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 PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 103 STAT. 1035 (3) hearing examiners shall be appointed by the Corporation in accordance with procedures established in regulations promulgated by the Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation may be used to carry out the proce- dures established pursuant to section 1011(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act unless the Corporation prescribes procedures to ensure that an application for refunding shall not be denied unless the grantee, contractor, or person or entity receiving assistance under this Act has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a timely, full, and fair hearing to show cause why such action should not be taken and subject to all other conditions of the previous proviso: Provided further, That none of the funds appro- priated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in making grants or entering into contracts for legal assistance unless the Corporation insures that the recipient is either (1) a private attorney or attorneys (for the sole purpose of furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients) or (2) a qualified nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of one of the States, a purpose of which is furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, the majority of the board of directors or other governing body of which organization is comprised of attorneys who are admitted to practice in one of the States and who are appointed to terms of office on such board or body by the governing bodies of State, county, or municipal bar associations the membership of which represents a majority of the attorneys practicing law in the locality in which the organization is to provide legal assistance, or, with regard to na- tional support centers, the locality where the organization main- tains its principal headquarters: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Corporation shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation to promulgate new regula- tions or to enforce, implement, or operate in accordance with regula- tions effective after April 27, 1984, unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress have been notified fifteen days prior to such use of funds as provided for in section 606 of this Act: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated to the Legal Services Corporation for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 1986 and carried over into fiscal year 1990, either by the Corporation itself or by any recipient of such funds, may be expended, unless such funds are expended in accordance with the preceding restric- tions and provisos, except that such funds may be expended for the continued representation of aliens prohibited by said provisos where such representation commenced prior to January 1, 1983, or as approved by the Corporation: Provided further, That if a Presi- dential Order pursuant to Public Law 100-119, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, is issued for fiscal year 1990, funds provided to each grantee of the Legal Services Corporation shall be reduced by the percentage specified in the Presidential Order: Provided further. That if funds become available to the Legal Services Corporation because a national support center has been defunded or denied refunding pursuant to section 1011(2) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, as amended by this Act, such funds may be transferred to basic field programs to be , distributed in the manner specified by this Act: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts or any other funds available to the Corporation or a recipient may be used by an officer, board member, employee or consultant of the Corpora-

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