Legislative history and chronology of the Kennedy Legal Services Amendment, beginning from May 7, 1996 until July 1996.
Publisher: Senator Kennedy
[pdf] Statement of Senator Edward Kennedy: Legal Services Kennedy Amendment to Exempt Battered Immigrants from LSC Funding Restrictions (+)
Senator Kennedy’s speech to the Senate Appropriations Committee Markup in support of amendments to the Appropriations Act that would exempt battered immigrants from Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”) funding restrictions based on legal status.
[pdf] Legal Services Kennedy Amendment Section 504 Appropriations Act FY1997 (+)
Text of the Kennedy Amendment, Section 504 of the Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 1997, stating that the statute shall no longer prohibit organizations from using their funding from a source other than the Legal Service Corporation (“LSC”) to provide legal assistance to immigrant survivors of domestic abuse.