Amendment102nd Congress
An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc to restore a provision in current law that provides the LSC with the ability to waive the 60% attorney requirement for governing bodies; to clarify that the LSC is not required to provide a full 12-month grant for programs commencing operations after the beginning of a calendar year; to give employees of the LSC and employees of recipient agencies the right to a due process hearing if they are fired or placed on suspension before an independent hearing examiner; to change the title of the bill to "Legal Services Corporation Act of 1992"; to require that non-LSC funds be accounted for and reported separately and distinctly from Federal funds; to clarify that representatives of more than one LSC recipient agency may be appointed to the local governing body when there are several recipients in the same service area.
- Amendment Number
- 519
- Description
- An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc to restore a provision in current law that provides the LSC with the ability to waive the 60% attorney requirement for governing bodies; to clarify that the LSC is not required to provide a full 12-month grant for programs commencing operations after the beginning of a calendar year; to give employees of the LSC and employees of recipient agencies the right to a due process hearing if they are fired or placed on suspension before an independent hearing examiner; to change the title of the bill to "Legal Services Corporation Act of 1992"; to require that non-LSC funds be accounted for and reported separately and distinctly from Federal funds; to clarify that representatives of more than one LSC recipient agency may be appointed to the local governing body when there are several recipients in the same service area.
- Purpose
- Amendments en bloc: (1) restore a provision in current law that provides the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) with the ability to waive the 60% attorney requirement for governing bodies; (2) exempt the Inspector General of the LSC from any limitations on access to information that may be adopted by the LSC; (3) clarify that the LSC is not required to provide a full 12-month grant for certain programs; (4) clarify the definition of "staff attorney" in order to cover more program attorneys under the restrictions contained in the bill; (5) require the LSC to provide a fair hearing to employees or other persons before terminating assistance for cause; (6) make a technical correction to the title of the bill; (7) require that non-federal funds received by the LSC or its grantees must be accounted for and reported separately from federal funds; and (8) clarify that members of a governing or policy body may be appointed to more than one governing or policy body.
- Congress
- 102
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- May 6, 1992
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Brooks amendments (A001) as modified Agreed to by recorded vote: 410 - 3 (Roll no. 99).
- Latest Action Time
- 13:10:47
- Submitted Date
- May 6, 1992
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jun 7, 2021