Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Grant Plan – States, Territories, and Freely Associated States Form and Instruction	New
1505-0274-Emergency Justification Memo Capital Projects_signed.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-22
1505-0274_CPF Change Request Justification_screenshots_Final.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2021-09-29
1505-0274_CPF Change Request Justification_Final.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2021-09-22
1505-0274 Justification for Emergency Processing-9-7-21_signed.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-09-14
1505-0274_Capital Project Grant Plant Supporting Statement.docx Supporting Statement A	2021-11-24

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
250477	Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Grant Plan – States, Territories, and Freely Associated States Form and Instruction	New
249324	CPF Grant Application – Tribal Governments Other-screenshots	Unchanged
249323	CPF Grant Application - States, Territories, and Freely Associated States Other-screenshots	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1505-0274	ICR Reference No: 202111-1505-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202109-1505-006
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/24/2021
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/24/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/24/2021
Terms of Clearance: This ICR adds the grant plan to this OMB control number.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2022	6 Months From Approved	03/31/2022
Responses	715	0	656
Time Burden (Hours)	4,793	0	1,253
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Section 604 of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorized the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (“CPF”). The CPF provides $10 billion in funding for the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to provide grant payments to States (defined to include the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), seven territories and freely associated states (including 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 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)”. Section 604(b) of the Act prescribes that the $10 billion be allocated to eligible grant recipients according to a formula provided in the statute. Treasury has used this formula to calculate the CPF grant fund allocations for each eligible recipient and has posted these allocations on its website . In general, each state (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) will receive between approximately $107 million and $500 million, each of the seven named territories and freely associated states will receive approximately $14 million, and each Tribal government will receive approximately $167,000.

Emergency Justfication: Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established at 5 C.F.R. § 1320.13, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requests emergency processing for updating the existing Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CPF) information collection (OMB Control Number: 1505-0274). The CPF was established by Section 604 of the Social Security Act, as added by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) Pub. L. No. 117-2. ARPA appropriated $10 billion to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to provide grant payments to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments “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)”. Treasury is seeking approval for the CPF Grant Plan that will be hosted on Treasury’s web-based portal. This Grant Plan will be used by an estimated 59 eligible recipients to submit required supporting information to receive project funding. The collected data will be used to verify proposed Programs for conformance with ARPA and program guidance published by Treasury. This information collection is necessary for Treasury to assess grant proposals and to making payments under the CPF. The CPF was established as an emergency measure. Recipients are expected to use CPF grant funds to, among other things, directly address connectivity shortfalls exacerbated by the pandemic which make it challenging for some communities to access work, education, and health monitoring services. Due to the need for recipients to request funds from Treasury as soon as possible, Treasury requests emergency processing and approval of the CPF Grant Plan form by November 24, 2021. Treasury must begin making payments immediately in order to comply with the intent of ARPA. There is insufficient time available to seek public comment on this collection. Therefore, Treasury requests a waiver from the requirement to publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 604 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
CPF Grant Application - States, Territories, and Freely Associated States
CPF Grant Application – Tribal Governments
Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Grant Plan – States, Territories, and Freely Associated States	n/a	Grant Plan

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	715	656	0	59	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,793	1,253	0	3,540	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Treasury is collecting additional information necessary to provide funding in the Grant Plan.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 11/24/2021

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