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 97 STAT. 1090 PUBLIC LAW 98-166—NOV. 28, 1983 to favor or oppose any Act, bill, resolution, or similar legisla- tion, except that this proviso shall not preclude funds from being used to provide communication directly to a Federal, State, or local elected official on a specific and distinct matter where the purpose of such communication is to bring the matter to the official's attention if— (A) the project director of a recipient has expressly ap- proved in writing the undertaking of such communication to be made on behalf of a client or class of clients in accordance with policy established by the governing body of the recipient; and (B) the project director of a recipient has determined prior to the undertaking of such communication, that— (i) the client and each such client is in need of relief which can be provided by the legislative body involved; (ii) appropriate judicial and administrative relief have been exhausted; and (iii) documentation has been secured from each eligi- ble client that includes a statement of the specific legal interests of the client, except that such communication may not be the result of participation in a coordinated effort to provide such communications under this pro- viso; and (C) the project director of a recipient maintains documen- tation of the expense and time spent under this proviso as part of the records of the recipient; or (D) the project director of a recipient has approved the submission of a communication to a legislator requesting introduction of a private relief bill: except that nothing in this proviso shall prohibit communications made in response to a request from a Federal, State, or local official: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act made available by the Legal Services Corporation may be used to pay for any administrative or related costs associated with an activity prohibited in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4) of the previous proviso: Alien assistance. Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this Act for the Legal Services Corporation will be expended to provide legal assistance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is present in the United States and is— (1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)); (2) an alien who is either married to a United States citizen or is a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one years of such a citizen and who has filed an application for adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigra- 8 USC 1101 note. tion and Nationality Act, and such application has not been rejected; (3) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States pursuant to an admission under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, relating to refugee admis- sions) or who has been granted asylum by the Attorney General under such Act; or (4) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of the Attorney General's withholding of deportation pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)):

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