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.

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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
Amendment 519 — Informed