[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1606.2]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER XVI--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
 
PART 1606_TERMINATION AND DEBARMENT PROCEDURES; RECOMPETITION--Table of 
 
Sec.  1606.2  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part:
    (a) Debarment means an action taken by the Corporation to exclude a 
recipient from receiving an additional award of financial assistance 
from the Corporation or from receiving additional LSC funds from another 
recipient of the Corporation pursuant to a subgrant, subcontract or 
similar agreement, for the period of time stated in the final debarment 
decision.
    (b) Knowing and willful means that the recipient had actual 
knowledge of the fact that its action or lack thereof constituted a 
violation and despite such knowledge, undertook or failed to undertake 
the action.
    (c) Recipient means any grantee or contractor receiving financial 
assistance from the Corporation under section 1006(a)(1)(A) of the LSC 
Act.
    (d)(1) Termination means that a recipient's level of financial 
assistance under its grant or contract with the Corporation will be 
reduced in whole or in part prior to the expiration of the term of a 
recipient's current grant or contract. A partial termination will affect 
only the recipient's current year's funding, unless the Corporation 
provides otherwise in the final termination decision.
    (2) A termination does not include:
    (i) A reduction of funding required by law, including a reduction in 
or rescission of the Corporation's appropriation that is apportioned 
among all recipients of the same class in proportion to their current 
level of funding;

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    (ii) A reduction or deduction of LSC support for a recipient under 
the Corporation's fund balance regulation at 45 CFR part 1628;
    (iii) A recovery of disallowed costs under the Corporation's 
regulation on costs standards and procedures at 45 CFR part 1630;
    (iv) A withholding of funds pursuant to the Corporation's Private 
Attorney Involvement rule at 45 CFR Part 1614; or
    (v) A reduction of funding of less than 5 percent of a recipient's 
current annual level of financial assistance imposed by the Corporation 
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Corporation. No such 
reduction shall be imposed except in accordance with regulations 
promulgated by the Corporation.