[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68286-68287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21864]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[TREAS-DO-2022-0011]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Coronavirus 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 proposed or continuing 
information collections, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 4, 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, by either of the following methods:
     Electronically through https://www.regulations.gov 
(preferred method): Search for Docket ID# TREAS-DO-2022-0011 and follow 
the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments will be posted to the docket 
unchanged.
     Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Departmental Offices (DO)

    Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0277.
    Type of Review: Revision 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

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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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    The current information collection is being used to solicit 
information related to:
     Annual performance reports submitted by CPF recipients 
that are States, Territories, or freely associated states. This report 
is being renewed without changes;
     Quarterly project and expenditure reports submitted by CPF 
recipients that are States, Territories, or freely associated states. 
The requirements for this report are being amended as described below; 
and
     Annual project and expenditure reports submitted by CPF 
recipients that are Tribal governments. The requirements for this 
report are being amended as described below.
    The Compliance and Reporting Guidance for States, Territories, and 
Freely Associated States, and the Compliance and Reporting Guidance for 
Tribal Governments provide recipients with information needed to 
fulfill their reporting requirements and compliance obligations. Data 
is submitted to Treasury using a web-based portal and in accordance 
with specific data requirements.
    Project and expenditure reports must be submitted quarterly for the 
duration of the period of performance for States, Territories, and 
freely associated states, and annually for the duration of the period 
of performance for Tribal governments. The project and expenditure 
report contains a set of standardized questions to ascertain the 
recipient's use of funds received as of the date of reporting, as well 
as the status of individual projects. Treasury will make the data 
submitted by recipients publicly available.
    Performance reports must be submitted annually for recipients that 
are States, Territories, and freely associated states for the duration 
of the period of performance. These performance reports contain 
detailed performance data corresponding to the ``Programs'' specified 
previously in a recipient's Grant Plan. This will include information 
on efforts to improve equity and engage communities. The performance 
report is largely freely written text, and while there are certain data 
and topics that recipients must cover in the performance report, it is 
mostly free-form written content. Recipients are required to publish 
the performance report on their website and provide the reports to 
Treasury.
    Proposed Changes: On June 2, 2023, Treasury received approval for a 
revision to this information collection on an emergency processing 
basis. Treasury presently seeks non-emergency approval for the same 
revision in accordance with normal PRA clearance procedures. The 
revision is to add two new fields for recipients to report on Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) identifiers in order to uniquely 
identify the precise location of CPF funded broadband projects. The 
revision is the same for States, Territories, Freely Associated States, 
and Tribal recipients. Treasury expects that recipients have these FCC 
identifiers on-hand, and the estimated burden remains unchanged.
    1. Provider ID. The Provider ID is the identifier that the FCC 
assigns to every internet Service Provider (ISP). Any entity 
undertaking a broadband infrastructure project already has this number.
    2. Fabric ID. The Fabric ID is assigned to every ``broadband 
serviceable location'' in the ``fabric'', a database of all serviceable 
locations. For example, an apartment building which is broadband 
serviceable will have a unique Fabric ID assigned by the FCC. CPF 
recipients who are completing broadband projects are required to 
provide the Fabric IDs for the locations that they are serving.
    Background Justifying the Changes. Section 60105 of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58) required the 
FCC to establish an online mapping tool with broadband locations funded 
by Federal agencies. As a result, CPF reporting guidance has been 
updated.
    Form: Compliance and Reporting Guidance for States, Territories, 
and Freely Associated States; Compliance and Reporting Guidance for 
Tribal Governments.
    Affected Public: State, Territorial, Freely Associated State, and 
Tribal governments receiving CPF grant funds.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 609.
    Frequency of Response: States, Territories, and freely associated 
states: 4 times per year for project and expenditure reports, and 1 
time per year for performance reports; Tribal governments: 1 time per 
year.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 845.
    Estimated Time per Response: 62 hours for State project and 
expenditure reports. 80 hours for State performance reports. 50 hours 
for Tribal annual reports.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,352.
    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.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-21864 Filed 10-2-23; 8:45 am]
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