2021-28229. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Capital Projects Fund

AGENCY:

Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

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:

Written comments must be received on or before February 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, by the following method:

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number TREAS-DO-2021-0022 and the specific Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1505-0274.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions related to this program, please contact Jeremy Turret by emailing [e-mail], or calling 202-622-4256. Additionally, you can view the information collection requests at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.

OMB Control Number: 1505-0274.

Type of Review: Extension 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 the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

Forms: Grant Applications (States, Territories, and Freely Associated States); Grant Applications (Tribal Governments); and Grant Plans (States, Territories, and Freely Associated States.

Affected Public: State, Tribal, Territorial, and Freely Associated State Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 715.

Frequency of Response: Once.

Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 715.

Estimated Time per Response: 1 or 2 hours for Grant Applications. 60 hours for Grant Plans.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,793.

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.

Dated: December 22, 2021.

Molly Stasko,

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.

Footnotes

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.