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OMB Control No: 1505-0271	ICR Reference No: 202109-1505-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-1505-001
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 08/06/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/07/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/02/2021
Terms of Clearance: Addition of the Local Government Transfer Forms to the approval under this OMB control number is being made as a non-substantive change in light of the recent emergency approval of this OMB control number

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2021	11/30/2021	11/30/2021
Responses	17,980	0	16,480
Time Burden (Hours)	51,735	0	50,235
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security Act as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”), Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorizes the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF) and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) respectively (referred to as the “Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds” or “SLFRF”), which provides $350 billion in total funding to Treasury to make payments generally to States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (defined to include, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), Tribes, Metropolitan cities, Counties, Consolidated Governments, and Nonentitlement units of local government (through States) (collectively the “eligible entities”) to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency or its negative economic impact, including provide assistance to households, small business, nonprofits, and impacted industries, such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the State, territory, tribal government, metropolitan city, county, or nonentitlement units of local government performing essential work or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers; provide government services, to the extent COVID-19 caused a reduction of revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory, tribal government, metropolitan city, county, or nonentitlement units of local government; or make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure. Section 602(b) of the Act prescribes that $219.8 billion must be allocated as follows: (1) $4.5 billion reserved for making payments to the U.S. Territories; (2) $20 billion reserved for making payments to Tribal governments; and (3) $195.3 billion reserved for making payments to the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Section 603(b) of the Act prescribes that $130.2 billion must be allocated as follows: (1) $45.57 billion reserved for making payments to Metropolitan cities; (2) $19.53 billion reserved for making payments to States for distribution to Nonentitlement units of local government; and (3) $65.1 billion reserved for making payments to Counties. A unit of general local government that has formed a consolidated government or is geographically (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general local government may receive a distribution from the funds reserved for making payment to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government or county, as applicable based on the respective formula for such allocation to a metropolitan city, nonentitlement unit of local government or county. Section 602(b)(6)(A)(i) provides that Treasury shall make payments to States and U.S. Territories no later than 60 days after receipt of the required certification. Payments to tribal governments are to be distributed no later than 60 days after March 11, 2021 pursuant to section 602(b)(6)(B). Section 603(b)(7)(A) provides that Treasury shall make the first tranche of payments to metropolitan cities, counties, and States for distribution to nonentitlement units of local government no later than 60 days after March 11, 2021.

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 State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program Recovery Plan Performance Report, the Non-entitlement units of government (NEU) distribution template and the Not units of general local government (Non-UGLG) information collection request, revising OMB Control Number 1505-0271. On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, and established the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, which together make up the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“SLFRF”) program. This program is intended to provide support to State, territorial, local, and Tribal governments in responding to the economic and public health impacts of COVID-19 and in their efforts to contain impacts on their communities, residents, and businesses. On June 17, 2020, Treasury published the Compliance and Reporting Guidance that SLFRF recipients need to comply with to fulfill their reporting requirements. As noted in the Compliance and Reporting Guidance, recipients are required to fulfill the first of those reporting requirements by August 31, 2021. Treasury is currently working on developing the reporting portal recipients will use to transmit the necessary information. The online portal is expected to go live around August 9, 2021, which will only provide recipients less than a month to fulfill their reporting obligations. Due to the need to provide guidance to recipients so they can gather the necessary information needed to be reported through the Treasury reporting portal once it opens or be posted in their public website, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval by August 6, 2021 of the Recovery Plan Performance Report, which will contain detailed project performance data, including information on efforts to improve equity and engage communities; the NEU Distribution Template, the Non-UGLG Distribution Template, which provide updates on distributions to individual NEUs and Non-UGLGs, and the associated User Guide. Due to the need for recipients to prepare and submit the report and template to Treasury expeditiously, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval of the recovery performance plan, by August 6, 2021. 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. 117 - 2 9901 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	17,980	16,480	1,500
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	51,735	50,235	1,500
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: A non-substantive change request is being submitted in order to add forms that would enable local governments to transfer SLFRF funds to their state, as allowed under section 603(c)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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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