An amendment to extend prohibitions on the uses of LSC funds for certain kinds of cases to cover all public and private funds, so that LSC agencies would be prohibited from handling these kinds of cases, regardless of the source of funds. Under the amendment, non-federal funds could still be used to assist clients who are not eligible for federal assistance but not for a purpose prohibited by federal law. It also amends the definition of "alternative corporation" to make it more difficult to use mirror corporations to avoid restrictions in the bill.

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Amendment Number
528
Description
An amendment to extend prohibitions on the uses of LSC funds for certain kinds of cases to cover all public and private funds, so that LSC agencies would be prohibited from handling these kinds of cases, regardless of the source of funds. Under the amendment, non-federal funds could still be used to assist clients who are not eligible for federal assistance but not for a purpose prohibited by federal law. It also amends the definition of "alternative corporation" to make it more difficult to use mirror corporations to avoid restrictions in the bill.
Purpose
Amendments sought to prohibit the LSC from using non-Federal funds for activities that are currently prohibited for Federal funds, and would extend the prohibition to cover all public, non-LSC funds.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 6, 1992
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the McCollum amendments (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 156 - 257 (Roll no. 106).
Latest Action Time
18:43:07
Submitted Date
May 6, 1992
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 7, 2021
Amendment 528 — Informed