Justification for Non-substantive Change (EO 14168)

Request for a Non-Substantive Change

to an Existing Approved Information Collection

(OMB Control No. 1505-0270)

I. Introduction

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is submitting a request for a non-substantive change to OMB Control Number 1505-0270 (expiration date: 03/31/2026) to update the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA2) program’s ERA2 Quarterly Reporting Guidance, ERA2 Portal User Guide, ERA2 Data Dictionary, ERA2 Recipients’ Reporting Requirements Supplemental Technical Assistance Resource Demographic Reporting (Tables 1-5) and Housing Stability & Eviction Prevention Services, ERA2 Tip - Worksheet for Demographic Reporting, ERA2 Tip - Calculating Average Number of Months of Assistance, ERA2 Example Application Flow, ERA2 Online Application Improvements, ERA2 Quarterly Report, and ERA2 Closeout Report in accordance with the requirements set out in Executive Order (EO) 14168 titled, “Defending Women form Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” issued on January 20, 2025. These changes would be effective for the ERA2 Quarterly Report that will be made available to ERA2 grantees in Treasury’s Portal on June 13, 2025 for the Q2 (April- June) reporting period and the ERA2 Closeout Report which will be made available in Treasury’s Portal for grantees seeking early closeout of their ERA2 award, but timely publication of the updates to the ERA2 Quarterly Reporting Guidance ERA2 Portal User Guide, ERA2 Data Dictionary, ERA2 Recipients’ Reporting Requirements Supplemental Technical Assistance Resource Demographic Reporting (Tables 1-5) and Housing Stability & Eviction Prevention Services, ERA2 Tip - Worksheet for Demographic Reporting, ERA2 Tip - Calculating Average Number of Months of Assistance, ERA2 Example Application Flow, ERA2 Online Application Improvements is important to ensure that ERA2 grantees can update their data collection procedures, as needed before providing their Q2 Report and ERA2 Closeout Report in Treasury’s Portal, respectively.

II. Description of Non-Substantive Changes

Treasury is proposing to update its ERA2 program’s Quarterly Reporting Guidance, ERA2 Portal User Guide, ERA2 Data Dictionary, ERA2 Recipients’ Reporting Requirements Supplemental Technical Assistance Resource Demographic Reporting (Tables 1-5) and Housing Stability & Eviction Prevention Services, ERA2 Tip - Worksheet for Demographic Reporting, ERA2 Tip - Calculating Average Number of Months of Assistance, ERA2 Example Application Flow, ERA2 Online Application Improvements, ERA2 Quarterly Report, and ERA2 Closeout Report to remove all references to the “non-binary” gender option entirely and to remove all references to the term, “gender” and replace it with “sex” to comply with EO 14168. There will not be any change to the current hour burden estimates for this ICR, the estimated total annual costs burden to respondents, or the estimated costs to the federal government.

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