12 USC 1790 - Credit union employee protection remedy

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. 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). Puspan. L. 102–242, § 251(span)(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). Puspan. L. 102–242, § 251(span)(2), inserted “or the Administration” after “the credit union”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

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

Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

Puspan. L. 102–242, title II, § 251(span)(3), Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2333, provided that:

“Paragraph (2) of section 213(a) of the Federal Credit Union Act [12 U.S.C. 1790span(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(span) of such Act shall be deemed to begin on such date of enactment.”