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Part 1607Governing Bodies
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (April 12, 2024)

Deadline

Comments must be received by 做厙51 by 11:59 pm Eastern on May 13, 2024.

Summary

The 做厙51s (做厙51) FY 2024 appropriation enacted on March 9, 2024, included language that lowered the proportion of attorneys required to serve on the governing bodies of 做厙51 grant recipients from 60% to 33%, and eliminated the requirement that bar associations appoint the majority of attorneys. 做厙51 is revising its regulation pertaining to recipient governing bodies to be consistent with this directive from Congress.

Additional background information and details are available in these Federal Register notices:

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Further Information

For further information, please contact:

Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel, 做厙51, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1563 (phone), (202) 337-6519 (fax), or sdavis@lsc.gov.

Call to Action
CommentsThe comment period closed on May 13, 2024.

Deadline

Comments must be received by 做厙51 by 11:59 pm Eastern on May 13, 2024.

Submission Instructions

Electronic submissions are preferred via email with attachments in Acrobat PDF format.  做厙51 will not consider written comments sent to any other address or received after the end of the comment period.

Address

You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

Email

Email to: lscrulemaking@lsc.gov. 
Include Comments on Revisions to Part 1607 in the subject line of the message.

Postal Mail

Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel
ATTN: Part 1607 Rulemaking
做厙51
3333 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20007

Hand Delivery/Courier

Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel
ATTN: Part 1607 Rulemaking
做厙51
3333 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20007

Additional background information and details are available in these Federal Register notices:

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Call to Action
Click to submit a comment via email.
Proposed Rule; Correction (April 17, 2024)

Summary

This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of April 12, 2024, regarding the requirements applicable to 做厙51 (做厙51) grant recipients' governing bodies. This correction provides the addresses to which comments on the proposed rule may be sent.

The text of the correction is available in the 

Further Information

For further information, please contact:

Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel, 做厙51, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1563 (phone), (202) 337-6519 (fax), or sdavis@lsc.gov.

Call to Action
Final Rule Effective Jan. 1, 2025 (Aug. 12, 2024)

Effective Date

This final rule is effective on January 1, 2025.

Summary

The 做厙51's (做厙51) FY 2024 appropriation enacted on March 9, 2024, included language that lowered the proportion of attorneys required to serve on the governing bodies of 做厙51 grant recipients from 60% to 33%, and eliminated the requirement that bar associations appoint the majority of attorneys. This final rule revises 做厙51's regulation pertaining to recipient governing bodies to be consistent with this directive from Congress.

The changes to the rule text with additional background information is available in the 

Further Information

For further information, please contact:

Stefanie K. Davis, Deputy General Counsel, 做厙51, 3333 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1563 (phone), (202) 337-6519 (fax), or sdavis@lsc.gov.

Call to Action
Related Information

Additional information regarding the changes to Part 1607 are at:
Program Letter 24-3 (Part 1607 Changes)

45 CFR Part 1638Restrictions on Solicitation (2023)

  •  Effective May 13, 2024
  • (Oct. 25, 2023)

45 CFR Part 1635Timekeeping (2022)

Final Rule


  • Effective January 1, 2022

NPRMNotice of Proposed RulemakingProposed Rule

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Comments

The comment period closed on February 3, 2021. We received eleven comments on the proposed rule.

45 CFR Parts 1610Use of Non-做厙51 Funds and 1630Cost Standards (2020)

Final RuleAdopted by the 做厙51 Board

On October 7, 2020, the Federal Register published the final rule with an effective date of November 6, 2020.

On July 28, 2020, at the July 做厙51 Board Meeting, the Board adopted the final rule with minor edits to the preamble after consideration on July 27 by the Operations and Regulations Committee.  

