12 USC § 1789a - Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal agents; duties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1789a"
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title: "12 USC § 1789a - Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal agents; duties"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1789a"
section_name: "Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal agents; duties"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SHARE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 95–147, § 2(c)(1), Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1227.)"
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# § 1789a. Credit unions as depositaries of public money; fiscal agents; duties

Any credit union the accounts of which are insured under this subchapter 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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 95–147, § 2(c)(1), Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1227.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 210 of , was renumbered section 211 and is classified to .