(a)      In applying for and expending corporate funds, grantees shall take into account the relative needs for service of clients, particularly the needs of eligible clients with special difficulties of access to legal services or with special legal problems, including elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

      (b)      Funds made available to grantees by the Corporation under this subtitle may not be used:

            (1)      To provide legal assistance with respect to any fee-generating case;

            (2)      To provide legal assistance with respect to the defense of any criminal prosecution;

            (3)      To provide legal assistance in civil actions to persons who have been convicted of a criminal charge where the civil action arises out of alleged acts or failures to act and the action is brought against an official of the court or against a law enforcement official for the purpose of challenging the validity of the criminal conviction;

            (4)      To influence the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any executive order or similar promulgation by any federal, State, or local agency, or to undertake to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States, or by any State or local legislative bodies, or State proposals by referendum by petition;

            (5)      To contribute to or be made available to any political party or association, or the campaign of any candidate for public or party office; or

            (6)      To provide representation in a class action suit.