42 U.S.C. § 2996i: Financing

Summary

Authorizes money for the Corporation: $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, whatever is needed for fiscal year 1977, $205,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and whatever is needed for each of the two years after 1978. The first funding can be released after six or more Board members are appointed and qualified. That first funding can cover up to two fiscal years and will be paid in yearly installments at the start of each fiscal year in amounts set by Congress. Money provided this way stays available until it is all spent. Non‑Federal funds must be kept and reported separate from Federal funds. Money received from other sources for legal help may not be spent for things the law forbids. Recipients may still accept and use other public or tribal funds (including foundation funds for Indians or Indian tribes) for their intended purposes and may hire or contract with private lawyers, law firms, or legal aid groups to give legal help to eligible clients. No more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated in any fiscal year may be used for grants or contracts under section 2996e(a)(3).

Title 42, §2996i

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(a)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the activities of the Corporation, $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1977. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the activities of the Corporation $205,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. The first appropriation may be made available to the Corporation at any time after six or more members of the Board have been appointed and qualified. Appropriations for that purpose shall be made for not more than two fiscal years, and shall be paid to the Corporation in annual installments at the beginning of each fiscal year in such amounts as may be specified in Acts of Congress making appropriations.

(b)Availability of funds

Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.

(c)Non-Federal funds

Non-Federal funds received by the Corporation, and funds received by any recipient from a source other than the Corporation, shall be accounted for and reported as receipts and disbursements separate and distinct from Federal funds; but any funds so received for the provision of legal assistance shall not be expended by recipients for any purpose prohibited by this subchapter, except that this provision shall not be construed to prevent recipients from receiving other public funds or tribal funds (including foundation funds benefiting Indians or Indian tribes) and expending them in accordance with the purposes for which they are provided, or to prevent contracting or making other arrangements with private attorneys, private law firms, or other State or local entities of attorneys, or with legal aid societies having separate public defender programs, for the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients under this subchapter.

(d)Limitations on grant or contract authority

Not more than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for any fiscal year shall be available for grants or contracts under section 2996e(a)(3) of this title in any such year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–222, § 15, inserted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1978 and two succeeding fiscal years, and substituted provisions requiring appropriations to be made for not more than two fiscal years and payments in annual installments at beginning of each fiscal year in appropriated amounts, for provisions requiring appropriations to be for not more than two fiscal years, and, if for more than one year, in payments in annual installments at beginning of each fiscal year in appropriated amounts. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–222, § 5(c), added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1977 AmendmentAmendment by section 5(c) of Pub. L. 95–222 effective Dec. 28, 1977, see section 17(b) of Pub. L. 95–222, set out as a note under section 2996 of this title. Pub. L. 95–222, § 17(a)(2), Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1624, provided that: “The amendment made by section 15 of this Act [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1977.”

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