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PUBLIC LAW 93-355-JULY 25, 1974

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" is) The Corporation and its officers and employees shall be subject to the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code (relating to freedom of information). POWERS, DUTIES, AND

LIMITATIONS

"SEC. 1006. (a) To the extent consistent with the provisions of this 42 USC 2996e. title, the Corporation shall exercise the powers conferred upon a nonprofit corporation by the District of Columbia Nonprofit CorporaD.C. tion Act (except for section 1005(o) of title 29 of the District of 1001. Code 29Columbia Code). I n addition, the Corporation is authorized— "(1)(A) to provide financial assistance to qualified programs furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, and to make grants to and contracts with— " (i) individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, and nbnprofit organizations, and "(ii) State and local governments (only upon application by an appropriate State or local agency or institution and upon a special determination by the Board that the arrangements to be made by such agency or institution will provide services which will not be provided adequately through nongovernmental arrangements), for the purpose of providing legal assistance to eligible clients under this title, and (B) to make such other grants and contracts as are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this title; "(2) to accept in the name of the Corporation, and employ or dispose of in furtherance of the purposes of this title, any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise; and "(3) to undertake directly and not by grant or contract, the following activities relating to the delivery of legal assistance— " (A) research, " (B) training and technical assistance, and " (C) to serve as a clearinghouse for information. " (b)(1) The Corporation shall have authority to insure the compliance of recipients and their employees with the provisions of this title and the rules, regulations, and guidelines promulgated pursuant to this title, and to terminate, after a hearing in accordance with section 1011, financial support to a recipient which fails to comply. "(2) If a recipient finds that any of its employees has violated or d i s c i p l i n a r y Hiyir,!f/i°"f' caused the recipient to violate the provisions of this title or the rules, a c °i o n. " " t " regulations, and guidelines promulgated pursuant to this title, the recipient shall take appropriate remedial or disciplinary action in accordance with the types of procedures prescribed in the provisions of section 1011. "(3) The Corporation shall not, under any provision of this title, interfere with any attorney in carrying out his professional responsibilities to his client as established in the Canons of Ethics and the Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association (referred to collectively in this title as 'professional responsibilities') or abrogate as to attorneys in programs assisted under this title the authority of a State or other jurisdiction to enforce the standards of professional responsibility generally applicable to attorneys in such jurisdiction. The Corporation shall ensure that activities under this title are carried out in a manner consistent with attorneys' professional responsibilities.

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