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104 STAT. 2148 PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 Wages. Government employees. Disadvantaged persons. Grant programs. Government contracts. SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 605. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. 606. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employ- ees; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. (b) None of the funds provided under this Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per centum, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 per centum funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 per centum as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress, unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. SEC. 607. Funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation and distributed to each grantee funded in fiscal year 1991 pursuant to the number of poor people determined by the Bureau of the Census to be within its geographical area shall be distributed in the following order: (1) grants from the Legal Services Corporation and contracts entered into with the Legal Services Corporation under section 1006(a)(1) shall be maintained in fiscal year 1991 at not less than $9.22 per poor person within the geographical area of each grantee or contractor under the 1980 census or 5 cents per poor person more than the annual per-poor-person level at which funding was appropriated prior to the sequestration order issued pursuant to section 11002 of Public Law 101-239 for each grantee and contractor in fiscal year 1990, whichever is greater; and (2) each such grantee shall be increased by an equal percentage of the amount by which such grantee's funding, including the increase under (1) above, falls below $17.68 per poor person within its geographical area under the 1980 census: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used to bring a class action suit