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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
45 CFR Part 1611
Income Level for Individuals Eligible
for Assistance
Legal Services Corporation.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) is required by law to
establish maximum income levels for
individuals eligible for legal assistance.
This document updates the specified
income levels to reflect the annual
amendments to the Federal Poverty
Guidelines issued by the U. S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
DATES: Effective February 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stefanie K. Davis, Assistant General
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation,
3333 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20007;
(202) 295–1563; sdavis@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1007(a)(2) of the Legal Services
SUMMARY:
Corporation Act (Act), 42 U.S.C.
2996f(a)(2), requires LSC to establish
maximum income levels for individuals
eligible for legal assistance. Section
1611.3(c) of LSC’s regulations
establishes a maximum income level
equivalent to 125% of the Federal
Poverty Guidelines (Guidelines), which
HHS is responsible for updating and
issuing. 45 CFR 1611.3(c).
Each year, LSC updates appendix A to
45 CFR part 1611 to provide client
income eligibility standards based on
the most recent Guidelines. The figures
for 2019, set out below, are equivalent
to 125% of the Guidelines published by
HHS on January 11, 2019.
In addition, LSC is publishing a chart
listing income levels that are 200% of
the Guidelines. This chart is for
reference purposes only as an aid to
recipients in assessing the financial
eligibility of an applicant whose income
is greater than 125% of the applicable
Guidelines amount, but less than 200%
of the applicable Guidelines amount
(and who may be found to be financially
eligible under duly adopted exceptions
to the annual income ceiling in
accordance with 45 CFR 1611.3, 1611.4,
and 1611.5).
Except where there are minor
variances due to rounding, the amount
by which the guideline increases for
each additional member of the
household is a consistent amount.
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1611
Grant programs—law, Legal services.
For reasons set forth in the preamble,
the Legal Services Corporation amends
45 CFR part 1611 as follows:
PART 1611—FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY
1. The authority citation for part 1611
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
2. Revise appendix A to part 1611 to
read as follows:
■
Appendix A to Part 1611—Income
Level for Individuals Eligible for
Assistance
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2019 INCOME GUIDELINES *
48 Contiguous
States and the
District of Columbia
Size of household
1 ...................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................................
4 ...................................................................................................................................................
5 ...................................................................................................................................................
6 ...................................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
8 ...................................................................................................................................................
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add:
$15,613
21,138
26,663
32,188
37,713
43,238
48,763
54,288
5,525
Alaska
$19,500
26,413
33,325
40,238
47,150
54,063
60,975
67,888
6,913
Hawaii
$17,975
24,325
30,675
37,025
43,375
49,725
56,075
62,425
6,350
* The figures in this table represent 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS.
REFERENCE CHART—200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES *
48 Contiguous
States and the
District of Columbia
Size of household
1 ...................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................................
4 ...................................................................................................................................................
5 ...................................................................................................................................................
6 ...................................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
8 ...................................................................................................................................................
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add:
$24,980
33,820
42,660
51,500
60,340
69,180
78,020
86,860
8,840
Alaska
$31,200
42,260
53,320
64,380
75,440
86,500
97,560
108,620
11,060
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* The figures in this table represent 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS.
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Hawaii
$28,760
38,920
49,080
59,240
69,400
79,560
89,720
99,880
10,160
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Dated: January 30, 2019.
Stefanie Davis,
Assistant General Counsel.
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47 CFR Part 64
[CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 03–123; FCC
18–79]
IP CTS Modernization and Reform
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has
approved, for a period of three years, the
information collection associated with
rules adopted in the Commission’s
document Misuse of internet Protocol
(IP) Captioned Telephone Service et al.
Report and Order and Declaratory
Ruling (Order). This document is
consistent with the Order, which stated
that the Commission would publish a
document in the Federal Register
announcing the effective date of those
rules.
DATES: § 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(1), (6)
published at 83 FR 30082, June 27,
2018, is effective February 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliot
Greenwald, Disability Rights Office,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, at (202) 418–2235, or email:
Eliot.Greenwald@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document announces that, on December
19, 2018, OMB approved, for a period of
three years, the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s Order, FCC 18–79,
published at 83 FR 30082, June 27,
2018. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0463. The Commission publishes
this notice as an announcement of the
effective date of the rules. If you have
any comments on the burden estimates
listed below, or how the Commission
can improve the collections and reduce
any burdens caused thereby, please
contact Cathy Williams, Federal
Communications Commission, Room 1–
C823, 445 12th Street SW, Washington,
DC 20554. Please include the OMB
Control Number, 3060–0463, in your
correspondence. The Commission will
also accept your comments via the
internet if you send them to PRA@
fcc.gov.
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SYNOPSIS
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
the FCC is notifying the public that it
received OMB approval on December
19, 2018, for the information collection
requirements contained in the
Commission’s rules at
§ 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(1), (6).
Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a current,
valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control
Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060–0463.
The foregoing notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995,
and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens
and costs for the respondents are as
follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0463.
OMB Approval Date: December 19,
2018.
OMB Expiration Date: December 31,
2021.
Title: Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-Speech Services
for Individuals with Hearing and
Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03–
123.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or household; State,
Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 5,072 respondents; 7,314
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours (30 minutes) to 80 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually,
monthly, on occasion, and one-time
reporting requirements; Recordkeeping
and Third-Party Disclosure
requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefit. The statutory
authority for the information collection
requirements is found at section 225 of
the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 225.
