[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6238]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Erlenborn Commission; Notice of Public Hearings
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''). This notice provides
information on the public hearings that will be held by the Commission.
The public hearings and comments 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.
Public Hearing Dates: Two public hearings will be held by the
Commission. The first hearing has been scheduled for Saturday, March
27, 1999, and will be held in the Moot Court Room of the Duke
University School of Law, located at Science Drive and Towerview Road,
in Durham, North Carolina. The School of Law's main number is (919)
613-7006. The second hearing has been tentatively scheduled for April
10, 1999, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. Details
concerning the second hearing will be published at a later time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor M. Fortuno, 202-336-8810.
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 are due at the Corporation on or before March 22,
1999. Id. In addition, the notice solicited requests to provide oral
testimony at the public hearings. Requests to provide testimony must be
submitted to the Corporation no later than March 22, 1999.
Dated: March 10, 1999.
Victor M. Fortuno,
General Counsel & Secretary of the Corporation.
[FR Doc. 99-6238 Filed 3-12-99; 8:45 am]
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