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OMB Control No: 1505-0277	ICR Reference No: 202207-1505-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No: N/A
Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund Reporting
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 08/01/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/01/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/01/2022
Terms of Clearance: Supporting statement clarified during OMB review.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2023	6 Months From Approved
Responses	295	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	19,352	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 604 of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorized the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (“CPF”). The CPF provides $10 billion in funding for the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to provide grant payments to States (defined to include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), seven territories and freely associated states (including the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau), and Tribal governments to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (“COVID-19”). Section 604(b) of the Act prescribes that the $10 billion be allocated to eligible grant recipients according to a formula provided in the statute. Treasury has used this formula to calculate the CPF grant fund allocations for each eligible recipient and has posted these allocations on its website . In general, each State (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) will receive between approximately $107 million and $500 million, each of the seven named territories and freely associated states will receive approximately $14 million, and each Tribal government will receive approximately $167,000. Treasury has previously received approval under OMB #1505-0274 for information collections related to applying for CPF grant awards (“Applications”) and for specifying the use of funds (“Grant Plans”) The current information collection will be used to solicit information related to quarterly project and expenditure reports and annual performance reports. Both information collections are described generally in the Compliance and Reporting Guidance. The Compliance and Reporting Guidance provides recipients information needed to fulfill their reporting requirements and compliance obligations. Treasury will also prepare an IT portal user guide with specific instructions on entering data into the reporting web-based portal.

Emergency Justfication: The CPF was established as an emergency measure by Section 604 of the Social Security Act, as added by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Pub. L. No. 117-2. ARPA appropriated $10 billion to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to provide grant payments to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments “to carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education, and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)”. Treasury is seeking approval for the CPF Project and Expenditures Report and Performance Report forms, as described in the accompanying Compliance and Reporting Guidance document. These forms will be used by an estimated 59 recipients to report on their use of CPF grant award funding and meet their reporting and compliance requirements. The Project and Expenditure Report will be submitted approximately once per quarter for the duration of the grant period of performance, and the Performance Report will be submitted approximately once annually for the duration of the grant period of performance. This information collection is necessary for Treasury to assess recipients’ use of funds and compliance with statutory aims and program guidelines. Both forms will be submitted using Treasury’s web-based portal. Recipients are expected to use CPF grant funds to, among other things, directly address connectivity shortfalls exacerbated by the pandemic which make it challenging for some communities to access work, education, and health monitoring services. Treasury has already begun awarding CPF funds and making payments to recipients. These recipients must receive sufficient information about their reporting requirements in advance of the first reporting deadline of October 31, 2022. Treasury cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures under 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2) because of the time constraints facing the program. This information collection meets the criteria under 44 U.S.C. § 3507(j), which allows OMB to authorize a collection of information under certain circumstances that apply to our request.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 9901 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 9901 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	295	295
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,352	19,352
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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

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

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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: John Zitko 999 999-9999

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