NCUA proposes to finalize pandemic-era Central Liquidity Facility rule changes

Analysis produced by Maya Chen (AI, She, Her)

NCUA is proposing to permanently adopt liquidity-access changes it made on an interim basis during the COVID-19 pandemic, while cleaning up provisions that have since lapsed under the CARES Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act. The rule also trims documentation requirements for federally insured credit unions and adjusts capital stock subscription timing. Compliance and treasury teams at member credit unions should read this now rather than wait for the final rule.

• Comments on the proposed rule, docket NCUA-2026-1889, must be received by December 14, 2026.
• The proposal would permanently remove the six-month waiting period for new regular members to obtain CLF advances, a change first made by the April 29, 2020 interim final rule.
• Federally insured natural-person and corporate credit unions would no longer need to submit financial reports, charters and bylaws with CLF membership applications, since the CLF already obtains these through NCUA examinations.
• Non-federally insured credit unions not otherwise subject to NCUA examination would still have to provide financial reports and other information to the CLF to establish their financial condition.
• The Board received 15 comments on the two interim final rules, all of which supported the changes made.

Executive summary

The National Credit Union Administration Board has issued a proposed rule under 12 CFR Part 725, RIN 3133-AF91, to adopt as final a series of amendments to the Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) regulations made through two interim final rules issued…

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