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HAMDT 519 (102nd)

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.