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 97 STAT. 738 PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 Legal assistance to aliens. 8 USC 1101 note. 42 USC 2996f. Grants or contracts. Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this subsection, Legal Services Corporation, "Payment to the Legal Services Corporation", $275,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended to provide l^al assist- ance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is a resident of the United States and is— (1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an immigrant as defined by sections 101(a)(15) and 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15), (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- 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 Immigation and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)). An alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of being granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion or because of being uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1007 b)(ll) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, to be an alien described in subparagraph (C) of such section: Pro- vided further, That none of the funds appropriated 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 (a) a private attorney or attorneys (for the sole purpose of furnishing legal assist- ance to eligible clients) or (b) a qualified nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of one of the States for the primary purpose of furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, the major- ity 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 organiza- tion is to provide legal assistance: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended by the Legal Services Corporation to participate in litigation unless the Corpora- tion or a recipient of the Corporation is a party, or a recipient is

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