<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa hivyo, kabla ya mwaka wa kifedha wa 1984, wapokeaji wa LSC walikuwa na mamlaka ya kuwakilisha wageni ambao walikuwa wakazi wa kisheria wa Marekani bila kujali kama mgeni alikuwa mbali na Marekani wakati wa sehemu fulani ya uwakilishi.  <response>: Thus, prior to FY 1984, LSC recipients were authorized to represent aliens who were legal residents of the United States regardless of whether the alien was absent from the United States during some part of the representation. 