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OMB Control No: 1505-0266	ICR Reference No: 202104-1505-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202103-1505-006
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: 04/20/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/21/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/20/2021
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving addition of the ERA1 Interim Reporting to in the information collections under this OMB control number.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	6 Months From Approved	07/31/2021
Responses	2,768	0	2,330
Time Burden (Hours)	2,358	0	606
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: Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requests emergency processing for an Emergency Rental Assistance program information collection request, revising OMB Control number 1505-0266. 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. Treasury is seeking approval for the interim report and the interim reporting requirements for ERA grantees to submit summary information on their utilization of ERA award funds to date to fulfill Treasury’s statutory reporting requirements and to effectively monitor the ERA grantees’ compliance with the requirements of the ERA award. The interim report would contain information on ERA grantees’ programmatic and financial activity from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021. Due to the need to prepare quarterly reports expeditiously as required by statute, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval of the interim report and guidance by April 20, 2021 in order to make the interim report and guidance available on April 21, 2021 for ERA grantees’ use. This collection is essential to Treasury’s mission. It is not practicable for Treasury to consult with interested agencies and members of the public in such a short timeframe. As such, Treasury requests a waiver from the requirement to publish notice in the Federal Register.

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: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Acceptance of Award Terms Form	n/a
ERA Redirected Funds Form	n/a
ERA1 Interim Reporting	n/a
Recipient Payment Information Form	n/a

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,768	2,330	438
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,358	606	1,752
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: There is an increase of 1,752 hours of burden due to the addition of the Quarterly Interim Report Form, due to agency discretion.

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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