Cost Standards and Procedures; Purchasing and Property Management

What it does

This final rule revises the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC or Corporation) regulations governing cost allowability, prior approval requirements, and property and procurement standards applicable to LSC recipients. The final rule clarifies when recipients must obtain prior approval for expenditures of LSC funds; increases the monetary threshold for prior approval; clarifies the treatment of proceeds from fundraising activities supported with LSC funds; provides additional flexibility in LSC's review of prior approval requests; clarifies documentation requirements for prior approval requests; and revises the deadline and requirements for accounting for LSC funds invested in real estate. These amendments are intended to clarify existing requirements, reduce administrative burden, promote consistent oversight and enforcement, and strengthen accountability in the use of Federal funds.

The Legal Services Corporation's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 1630, 45 CFR 1631

Compared with

The Legal Services Corporation has published 2 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 1 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective on June 1, 2027.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register