[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 75 (Friday, April 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 21508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08108]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Coronavirus Relief Fund for States, Tribal Governments, and 
Certain Eligible Local Governments

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notification.

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SUMMARY: This notification announces that information about the 
Coronavirus Relief Fund for States, Tribal governments, and certain 
eligible local governments is available on the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury (Treasury) website, https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares/state-and-local-governments, including instructions for 
submitting payment information and the form of certification that 
certain eligible local governments and Tribal governments must submit 
in order to receive payments from Treasury.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackson Miles, Special Assistant, 
Office of the Chief of Staff, at (202) 875-4703.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 27, 2020, the President signed into 
law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), 
Public Law 116-136. Section 601(a)(1) of the Social Security Act as 
added by section 5001 of the CARES Act provides $150 billion for 
Treasury to make payments to States (defined to include the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), 
Tribal governments, and certain eligible local governments with more 
than 500,000 residents. Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as 
added by section 5001 of the CARES Act, requires that States, Tribal 
governments, or units of local government use the funds received to 
cover only those costs that (1) are necessary expenditures incurred due 
to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
2019 (COVID-19); (2) were not accounted for in the budget most recently 
approved as of March 27, 2020, for the State or government; and (3) 
were incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends 
on December 30, 2020. More information is available on https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares/state-and-local-governments.

    Dated: April 13, 2020.
Daniel Kowalski,
Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2020-08108 Filed 4-16-20; 8:45 am]
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