  • Adoption by the full Board. 
  • Consideration and approval by the Operations and Regulations Committee. 65 (July 27, 2020)

FNPRMFurther Notice of Proposed RulemakingProposed Substantive Changes to Part 1630

This notice identifies for public comment one substantive change to 做厙51's regulation regarding cost standards at 45 C.F.R. part 1630. Currently, 禮1630.16 authorizes disallowing costs from 做厙51 funds in an amount equivilant to any amount of non-做厙51 funds used in violation of the restrictions on the use of non-做厙51 funds, with one ommission.  The rule includes the application of the 做厙51 statutory restrictions to public, private, and tribal funds, but it omits the restrictions in the 做厙51 Act applicable to unauthorized uses of public funds.  Thus, in this one situation, if 做厙51 finds that a violation has occurred, then 做厙51 has all available remdial options except disallowed costs.  By contrast, all of the statutory restrictions on the use of non-做厙51 funds appear in 45 C.F.R. Part 1610, both as is and as proposed in the August 2020 NPRM.  The FNPRM provides background on this issue and seeks public comment. 

Comments that propose keeping the gap between part 1610 and 禮 1630.16 must:

  1. Identify a valid purpose for the gap consistent with the statutory restrictions;
  2. Explain why, for the 做厙51 Act Restrictions, 禮1630.16 should not apply to unauthorized uses of public funds that violate the 做厙51 Act while continuing to apply to unauthorized uses of tribal funds that violate the 做厙51 Act;
  3. Explain why 禮1630.16 should not apply to unauthorized uses of public funds that violate the 做厙51 Act while continuing to apply to any uses of public funds that violate the restrictions in the 做厙51 appropriation.

Comments that otherwise oppose the proposed cross reference to part 1610 in 禮1630.16(a) must provide a justification for any distinction between the rules for the use on non-做厙51 funds in part 1610 and in 禮1630.16, including justifying the distinction consistent with the statutory restrictions and justifying any distinctions in 禮1630.16 among the different types of restrictions on non-做厙51 funds set out in part 1610.

Comments

The comment period closed on May 15, 2020.  Four comments were submitted.

NPRMNotice of Proposed RulemakingProposed Rule

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Comments

The comment period closed on October 11, 2019.  Two comments were submitted before the deadline and two after the deadline.

45 C.R.F. Part 1607 Governing Bodies (2019)

  • : 45 C.F.R Part 1607Governing Bodies effective January 4, 2019, 84 Fed. Reg. 1404 (Feb. 4, 2019)
  • Governing Bodies, 83 CFR 38270, (Aug. 6, 2018).  The comment period closed on October 5, 2018.  做厙51 received 91 comments that are summarized at length in the Section-by-Section Discussion of Proposed Changes and Comments section of the Final Rule.  For more information about the comments, please contact Stefanie Davis (sdavis@lsc.gov).
  • Board on April 10, 2018 (page 25).
  • of the 做厙51 Board on April 8, 2018 (page 35).

Creation of a "Touhy" Rule Governing Subpoenas and Requests for Documents and Testimony Involving 做厙51 (2018)

  •  effective May 18, 2018, 83 Fed. Reg. 17,086 (April 18, 2018)
  • .  The comment period closed on March 5, 2018.

CommentsNo Comments Received

  •  (page 61)
  •  (page 28)
  • (Oct. 4, 2017) (page 40)

Rescission of 45 C.F.R. Part 1603State Advisory Councils (2018)

做厙51 commenced rulemaking to rescind Part 1603 as obsolete.


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    • 唬棗鳥鳥梗紳喧莽1
  •  (page 60)
  •  (page 7)
  • (Sept. 27, 2017)

Cost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management45 CFR Parts 1630, 1631, and the Property Acquisition and Management Manual (2017)

Information about this rulemaking appears at the RulemakingCost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management webpage.  做厙51 published , which were effective December 31, 2017.

