‘‘(l) No provision of law, other than an amendment 
to this title, shall be considered to supersede or modify 
this title unless the provision refers specifically to this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 11. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. 
Section 1007 of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2996f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and with the Governors of the several 
States’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘liq-
uid’’; and 
(II) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘, 
which may include evidence of a prior 
determination that such individual’s 
lack of income results from refusal or 
unwillingness, without good cause, to 
seek or accept an employment situa-
tion; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 
(11) as (9) and (10), respectively; 
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
following: 
‘‘(8) ensure that funds appropriated under this 
title for basic field programs shall be distributed on 
the basis of a system of competitive bidding, in ac-
cordance with Legal Services Corporation regula-
tions, and shall be allocated so as to provide— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), an equal figure per individual in 
poverty for all geographic areas, as determined 
on the basis of the most recent decennial census 
of population conducted pursuant to section 
141 of title 13, United States Code (or, in the 
case of the Republic of Palau, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, Alaska, Hawaii, and the 
United States Virgin Islands, on the basis of 
the adjusted population counts historically used 
as the basis for such determinations); 
‘‘(B) an additional amount for Native 
American communities that received assistance 
under the Legal Services Corporation Act for 
fiscal year 2009, so that the proportion of the 
funds appropriated to the Legal Services Cor-
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poration for basic field programs for fiscal year 
2010 that is received by the Native American 
communities shall be not less than the propor-
tion of such funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2009 that was received by the Native American 
communities; and 
‘‘(C) an amount for representation of mi-
grant and seasonal farm workers.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by 
this subsection, by striking ‘‘the Canons of Eth-
ics and Code of Professional Responsibility of 
the American Bar Association’’ and inserting 
‘‘applicable rules of professional responsibility’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (8) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(8) to participate in any litigation with respect 
to abortion;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (11), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) to provide legal assistance with respect to 
litigation relating to prison conditions on behalf of 
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any individual who is incarcerated in a Federal, 
State, or local prison, except that nothing in this 
paragraph prohibits the use of funds made available 
by the Corporation for litigation related to an incar-
cerated individual’s ability to reenter society success-
fully; 
‘‘(13) to provide legal assistance with respect to 
the defense of an individual in a proceeding to evict 
such individual from a public housing project if— 
‘‘(A) the individual has been convicted in a 
criminal proceeding with the illegal sale or dis-
tribution of a controlled substance; and 
‘‘(B) the eviction proceeding is brought by 
a public housing agency because the illegal drug 
activity of the individual threatens the health 
and safety of another tenant residing in the 
public housing project or an employee of the 
public housing agency; or 
‘‘(14) to provide legal assistance for, or on be-
half of an alien, unless the alien— 
‘‘(A) is present in the United States and 
the alien— 
‘‘(i) is described in subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), (D), (E), or (F) of section 
504(a)(11) of the Departments of Com-
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merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996, as enacted by section 101 of the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Ap-
propriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– 
134; 110 Stat. 1321–54); 
‘‘(ii) is lawfully present as a result of 
withholding of deportation pursuant to 
former section 243(h) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, withholding or restric-
tion of removal pursuant to section 
241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)), or with-
holding of removal under the Convention 
Against Torture pursuant to the regulation 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security 
codified on the date of the enactment of 
the Civil Access to Justice Act of 2009 at 
8 C.F.R. 208.16(c) and the regulation of 
the Attorney General codified on such date 
at 8 C.F.R. 1208.16(c); 
‘‘(iii)(I) has been battered or sub-
jected to extreme cruelty or was a victim 
of sexual assault or trafficking in the 
United States; or 
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‘‘(II) qualifies for nonimmigrant sta-
tus described in section 101(a)(15)(U) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)); 
‘‘(iv) has a child present in the United 
States who, without the active participa-
tion of the alien— 
‘‘(I) has been battered or sub-
jected to extreme cruelty or was a vic-
tim of sexual assault or trafficking in 
the United States; or 
‘‘(II) qualifies for nonimmigrant 
status 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act; 
‘‘(v) has been a victim of trafficking 
or is a family member of such a victim and 
is eligible for protection and assistance 
under section 107 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7105); 
‘‘(vi) is an evacuee from, or victim of, 
a major disaster or an emergency des-
ignated by the President pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
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Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) or by an appropriate State or 
local official, and the alien’s need for legal 
assistance from the Corporation is related 
to the alien’s status as such an evacuee or 
victim; 
‘‘(vii)(I) has been declared dependent 
on a juvenile court located in a State or 
has been legally committed to, or placed 
under the custody of, an agency or depart-
ment of a State by such a court; and 
‘‘(II) has been deemed eligible by such 
a court for long-term foster care due to 
abuse, neglect, or abandonment; 
‘‘(viii) is under 18 years of age, is un-
accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, 
and is in the custody of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security or Health and Human 
Services; or 
‘‘(ix) is authorized to work in the 
United States or is otherwise lawfully 
present in the United States; 
‘‘(B) is a member of a cross-border Indian 
Tribe who is— 
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‘‘(i) an American Indian born in Can-
ada referred to in section 289 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1359); or 
‘‘(ii) a member of the Texas Band of 
Kickapoo Indians referred to in the Texas 
Band of Kickapoo Act (25 U.S.C. 1300b– 
11 et seq.); 
‘‘(C) is— 
‘‘(i) indigent; and 
‘‘(ii) seeking relief under the Conven-
tion on the Civil Aspects of International 
Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 
October 25, 1980, pursuant to the Inter-
national Child Abduction Remedies Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11601 et seq.); or 
‘‘(D) is a citizen of— 
‘‘(i) the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands; 
‘‘(ii) the Federated States of Micro-
nesia; 
‘‘(iii) the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands; or 
‘‘(iv) the Republic of Palau.’’; 
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(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) In making grants or entering into contracts for 
legal assistance, the Corporation— 
‘‘(1) shall ensure that any recipient organized 
solely for the purpose of providing legal assistance to 
eligible clients is governed by a body (referred to in 
this subsection as a ‘board’) at least 50 percent of 
which consists of attorneys who are members of the 
bar of a State in which the legal assistance is to be 
provided (except that the Corporation may grant, 
pursuant to regulations issued by the Corporation, a 
waiver of such requirement for recipients which, be-
cause of the population the recipients serve, are un-
able to comply with such requirement); 
‘‘(2) shall ensure that any attorney, while serv-
ing on such board, shall not receive compensation 
from a recipient for such service; 
‘‘(3) shall ensure that at least one-third of a re-
cipient’s governing body consists of individuals who 
are, when selected, eligible clients who also may be 
representatives of associations or organizations of el-
igible clients; and 
‘‘(4) shall ensure that at least 1 board member 
is designated as a liaison to the bar association of 
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the State described in paragraph (1) for pro bono 
promotion and coordination.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Corporation shall ensure that the 
monitoring and evaluation activities described in this 
subsection are carried out in a manner that is con-
sistent with the applicable rules of professional re-
sponsibility for the jurisdiction in which the recipient 
is being monitored, and shall take reasonable steps 
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on the 
recipient.’’; 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h); and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) The Corporation shall require all attorneys and 
paralegals employed by a recipient to maintain records of 
time spent on each case or matter supported in whole or 
in part with funds provided under this title.’’. 
SEC. 12. TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. 
Section 1007 of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2996f), as amended by section 12, is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 
as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(c) In making a grant or entering into a contract 
under this section, the Corporation may provide that a 
portion of the funds provided under the grant or contract 
may be used to acquire and develop information tech-
nology to promote full access to high-quality, efficient legal 
representation and materials for self-representation.’’. 
SEC. 13. AUDITS. 
Section 1009 of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2996h) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) The Corporation shall require an audit of each 
recipient in accordance with generally accepted auditing 
standards and shall require that the recipient prepare a 
report that includes— 
‘‘(1) the financial statements of the recipient, 
including an unbiased presentation of the recipient’s 
financial position and the results of the recipient’s 
financial operations, in accordance with generally ac-
cepted accounting principles; and 
‘‘(2) a description of internal control systems of 
the recipient that provide reasonable assurance that 
the recipient is managing funds, from all sources, in 
compliance with Federal law.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (d), by striking all that follows 
the comma and adding ‘‘the Corporation, the Comp-
troller General of the United States, and the Cor-
poration’s Inspector General shall not have access to 
any information in documents, reports, or records 
that is confidential under the applicable rules of pro-
fessional responsibility or that is subject to the at-
torney-client privilege.’’. 
SEC. 14. FINANCING. 
Section 1010 of the Legal Services Corporation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2996i) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the first 3 sen-
tences and inserting the following: ‘‘There are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car-
rying 
out 
the 
activities 
of 
the 
Corporation 
$750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2015.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking the semicolon after ‘‘dis-
tinct from Federal funds’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(B) by striking ‘‘but any funds so received 
for the provision of legal assistance shall not be 
expended by recipients for any purpose prohib-
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ited by this title, except that this’’ and inserting 
‘‘This’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘to prevent re-
cipients from receiving other public funds’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, private funds,’’; and 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘(including founda-
tion funds benefitting Indians or Indian 
tribes)’’ the following: ‘‘, or any other funds re-
ceived from a source other than the Corpora-
tion’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of other programs that have Fed-
eral funds matching requirements, funds received by a re-
cipient from the Corporation shall not be considered to 
be Federal funds for the purpose of determining whether 
those funds may be used as non-Federal matching funds.’’ 
Æ 
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