117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To mend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify the frequency of board of directors meetings, and for other purposes.
March 1, 2022
Mr. Vargas (for himself, Ms. Porter, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Titus, Mr. Case, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To mend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify the frequency of board of directors meetings, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Credit Union Board Modernization Act”.
SEC. 2. Frequency of board of directors meetings.
Section 113 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1761b) is amended—
(1) by striking “monthly” each place such term appears;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “The board of directors” and inserting the following:
“(a) In general.—The board of directors”;
(3) in subsection (a) (as so designated), by striking “shall meet at least once a month and”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Meetings.—The board of directors of a Federal credit union shall meet as follows:
“(1) With respect to a Federal credit union, not less than six times annually, with at least one meeting held during each fiscal quarter.
“(2) With respect to a de novo Federal credit union, not less frequently than monthly during each of the first five years of the existence of such Federal credit union.
“(3) With respect to a Federal credit union with composite rating of either 4 or 5 under the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (or an equivalent rating under a comparable rating system), not less frequently than once a month.”.