Legal Services Corporation Repeal Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5524
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-16
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure

Lawyers and legal services

Legal Services Corporation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Legal Services Corporation Repeal Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill repeals the Legal Services Corporation Act, which established a federally funded nonprofit corporation to provide financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford such assistance.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5524 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 16, 2016 Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To repeal the Legal Services Corporation Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Legal Services Corporation Repeal Act of 2016 . 2. Repeal The Legal Services Corporation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. ) is repealed.