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 PUBLIC LAW 105-119—NOV. 26, 1997 111 STAT. 2511 except that all references in such section 508(b) to the date of enactment shall be deemed to refer to April 26, 1996; and (C) subsection (a)(ll) of such section 504 shall not be construed to prohibit a recipient from using funds derived from a source other than the Corporation to provide related legal assistance to— (i) an alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or a parent, or by a member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty; or (ii) an alien whose child has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent of the alien (without the active participation of the alien in the battery or extreme cruelty), or by a member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty, and the alien did not actively participate in such battery or cruelty, (b) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(C): (1) The term "battered or subjected to extreme cruelty" has the meaning given such term under regulations issued pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322; 108 Stat. 1953). (2) The term "related legal assistance" means legal assistance directly related to the prevention of, or obtaining of relief from, the battery or cruelty described in such subsection. SEC. 503. (a) CONTINUATION OF AUDIT REQUIREMENTS. — The Applicabmty. requirements of section 509 of Public Law 104-134 (110 Stat. 1321- 58 et seq.), other than subsection (1) of such section, shall apply during fiscal year 1998. (b) REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL AUDIT. —An annual audit of each person or entity receiving financial assistance from the Legal Services Corporation under this Act shall be conducted during fiscal year 1998 in accordance with the requirements referred to in subsection (a). SEC. 504. (a) DEBARMENT. — The Legal Services Corporation may debar a recipient, on a showing of good cause, from receiving an additional award of financial assistance from the Corporation. Any such action to debar a recipient shall be instituted after the Corporation provides notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the recipient. (b) REGULATIONS. —The Legal Services Corporation shall promulgate regulations to implement this section. (c) GOOD CAUSE.— In this section, the term "good cause", used with respect to debarment, includes— (1) prior termination of the financial assistance of the recipient, under part 1640 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any similar corresponding regulation or ruling); (2) prior termination in whole, under part 1606 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any similar corresponding regulation or ruling), of the most recent financial assistance received by the recipient, prior to date of the debarment decision;

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