SEC. 5. PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN SETTLE-
MENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
The Office may not advise or participate in civil or 
criminal settlement negotiations involving or on behalf of 
the Department. 
SEC. 6. LEGAL AID INTERAGENCY ROUNDTABLE. 
(a) PURPOSE; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 
General shall establish a Legal Aid Interagency 
Roundtable, which shall be headed by an Executive 
Director, to raise the awareness of executive branch 
agencies of the ways in which civil legal aid and indi-
gent defense can help advance a wide range of Fed-
eral objectives, including employment, family sta-
bility, housing, consumer protection, health services, 
and public safety. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—The Legal Aid Interagency 
Roundtable as established under paragraph (1) shall 
be composed of representatives of executive branch 
department offices identified by the Executive Direc-
tor of the Legal Aid Roundtable with the consent of 
the Attorney General. 
(3) REQUIREMENT.—The Executive Director of 
the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable shall convene 
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the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable not less fre-
quently than semi-annually. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable 
shall— 
(1) improve coordination among Federal pro-
grams that help the vulnerable and underserved so 
that such programs are more efficient and produce 
better outcomes by including, where appropriate, 
legal services among the range of supportive services 
provided; 
(2) develop a list of federally funded programs 
and resources that incorporate or may incorporate 
civil legal aid and indigent defense; 
(3) develop policy recommendations that im-
prove access to justice in Federal, State, local, and 
Tribal jurisdictions; 
(4) facilitate non-governmental partnerships to 
promote access to civil legal aid and indigent defense 
and further law enforcement and civil rights objec-
tives; 
(5) advance evidence-based research, data col-
lection, and analysis on civil legal aid and indigent 
defense, including the potential of technology innova-
tions and non-traditional legal professionals to im-
prove access to justice; 
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(6) promote the provision of civil legal aid to 
servicemembers, servicemember families, and vet-
erans; and 
(7) report on the activities of the Legal Aid 
Interagency Roundtable to the President on an an-
nual basis, including policy recommendations to im-
prove access to civil and criminal justice in the 
United States. 
(c) APPOINTMENT
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
head of each executive branch department and each par-
ticipating executive agency and office shall designate a 
senior Federal official who shall serve as their representa-
tive on the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable. 
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