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OMB Control No: 1505-0266	ICR Reference No: 202103-1505-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202101-1505-002
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 03/25/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/25/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/25/2021
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving this addition of the ERA Redirected Funds Form to in the information collections under this OMB control number.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2021	6 Months From Approved	07/31/2021
Responses	2,330	0	2,300
Time Burden (Hours)	606	0	576
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: On December 27, 2020, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). Division N, Title V, Section 501(a)(1) of the Act provides $25 billion for the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to make payments to States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities, as applicable, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and certain local governments with more than 200,000 residents (collectively the “eligible grantees”) to provide financial assistance and housing stability services to eligible households. Section 501(c) requires the eligible grantees to use the funds to provide financial assistance and housing stability services to eligible households. Section 501(b)(1)(A) provides that not later than 30 days after December 27, 2020, the Secretary shall pay each eligible grantee. Treasury intends to begin making payments as soon as possible given the urgent need for the funds being disbursed.

Emergency Justfication: Under the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, eligible local governments with more than 200,000 residents may elect to receive an ERA award directly from Treasury. If an eligible local government elected to receive an ERA award its allocation of award funds is deducted from the award amount that their State would have otherwise received under the ERA program. Some local governments that received an ERA award from Treasury have now decided to cancel their ERA awards and want to directly transfer their award funds to their respective states for the States to administer the ERA program. To facilitate this process and ensure that Treasury’s records accurately reflects the cancellation of the local government’s ERA award, and the modification of the State’s ERA award, local governments and its respective State must complete the Redirected Funds Form and provide it with the relevant supporting documentation to Treasury. Due to the need to expeditiously document the cancellation of the local government’s ERA award and modification of the State’s ERA award in Treasury’s records as well as other government-wide databases, such as USASpending.gov, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval on March 25, 2021 for the Redirected Funds form and related reporting under the Act. Given the inability to seek public comment during such a short timeframe, Treasury requests a waiver from the requirement to publish notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 116 - 253 501 Name of Law: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 116 - 253 501 Name of Law: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Acceptance of Award Terms Form	n/a
ERA Redirected Funds Form	ERA Redirected Funds Form
Recipient Payment Information Form	n/a

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,330	2,300	30
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	606	576	30
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This collection of information is a new statutory requirement. With this request, we are adding an ERA Redirected Funds Form, which will increase the burden hours by 30 hours since the previous approval.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Molly Stasko 202 622-8922 molly.stasko@treasury.gov

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