Erlenborn Commission; Notice of Public Hearings

[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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