[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 62 (Friday, April 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17394-17395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-C-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: Correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice is a correction to the notice that HUD publish on 
March 24, 2021 at 86 FR 15696. 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: April 9, 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.

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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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: There are an estimated 5,000 
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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      OMB control #                            Name
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2506-0133...............  Grant Application Submission, Recordkeeping,
                           and Reporting.
2506-0089...............  EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT DATA COLLECTION.
2506-0077...............  Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
                           Entitlement Program.
2577-0226...............  Public Housing Agency Plan (PHA) Plan.
2577-0218...............  Indian Housing Block Grants (IHBG) Program
                           Reporting.
2577-0029...............  Allocation of Operating Fund Grant Under the
                           Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection.
2502-0619...............  COVID-19 Supplemental Payment Requests.
2529-0033...............  Fair Housing Initiatives Program Grant.
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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.

C. 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. 2021-06850 Filed 4-1-21; 8:45 am]
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