[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23941]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA2)

AGENCY: Office of Recovery Programs, Departmental Offices, Department 
of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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: Comments should be received on or before January 3, 2023 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220, or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Haley Adams by emailing [email protected] or 
viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 11, 2021, the President signed the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the ``Act'') into law. The Act 
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse $21.55 billion of 
Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA2) to States, the District of Columbia, 
U.S. Territories, and certain local governments with more than 200,000 
residents (collectively, ``grantees'') to provide financial assistance 
and housing stability services to eligible households. Beginning on 
October 1, 2022, eligible ERA2 grantees that have obligated 75% of the 
ERA2 funds allocated to them may also use their remaining unobligated 
funds on other affordable rental housing and eviction prevention 
activities, as defined by the Secretary, serving very low-income 
families.
    Title: Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA2).
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0270.
    Type of Review: Revision of a previously approved collection.

Quarterly Reporting

Description

    All ERA2 grantees must submit quarterly reports to Treasury 
detailing their uses of funds to ensure their compliance with the ERA2 
Award Terms, the Act, and other applicable requirements. To collect 
this information, Treasury developed ERA2 quarterly report forms, the 
accompanying bulk upload templates, and associated guidance. Grantees 
are required to submit the quarterly reports electronically via 
Treasury's portal. The current OMB control number for the ERA2 
quarterly report forms will expire on December 30, 2022.
    Treasury is requesting OMB's approval of additions to and an 
extension of the ERA2 quarterly report data collection forms. The 
proposed additions include new questions necessary to monitor the 
grantees' uses of ERA2 funds to support affordable rental housing and 
eviction prevention activities starting on October 1, 2022, as 
authorized by the Act. The remainder of the report, which has been 
previously approved by OMB, is unchanged.
    All information collected through the quarterly reporting is 
crucial to Treasury's effective monitoring of the ERA2 grantees' 
compliance with the requirements of the ERA2 award.
    Form: Interim Reports,\1\ ERA2 Quarterly Reports, Bulk Upload 
Template, and Guidance.
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    \1\ Treasury is not currently collecting interim reports but is 
seeking approval of the documents in the event that they become 
necessary again in the future. Accordingly, they are not accounted 
for in the hourly burden calculations.
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    Affected Public: States, Territories, and local governments who 
received ERA2 awards.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 376.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,504.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 45,120 hours.
    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.

Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23941 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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