[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1076 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1076

To amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to prescribe an income rule 
  for determining if a client who is a victim of domestic violence is 
                        eligible for assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 1997

 Mr. Pelosi (for herself, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Bereuter, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeFazio, 
    Ms. DeGette, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
  Foglietta, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. 
     Green, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
 Jefferson, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, 
  Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. 
 Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
   Ms. Molinari, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Norton. Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
  Payne, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Mr. Stark, Mr. Torres, Ms. Waters, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Yates, 
  Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mrs. Lowey) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to prescribe an income rule 
  for determining if a client who is a victim of domestic violence is 
                        eligible for assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Violence Legal Services 
Eligibility Act''.

SEC. 2. INCOME RULE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    Section 1007(a) of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996f(a)) is amended by inserting after and below paragraph (10) the 
following: ``In establishing income levels under paragraph (2)(A) to 
determine if a client is eligible for assistance, the Corporation, in 
the case of a client who is the victim of domestic violence, shall 
prescribe that only the income of such a client will be considered in 
making such determination. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
term `domestic violence' has the meaning given such term by section 
2003(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1988 (42 
U.S.C. 3796gg-2(1)).''.
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