110 STAT. 1321-51
PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
SEC. 501. (a) Funds appropriated under this Act to the Legal
Services Corporation for basic field programs shall be distributed
as follows:
(1) The Corporation shall define geographic areas and make
the funds available for each geographic area on a per capita
basis relative to the number of individuals in poverty determined by the Bureau of the Census to be within the geographic
area, except as provided in paragraph (2)(B). Funds for such
a geographic area may be distributed by the Corporation to
1 or more persons or entities eligible for funding under section
1006(a)(1)(A) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
2996e(a)(l)(A)), subject to sections 502 and 504.
(2) Funds for grants from the Corporation, and contracts
entered into by the Corporation for basic field programs, shall
be allocated so as to provide—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), an equal
figure per individual in poverty for all geographic areas,
as determined on the basis of the most recent decennial
census of population conducted pursuant to section 141
of title 13, United States Code (or, in the case of the
Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia,
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Alaska, Hawaii, and
the United States Virgin Islands, on the basis of the
adjusted population counts historically used as the basis
for such determinations); and
(B) an additional amount for Native American communities that received assistance under the Legal Services
Corporation Act for fiscal year 1995, so that the proportion
of the funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation
for basic field programs for fiscal year 1996 that is received
by the Native American communities shall be not less
than the proportion of such funds appropriated for fiscal
year 1995 that was received by the Native American
communities.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) The term "individual in poverty" means an individual
who is a member of a family (of 1 or more members) with
an income at or below the poverty line.
(2) The term "poverty line" means the poverty line (as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised
annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to
a family of the size involved.
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the
Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation to
make a grant, or enter into a contract, for the provision of legal
assistance unless the Corporation ensures that the person or entity
receiving funding to provide such legal assistance is—
(1) a private attorney admitted to practice in a State or
the District of Columbia;
(2) a qualified nonprofit organization, chartered under the
laws of a State or the District of Columbia, that—
(A) furnishes legal assistance to eligible clients; and
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