such services are initiated. (h) Languages other than English In areas where significant numbers of indigent defendants speak a language other than English as their principal language, the Center shall, to the extent feasible, provide that their principal language is used in the provision of public defense services to such defendants under this Act. (i) Miscellaneous prohibitions (1) The Center shall have no power to issue any shares of stock, or to declare or pay any dividends. (2) No part of the income or assets of the Center shall inure to the benefit of any director, officer, or employee, except as reasonable compensation for services or reimbursement for expenses. (j) Political activities of Center employees and staff attorneys (1) Employees of the Center or of recipients shall not at any time intentionally identify the Center or the recipient with any partisan or nonpartisan political activity associated with a political party or association, or the campaign of any candidate for public or party office. (2) Employees of the Center and staff attorneys shall be deemed to be State or local employees for purposes of chapter 15 of title 5, except that no staff attorney may be a candidate in a partisan political election. 8. Grants and Contracts (a) Center Executive Director authorized To make grants and enter into contracts The Executive Director of the Center is authorized to make grants and enter into contracts under this Act. (b) Grants described (1) In general The Center shall make grants to State or local governments and public defense systems that supplement, not supplant, other available resources for the purpose of improving or establishing public defense systems. (2) Term The term of a grant under this section shall be 2 or 3 years, as determined by the Center. (3) Renewal A grant recipient under this Act may renew such grant by submitting an application to the Executive Director of the Center at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Executive Director may reasonably require,