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OMB Control No: 1505-0276	ICR Reference No: 202302-1505-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202209-1505-002
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund
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: 09/27/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/17/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/03/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	03/31/2023	03/31/2023
Responses	8,633	0	8,582
Time Burden (Hours)	9,304	0	9,249
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 605 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, established the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (the “LATCF”), which appropriates $2 billion in total funding across fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to Treasury to make payments to eligible revenue sharing counties and eligible Tribal governments (collectively, “eligible governments”). Specifically, for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, Treasury shall reserve $250 million of the total amount appropriated to allocate and pay to eligible Tribal governments and $750 million of the total amount appropriated to allocate and pay to eligible revenue sharing counties.

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 the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) information collection request described below. On March 11, 2021, the President signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the Act), Pub. L. No. 117-2. Section 605 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of the Act, established the LATCF, which appropriates $2 billion in total funding across fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to Treasury to make payments to eligible Tribal governments and eligible revenue sharing counties. Specifically, for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, Treasury shall reserve $750 million of the total amount appropriated to allocate and pay to each eligible revenue sharing counties. These governments may use the funds for any governmental purpose except for a lobbying activity. Treasury has engaged stakeholders and agency partners, including the National Association of Counties, the Montana Association of Counties, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service). Eligible revenue sharing counties have an urgent need for this funding, and given resource constraints, will likely require additional time and one-on-one outreach by Treasury to navigate the funding request process. Treasury will be unable to make payments to eligible revenue sharing counties without receiving the requested information. Due to Treasury’s inability to carry out its statutory obligations without this information, the statutory deadline which occurs before the time periods set forth in 5 C.F.R. § 1320.10 and recipient resource constraints, as well as the inability to seek public comment during such a short timeframe, Treasury requested and received emergency processing for the Recipient Payment Information Form (for eligible Tribal governments), the records retention and access requirement (for eligible Tribal governments), and the Certification Regarding Economic Conditions (for eligible Tribal governments). For similar reasons, Treasury now requests emergency processing for the Recipient Payment Information Form (for eligible revenue sharing counties) and the records retention and access requirement (for eligible revenue sharing counties). OMB approval of this form is requested by September 27, 2022. 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 - 2 605 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 605 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 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

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	8,633	8,582	51
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	9,304	9,249	55
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 amended the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) and expanded eligibility for the program to “eligible revenue sharing consolidated governments”. In preparation for this launch, we made updates to the current LATCF collection documents to reflect these new recipients.

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: Jennifer North 999 999-9999

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