averagemeans the aggregate number of hours of instruction through the use of a Native American language to all students enrolled in a native language immersion program during a school year divided by the total number of students enrolled in the immersion program;
Boardmeans the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation;
Corporationmeans the Legal Services Corporation established under this subchapter;
eligible clientmeans any person financially unable to afford legal assistance;
financial assistanceincludes assistance advanced by grant, agreement, or contract, but does not include the procurement of plant or equipment, or goods or services;
Governormeans the chief executive officer of a State;
Indian reservation or Alaska Native villageincludes the reservation of any federally or State recognized Indian Tribe, including any band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, any former reservation in Oklahoma, and community under the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe, including a band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, with allotted lands or lands subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States or a State, and any lands of or under the jurisdiction of an Alaska Native village or group, including any lands selected by Alaska Natives or Alaska Native organizations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.];
legal assistancemeans the provision of any legal services consistent with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter;
Native American Pacific Islandermeans an individual who is indigenous to a United States territory or possession located in the Pacific Ocean, and includes such individual while residing in the United States.
Native Hawaiianmeans any individual any of whose ancestors were natives of the area which consists of the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778;
recipientmeans any grantee, contractee, or recipient of financial assistance described in clause (A) of section 2996e(a)(1) of this title;
rulehas the meaning given it in section 551(4) of title 5, as amended from time to time;
Secretarymeans the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
staff attorneymeans an attorney who receives more than one-half of his annual professional income from a recipient organized solely for the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients under this subchapter;
Statemeans any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.