit Administration and Governor thereof, generally, see notes set out under .

Functions of Governor of Farm Credit Administration under this section transferred to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947.