[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16000-16001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8222]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Meetings

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings of Commission authorized by the Legal 
Services Corporation (``LSC'' or ``Corporation'') to study the issue of 
when aliens must be present in the United States to be eligible for 
legal assistance from Corporation-funded programs.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation has formed and authorized a Commission, known 
as the Erlenborn Commission, to hold public hearings and study the 
meaning of a statutory requirement in the Corporation's appropriations 
act that an alien be present in the United States in order to be 
eligible for legal assistance from LSC-funded programs (hereinafter 
referred to as ``the presence requirement''). The first hearing of the 
Commission was held at Duke University in Raleigh, North Carolina on

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March 27, 1999. This notice provides information on the second public 
hearing and seeks written requests from individuals and organizations 
to provide testimony at the hearing. The public hearings are intended 
to aid the Commission compile a factual record and prepare findings to 
be transmitted to the Corporation's Board of Directors, along with 
recommendations, to inform the Corporation's interpretation of the 
presence requirement and to provide the basis for any necessary and 
appropriate remedial action, such as a rulemaking or a request for 
legislative action by the Congress.

DATES: The second public hearing will be held by the Commission on 
April 10, 1999, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. 
Requests to provide oral testimony at the second public hearing are due 
on or before April 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Requests to provide oral testimony may be submitted to the 
Office of the General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 750 First 
St. NE., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20002-4250.
    Requests may be faxed at 202-336-8952 or e-mailed to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne B. Glasow, 202-336-8817.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 18, 1999, the Corporation 
published a notice in the Federal Register of the formation of a 
Commission to study the issue of when aliens must be present in the 
United States to be eligible for legal assistance from Corporation-
funded programs. See 64 FR 8140 (Feb. 18, 1999). The February notice 
requested written comments on the alien eligibility matter and gave 
notice that comments were due at the Corporation on or before March 22, 
1999. Id. The Corporation published a second notice on March 15, 1999, 
which provided information on the first hearing that was held by the 
Commission on March 27, 1999. See 64 FR 12822 (March 15, 1999). This 
notice provides information on the second hearing and solicits requests 
to provide oral testimony. Oral testimony at the hearing will be at the 
invitation of the Commission.
    The second hearing has been scheduled for Saturday, April 10, 1999, 
and will be held in Building 60, Room 61H at Stanford University, 
located at 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, California.
    Requests to provide oral testimony at the second hearing must be 
submitted in writing and are due at the Corporation on or before April 
5, 1999.

    Dated: March 30, 1999.
Suzanne B. Glasow,
Senior Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-8222 Filed 3-31-99; 12:41 pm]
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