No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
10/17/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2026
06/30/2026
1,300
1,300
30,467
30,467
0
0
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, signed into law on December 27, 2020, added Section 104A of
the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of
1994 (the “Act”). Section 104A authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to establish the Program to support the efforts of low-
and moderate-income community financial institutions to, among
other things, provide loans, grants, and forbearance for small
businesses, minority-owned businesses, and consumers, especially in
low-income and underserved communities, including persistent
poverty counties, that may be disproportionately impacted by the
economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing direct and
indirect capital investments in low-and moderate-income community
financial institutions. As required by the Act, the interest and
dividend rates payable on ECIP instruments are determined based on
the increase in the amount of lending by an institution within
minority, rural, and urban low-income and underserved communities
and to low- and moderate-income borrowers during the preceding
annual period compared to a baseline set from the annual period
ending on September 30, 2020. To establish this baseline level of
qualified lending, Treasury will be collecting an Initial
Supplemental Report (ISR) from participating applicants.
Applications and other forms for the ECIP program were previously
approved under OMB No. 1505-0267. Following review of the
applications, Treasury made awards and is now ready to begin
scheduling closings.
This collection of information
reflects changes to incorporate the Quarterly Supplemental Report,
Legal Certification forms, and Impact Highlight reports, along with
a reduction in hours for the Initial Supplemental Report.
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:
(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;
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.