LSC Funding for FY 2009 Increased by $40 Million in House Appropriations Subcommittee Bill; Amount in Senate Appropriations Committee Bill Not Yet Disclosed
Legal Services E-lert

Date of E-Lert – 06/19/08

Bibliographic Info:
Author: Legal Services Corporation
Source: LSC Updates
Date: 6/16/08

LSC Updates announces:  "On June 12 [2008], the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies approved $390 million for the Legal Services Corporation's FY 2009 budget, a $40 million, or 11 percent, increase over current funding levels.  The subcommittee is led by Chairman Alan Mollohan, D-W. Va., and Ranking Member Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., both staunch supporters of legal aid in their home states and for all low-income Americans.  The decision to recommend this substantial increase comes two months after LSC President Helaine M. Barnett and Board Chairman Frank B. Strickland testified before the subcommittee on the crucial need to close America's justice gap by increasing federal funding fur civil legal aid programs."  The full House Appropriations Committee was scheduled to consider the bill June 19, 2008, but the markup has been postponed.  On June 18, 2008, the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies considered appropriations levels for LSC, and the full Senate Appropriations Committee considered the subcommittee's mark on June 19, 2008.  The Committee-approved funding level has not yet been made public.

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