[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 958 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 958

   To provide for the termination of the Legal Services Corporation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 22 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the termination of the Legal Services Corporation.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.

    (a) Repeal.--The Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et 
seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Unobligated Funds.--Any funds appropriated to carry out the 
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.) that have not 
been obligated for such purpose as of the date of enactment of this Act 
shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as 
miscellaneous receipts.
    (c) Finding and Sense of the Senate.--
            (1) Finding.--The Senate finds that the Federal debt, as of 
        March 31, 1995, was $4,864,115,841,256.92.
            (2) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
        that--
                    (A) the operations of the Legal Services 
                Corporation are not essential functions of the Federal 
                Government;
                    (B) a private foundation should provide the legal 
                services that were provided by the Legal Services 
                Corporation under the Legal Services Corporation Act, 
                as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
                this Act;
                    (C) private donations should fund such foundation; 
                and
                    (D) attorneys should voluntarily contribute their 
                time to such foundation.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Inspector general act of 1978.--Section 8G(a)(2) of the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
        striking ``the Legal Services Corporation,''.
            (2) Immigration reform and control act of 1986.--Section 
        305 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 
        1101 note) is repealed.
            (3) Title 31.--Section 6202(c) of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (9); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) 
                as paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively.
            (4) Legal services corporation act of 1974.--Section 3 of 
        the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2996b 
        note) is amended by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (d)(1), 
        and (e).
            (5) Older americans act of 1965.--Section 307(a)(15) of the 
        Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3027(a)(15)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking the 
                        semicolon and inserting ``; and'';
                            (ii) by striking clause (ii); and
                            (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
                        clause (ii); and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and has 
                agreed'' and all that follows through ``greatest such 
                need;''.
            (6) Compact of free association act of 1985.--Section 
        105(h)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 
        U.S.C. 1681 note) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.
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