[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19963]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 
Program

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed 
information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 15, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, by any of the following methods:
     Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number 
TREAS-DO-2021-0015 and the specific Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control numbers 1505-0271.
     Mail: Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to these 
programs, please contact Katherine Richards by emailing 
[email protected], or calling (844) 529-9527. Additionally, you can 
view the information collection requests at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0271.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security Act (the 
``Act''), as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021, Public Law 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorized 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''). The Coronavirus State 
and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide $350 billion in total funding 
for the Department of the Treasury (``Treasury'') to make payments 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 (through States) Non-
entitlement units of local government (collectively the ``eligible 
entities'') to (1) respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency or 
its negative economic impacts, including providing assistance to 
households, small business, nonprofits, and impacted industries, such 
as tourism, travel, and hospitality; (2) respond to workers performing 
essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing premium pay to 
eligible workers of the State, U.S. Territory, Tribal government, 
Metropolitan city, County, or Non-entitlement units of local government 
who are performing essential work or by providing grants to eligible 
employers that have eligible workers; (3) provide of government 
services, to the extent COVID-19 caused a reduction of revenues 
collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the State, U.S. 
Territory, Tribal government, Metropolitan city, County, or Non-
entitlement units of local government; or (4) make necessary 
investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
    Forms: Award and Payment Forms and associated forms; Annual 
Recovery Performance Plan and Distribution Templates and reporting 
requirements.
    Affected Public: State, Territorial, Tribal, and certain Local 
Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 44,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once, Monthly, Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 44,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes to 1 hour for award and 
payment forms, 5 hours to 100 hours for performance plan, distribution 
templates and reporting requirements.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 220,000.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: September 10, 2021.
Molly Stasko,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-19963 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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