45 CFR Part 1629Bonding Requirements for Recipients (2017)

Final Rule

  •  (August 9, 2017) (effective September 8, 2017)

Proposed Rule

  •  (May 3, 2017)

Comments on Proposed Rule

  •  (June 2, 2017)

45 CFR Part 1609Fee-Generating Cases (2017)

Part 1609 contains 做厙51s guidelines describing when recipients may use 做厙51 funds to take fee-generating cases. This final rule revises the 做厙51 (做厙51 or Corporation) regulation regarding fee-generating cases. This rule clarifies the definition of fee-generating case, clarifies that brief advice is permitted by the regulation, and revises how a recipient accounts for attorneys' fees awards.

Final Rule

  • ,  82 FR  20444 (May 2, 2017) (effective June 1, 2017)

Proposed Rule

  • , 82 FR 10446 (Feb. 13, 2017)

Comments

45 CFR Parts 1610, 1627, and 1630 - Use of Non-做厙51 Funds, Transfer of 做厙51 Funds, Program Integrity; Subgrants and Membership Fees or Dues; Cost Standards and Procedures (2017)

做厙51 adopted revisions to these rules primarily involving the provisions addressing subgrants.

Final Rule

  • , 82 FR 10273 (February 10, 2017) (effective April 1, 2017) 

Final Rule Consideration

Board Consideration of Final RuleJanuary 2628, 2017
  • Operations & Regulations Committee Meeting Transcript | January 26, 2016 (forthcoming)
  • 做厙51 Board of Directors Meeting Transcript | January 28, 2017 (forthcoming)
Board Briefing on Revisions to Final RuleNovember 22, 2016
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Operations & Regulations Committee Consideration of Final RuleOctober 16, 2016

Further Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)April 2016

FNPRM Comments

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)April 2015

NPRM Comments

45 CFR Part 1602Procedures for Disclosure of Information Under the Freedom of Information Act (2016)

Public Comments

45 CFR Part 1628 - Recipient Fund Balances

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1628 Comments

45 CFR Part 1640 - Application of Federal Law to 做厙51 Recipients

Public Comments 45 CFR 1640

45 CFR Part 1614 - Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) 

45 CFR Part 1613 - Restrictions on legal assistance with respect to criminal proceedings in tribal courts

Public Comments 45 CFR Part 1613

45 CFR Part 1626Restrictions on Legal Assistance to Aliens

Public Comments 45 CFR Part 1626

National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP) - American University, Washington College of Law

Continuation of Public Comment

Rulemaking:  Enforcement Mechanisms

Comments received on August 7, 2012, FNPRM

Comments received on January 2012 NPRM

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1609 - Fee Generating Cases

Rulemaking - Elimination of 45 CFR Part 1642Attorneys' Fees Restriction

Comments

Other Materials

Potential Rulemaking - 45 CFR Part 1607

Potential Rulemaking - 45 CFR Part 1622

"Alternative Sanctions" - Revisions to 45 CFR Parts 1606 (Termination and Debarment Proceedings; Recompetition) and 1623 (Suspension) 

Development of 2007 Regulatory Agenda

Revisions to 45 CFR Part 1602 - Procedures for Disclosure of Information under the Freedom of Information Act

Revisions to 45 CFR Part 1626

Revision of 45 CFR Part 1621

Comments on 1621 NPRM

Other Materials

Revision of 45 CFR Part 1624

Comments on Part 1624 NPRM

Other Materials

Revision of 45 CFR Part 1626.10(a)

Comments

Revision of 45 CFR Part 1611

  •  (August 8, 2005)
  •  (May 24, 2005)

Comments

20052006 Regulatory Agenda

Comments

Rulemaking: 45 CFR Part 1609 - Fee Generating Cases

Removal of 45 CFR Part 1631

Selected Materials from pre-2005 Rulemakings

1996 Rulemakings

In 1996, 做厙51 engaged in many rulemakings to implement new statutory restrictions.  The federal register notices for those materials appears on the pages for each regulation in the Regulations Publication History section of this website.  Below are the majority of the comments submitted for those rulemakings.