The law was enacted on July 26, 1990,
as Title IV of the ADA, Public Law 101–
336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69.
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Total Annual Burden: 12,342 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,800.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality is an issue to the extent
that individuals and households
provide personally identifiable
information, which is covered under the
FCC’s updated system of records notice
(SORN), FCC/CGB–1, ‘‘Informal
Complaints, Inquiries, and Requests for
Dispute Assistance.’’ As required by the
Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the
Commission also published a SORN,
FCC/CGB–1 ‘‘Informal Complaints,
Inquiries, and Requests for Dispute
Assistance,’’ in the Federal Register on
August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48152) which
became effective on September 24, 2014.
Privacy Impact Assessment: The FCC
completed a Privacy Impact Assessment
(PIA) on June 28, 2007. It may be
reviewed at https://www.fcc.gov/
general/privacy-act-information#pia.
The Commission is in the process of
updating the PIA to incorporate various
revisions to it as a result of revisions to
the SORN.
Needs and Uses: On December 21,
2001, the Commission released the 2001
TRS Cost Recovery Order, document
FCC 01–371, published at 67 FR 4203,
January 29, 2002, in which the
Commission:
(1) Directed the Interstate
Telecommunications Relay Services
(TRS) Fund (TRS Fund) administrator to
continue to use the average cost per
minute compensation methodology for
the traditional TRS compensation rate;
(2) required TRS providers to submit
certain projected TRS-related cost and
demand data to the TRS Fund
administrator to be used to calculate the
rate; and
(3) directed the TRS Fund
administrator to expand its form for
providers to itemize their actual and
projected costs and demand data, and to
include specific sections to capture
speech-to-speech (STS) and video relay
service (VRS) costs and minutes of use.
In 2003, the Commission released the
2003 Second Improved TRS Order,
published at 68 FR 50973, August 25,
2003, which among other things
required that TRS providers offer certain
local exchange carrier (LEC)-based
improved services and features where
technologically feasible, including a
speed dialing requirement which may
entail voluntary recordkeeping for TRS
providers to maintain a list of telephone
numbers. See also 47 CFR
64.604(a)(3)(vi)(B).
In 2007, the Commission released the
Section 225/255 VoIP Report and Order,
published at 72 FR 43546, August 6,
2007, extending the disability access
requirements that apply to
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
45 CFR Part 1611
Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is required by law to
establish maximum income levels for individuals eligible for legal
assistance. This document updates the specified income levels to
reflect the annual amendments to the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued
by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
DATES: Effective February 4, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stefanie K. Davis, Assistant General
Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K St. NW, Washington, DC
20007; (202) 295-1563; sdavis@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1007(a)(2) of the Legal Services
Corporation Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(2), requires LSC to establish
maximum income levels for individuals eligible for legal assistance.
Section 1611.3(c) of LSC's regulations establishes a maximum income
level equivalent to 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
(Guidelines), which HHS is responsible for updating and issuing. 45 CFR
1611.3(c).
Each year, LSC updates appendix A to 45 CFR part 1611 to provide
client income eligibility standards based on the most recent
Guidelines. The figures for 2019, set out below, are equivalent to 125%
of the Guidelines published by HHS on January 11, 2019.
In addition, LSC is publishing a chart listing income levels that
are 200% of the Guidelines. This chart is for reference purposes only
as an aid to recipients in assessing the financial eligibility of an
applicant whose income is greater than 125% of the applicable
Guidelines amount, but less than 200% of the applicable Guidelines
amount (and who may be found to be financially eligible under duly
adopted exceptions to the annual income ceiling in accordance with 45
CFR 1611.3, 1611.4, and 1611.5).
Except where there are minor variances due to rounding, the amount
by which the guideline increases for each additional member of the
household is a consistent amount.
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1611
Grant programs--law, Legal services.
For reasons set forth in the preamble, the Legal Services
Corporation amends 45 CFR part 1611 as follows:
PART 1611--FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY
0
1. The authority citation for part 1611 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
0
2. Revise appendix A to part 1611 to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 1611--Income Level for Individuals Eligible for
Assistance
Legal Services Corporation 2019 Income Guidelines *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
48 Contiguous
States and the
Size of household District of Alaska Hawaii
Columbia
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1............................................................... $15,613 $19,500 $17,975
2............................................................... 21,138 26,413 24,325
3............................................................... 26,663 33,325 30,675
4............................................................... 32,188 40,238 37,025
5............................................................... 37,713 47,150 43,375
6............................................................... 43,238 54,063 49,725
7............................................................... 48,763 60,975 56,075
8............................................................... 54,288 67,888 62,425
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: 5,525 6,913 6,350
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* The figures in this table represent 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by
HHS.
Reference Chart--200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines *
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48 Contiguous
States and the
Size of household District of Alaska Hawaii
Columbia
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1............................................................... $24,980 $31,200 $28,760
2............................................................... 33,820 42,260 38,920
3............................................................... 42,660 53,320 49,080
4............................................................... 51,500 64,380 59,240
5............................................................... 60,340 75,440 69,400
6............................................................... 69,180 86,500 79,560
7............................................................... 78,020 97,560 89,720
8............................................................... 86,860 108,620 99,880
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: 8,840 11,060 10,160
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* The figures in this table represent 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by
HHS.
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Dated: January 30, 2019.
Stefanie Davis,
Assistant General Counsel.
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