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OMB Control No: 1505-0266	ICR Reference No: 202107-1505-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-1505-005
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA1)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 07/16/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/16/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/16/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	6 Months From Approved	10/31/2021
Responses	4,276	0	2,768
Time Burden (Hours)	47,598	0	2,358
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 (ERA2) 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 established the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 1) program and 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 ERA 1quarterly report forms, which all ERA 1 recipients will use to submit detailed information on their utilization of ERA 1 award funds. This information collection is vitally important for Treasury to fulfill its statutory reporting requirements, satisfy the PRAC reporting requirements, and continue to effectively monitor the ERA 1 grantees’ compliance with the requirements of the ERA 1 award. Due to the need for recipients to prepare and submit these ERA 1 quarterly reports to Treasury expeditiously, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval of the ERA 1 quarterly report forms, bulk upload templates, instructions, and Treasury’s Portal User Guide by July 13, 2021 in order to increase the efficient distribution of ERA 1 quarterly reporting guidance and to facilitate ease of communication with the ERA 1 grantees on reporting matters. 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: 5

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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	4,276	2,768	1,508
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	47,598	2,358	45,240
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: The revision is to add the ERA 1 Quarterly Report, bulk upload templates, instructions, and Treasury’s Portal User Guide to the PRA package, which slightly increases the burden estimates by 45,240 hours.

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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