[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74231-74232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28229]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Capital Projects Fund

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 February 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, by the following method:
     Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number 
TREAS-DO-2021-0022 and the specific Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number 1505-0274.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to this program, 
please contact Jeremy Turret by emailing [email protected], or 
calling 202-622-4256. Additionally, you can view the information 
collection requests at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0274.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: Section 604 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) established the Coronavirus Capital 
Projects Fund (``CPF''). The CPF provides $10 billion in funding for 
the U.S. Department of the Treasury (``Treasury'') to make payments 
according to a statutory formula to States (defined to include each of 
the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico), seven 
territories and freely associated states (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 \1\ ``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).
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    \1\ An eligible Tribal government is the recognized governing 
body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, community, component band, or component reservation, 
individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list 
published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act 
pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). The State of Hawaii, for 
exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the 
Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians, is 
also eligible to apply for funding under this funding category.
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    Forms: Grant Applications (States, Territories, and Freely 
Associated States); Grant Applications (Tribal Governments); and Grant 
Plans (States, Territories, and Freely Associated States.
    Affected Public: State, Tribal, Territorial, and Freely Associated 
State Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 715.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 715.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 or 2 hours for Grant Applications. 
60 hours for Grant Plans.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,793.
    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: December 22, 2021.
Molly Stasko,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-28229 Filed 12-28-21; 8:45 am]
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