[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15696-15697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06015]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-14]


7-Day Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection: 
Collection of Required Information for CARES Act Quarterly Reporting, 
OMB Control No.: 2535-XXXX

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HUD 
has requested from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) emergency 
approval of the information collection described in this notice.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 31, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to [email protected] or www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. Persons with hearing or 
speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Collection of Required Information 
for CARES Act Quarterly Reporting.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request New.
    Form Number: Forms associated to collections listed below.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: On 
March 27, 2020, the ``Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
Act'' (CARES Act) was signed into law. The CARES Act provided $12.4 
billion in additional FY2020 funding for HUD to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to COVID-19, including providing additional resources to 
meet emerging needs, support existing rental assistance programs, and 
to support capacity and oversight. The award provides HUD recipients 
the flexibility to meet evolving COVID-19 needs in their respective 
communities, including extending operational hours, increasing staffing 
hours, purchasing additional equipment, enhancing workforce training 
and capacity development, and providing critical housing services to 
people during this pandemic.
    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requests a 
clearance of this information collection request to allow for immediate 
outreach to Large Covered Funds recipients, defined as recipients of 
CARES Grant amounts over $150,000. This information collection request 
will enable the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
to collect the quarterly information required to be in compliance with 
the requirements outlined in section 15011 of the CARES Act. Reporting 
provisions include that not later than 10 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, each covered recipient shall submit to the agency and 
the committee a report that contains (A) the total amount of large 
covered funds received from the agency; (B) the amount of large covered 
funds received that were expended or obligated for each project or 
activity; (C) a detailed list of all projects or activities for which 
large covered funds were expended or obligated, including (i) the name 
of the project or activity; (ii) a description of the project or 
activity; and (iii) the estimated number of jobs created or retained by 
the project or activity.
    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration, and the Chairperson of the Council 
of Economic Advisors, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and publicly release on the website established under 
section 15010(g) quarterly reports that detail the impact of programs 
funded through large covered funds on employment, estimated economic 
growth, and other key economic indicators, including information about 
impacted industries.
    This information will be reported by the grant recipients to the 
program offices within HUD, then aggregated with the related 
information already being captured today. This aggregated information 
will form the required quarterly reporting for CARES Act funds that HUD 
submits to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC).
    For those programs where this would be an increase in the frequency 
of the information currently reported by moving from annual to 
quarterly reporting, the actual use of the information currently 
collected is the quarterly submission file to the PRAC.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): The respondents for this 
information collection request are the HUD program recipients of large 
covered funds provided by the CARES ACT, as defined in the above 
section.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: There are an estimated 3,700 
potential respondents across all HUD programs based on the obligations 
data from USASpending.gov as of March 4, 2021.
    Frequency of Response: This information is to be captured 
quarterly, as outlined in the reporting requirements section of the 
CARES Act.
    Related Forms and Processes Currently in Place: The following table 
outlined the related forms that will be impacted as part of this 
collection effort:

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per  response       hours       per response     Annual cost
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CDBG....................................           1,209               3           3,627           14.18          51,445           35.16      $1,808,794
ESG.....................................           2,360               3           7,080            2.94          20,832           39.96         832,428
HOPWA...................................             128               3             384            6.97           2,676           25.35          67,849
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    Total...............................           3,697               3          11,091  ..............          74,953  ..............       2,709,071
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*Please note: The table above is only reflective of the existing PRAs for CPD programs, with the total current number potential respondents across all
  HUD programs (based on the obligations data from USASpending.gov as of March 4, 2021) is estimated to be 5,000.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) If the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner;
    (3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

Anna Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-06015 Filed 3-23-21; 8:45 am]
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