‘‘(B) impose requirements or limitations on the
types of cases or representation of clients unless
those requirements or limitations are explicitly au-
thorized by this title or other applicable law; or
‘‘(C) impose requirements or limitations on the
governing or policy bodies of recipients and other
grantees or contractors of the Corporation that are
additional to, or more restrictive than, the provisions
of this subsection, including requirements or limita-
tions with respect to—
‘‘(i) the procedures of appointment, the po-
litical affiliations, or the length of terms of
board members,
‘‘(ii) the size, quorum requirements, and
committee operations of such governing or pol-
icy bodies;
‘‘(iii) the content of the bylaws of such re-
cipients, grantees, or contractors; or
‘‘(iv) the communications between govern-
ing or policy bodies and appointing authorities
specified in paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 12. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) STATEMENT OF FINDINGS.—Section 1001(6) (42
U.S.C. 2996(6)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) attorneys providing legal assistance must
have full freedom to protect the best interests of
their clients in keeping with the rules of ethics and
professional responsibility that apply in the jurisdic-
tion where the legal assistance is provided and the
high standards of the legal profession.’’.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CORPORATION.—Sec-
tion 1006(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 2996e(b)(3)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(3) The Corporation shall not, under any provision
of this title, interfere with any attorney in carrying out
his or her ethical or professional responsibilities to a client
as established in the rules of ethics and professional re-
sponsibility that apply in the jurisdiction where the legal
assistance is provided or abrogate as to attorneys in pro-
grams assisted under this title the authority of a State
or other jurisdiction to enforce the standards of profes-
sional responsibility generally applicable to attorneys in
such jurisdiction.’’.
(c) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—Section 1007(a)(10)
(42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(10)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(10) ensure that all attorneys, while engaged
in legal assistance activities supported, in whole or
in part, by the Corporation, refrain from the persist-
ent incitement of litigation and any other activity
prohibited by the rules of ethics or professional re-
sponsibility that apply in the jurisdiction where the
legal assistance is provided, and ensure that such at-
torneys refrain from personal representation for a
private fee in any cases in which they were involved
while engaged in such legal assistance activities;
and’’.
(d) ACCESS
TO RECORDS.—Section 1009(d) (42
U.S.C. 2996h(d)) is amended by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘or protected from disclosure
by the laws or the rules of ethics or professional respon-
sibility that apply in the jurisdiction where such reports
or records are maintained’’.
SEC. 13. SOLICITATION.
Section 1007 (42 U.S.C. 2996f) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(j) Any recipient or other grantee or contractor of
the Corporation, and any employee of any such recipient,
grantee, or contractor, who has given in-person unsolicited
advice to a nonattorney that such nonattorney should ob-
tain counsel or take legal action shall not accept employ-
ment resulting from that advice, or refer that nonattorney
to another such recipient, grantee, contractor, or em-
ployee, except that—