[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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 adawayn@smtp.lsc.gov.
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] BILLING CODE 7050-01-P