Please see the document below,[NEW] CRF Guidance Revision Regarding Cost Incurred (12/14/2021), for additional details and Coronavirus Relief Fund Tribal Extension Notice. The following examples help illustrate how the presumption may or may not be used: Example 1: State A may transfer Fund payments to each school district in the State totaling $500 per student. No. The tribes executive and legislative branches are working together to form a plan to best utilize the funds to benefit tribal members through programs and services, according to Neely Tsoodle, tribe information officer. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. 5. by the Foreign Assets Control Office Click "accept" below to confirm that you have read and understand this notice. on NARA's archives.gov. Information contained in this alert is for the general education and knowledge of our readers. Yes, if the administrative expenses represent an increase over previously budgeted amounts and are limited to what is necessary. In addition, guardians or payees of enrolled tribal member children as of September 9, 2021, as determined by the Tribes Enrollment department records, shall qualify for two payments for each minor child in their care, each payment in the amount of $1,000.00. 2. If you are using public inspection listings for legal research, you each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Learn more about PPP COVID-19 EIDL This low-interest loan provides help to businesses experiencing revenue loss. Tribe ATG Final Distribution Welfare Assistance CV Distribution ALASKA Afognak 218,806 4,158 ALASKA Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove 437,612 8,391 ALASKA Akhiok . 17. Winds light and variable.. Clear skies. Yes, assuming that the recipient considers the grants to be a necessary expense incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the grants meet the other requirements for the use of Fund payments under section 601(d) of the Social Security Act outlined in the Guidance. Please provide the following instructions to your Financial Institution for the remittance of Fedwire payments to the Department of the Treasury. include documents scheduled for later issues, at the request This PDF is 03/03/2023, 1465 004-2021 executive order related to navajo nation state of emergency due to the coronavirus; resuming services of navajo nation government offices and related entities The Tribe has a responsibility to protect and promote the general welfare interests of its members and to assist in providing support to its members. For the first payment, the Treasury Department will use self-certified enrollment numbers submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in April 2021. May Fund payments be used for COVID-19 public health emergency recovery planning? 50. In addition, guardians or payees . As discussed above, governments may allocate payroll and benefits of such employees with respect to time worked on COVID-19-related matters. After receiving feedback from tribal leaders through formal consultations and comment letters, the Treasury Department announced that it will allocate the $19 billion based on tribal enrollment and employment numbers. 03/03/2023, 234 The calculation assumes at least 4.1 percent growth annually. documents in the last year, by the Energy Department The Guidance provides examples of broad classes of employees whose payroll expenses would be eligible expenses under the Fund. At stake is about $500 million. This statutory structure was based on a recognition that it is more administratively feasible to rely on States, rather than the federal government, to manage the transfer of funds to smaller local governments. The prohibition on payment for abortions and health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion does not apply to an abortion if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. In response to questions regarding which employees are within the scope of this accommodation, Treasury is supplementing this guidance to clarify that public safety employees would include police officers (including state police officers), sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, firefighters, emergency medical responders, correctional and detention officers, and those who directly support such employees such as dispatchers and supervisory personnel. documents in the last year, 86 that agencies use to create their documents. Payments from the Fund are not administered as part of a traditional grant program and the provisions of the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR part 200, that are applicable to indirect costs do not apply. For example, a recipient may use payments from the Fund to cover hazard pay for a police officer coming in close contact with members of the public to enforce public health or Start Printed Page 4186public safety orders, but across-the-board hazard pay for all members of a police department regardless of their duties would not be able to be covered with payments from the Fund. However, tribes must request the payment through the Treasury Department's portal. About the Federal Register If a government has transferred funds to another entity, from which entity would the Treasury Department seek to recoup the funds if they have not been used in a manner consistent with section 601(d) of the Social Security Act? We, at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, have been addressing the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception in the US. The funding covers up to 75% of the total project costs. As with all uses of payments from the Fund, the use of payments to acquire or improve property is limited to that which is necessary due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. PINT - Plasma In Need for Transfusion , a non-profit organization and online platform helping COVID-19 patients in need of convalescent plasma find and match with donors, quicker and more efficiently. May funds be used to satisfy non-federal matching requirements under the Stafford Act? Putting this requirement together with the other provisions discussed above, section 601(d) may be summarized as providing that a State, local, or tribal government may use payments from the Fund only to cover previously unbudgeted costs of necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency during the covered period. For any questions about the SRMT COVID-19 Household Disaster Relief Program, please contact the Tribe's Compliance Department at (518) 358-2272 or email compliance@srmt-nsn.gov. Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had visible impact on impoverished communities via lack of medical equipment / supplies and loss of basic resources, including food and water. However, such a program should be structured in such a manner as will ensure that such assistance is determined to be necessary in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and otherwise satisfies the requirements of the CARES Act and other applicable law. Sunny. Email . As discussed in the Guidance above, the CARES Act provides that payments from the Fund must be used only to cover costs that were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020. These markup elements allow the user to see how the document follows the Payroll and benefit costs associated with public employees who could have been furloughed or otherwise laid off but who were instead repurposed to perform previously unbudgeted functions substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency are also covered. The most recently approved budget refers to the enacted budget for the relevant fiscal period for the particular government, without taking into account subsequent supplemental appropriations enacted or other budgetary adjustments made by that government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. Expenditures related to a State, territorial, local, or Tribal government payroll support program. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) provides an estimated $2 trillion stimulus package to battle the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. If a government determines that the issuance of TANs is necessary due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the government may expend payments from the Fund on the interest expense payable on TANs by the borrower and unbudgeted administrative and transactional costs, such as necessary payments to advisors and underwriters, associated with the issuance of the TANs. WASHINGTON, DC -Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued details after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a path forward for Coronavirus Relief Funds to Oklahoma Tribal nations.The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act . But COVID-19 cases are hitting record highs throughout the state. As required by the CARES Act, expenses associated with such upgrades must be incurred by December 31, 2021. CRF Operation Connectivity Prior Purchase Reimbursement Program (PPRP) To request an application, or with any questions related to the CRF Operation Connectivity PPRP application process, email customerservice@teabulkorder.com, preferably between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Blog; Press Room; Subscribe for Updates; About Us. For this reason, and as a matter of administrative convenience in light of the emergency nature of this program, a State, territorial, local, or Tribal government may presume that payroll costs for public health and public safety employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency, unless the chief executive (or equivalent) of the relevant government determines that specific circumstances indicate otherwise. Coronavirus Relief Fund program guidance. Commerce manages the following grants to the 29 federally recognized Tribes in the state to bolster their response to the COVID-19 pandemic: $10 million state Disaster Relief Funds: COVID-19 Emergency Response Grant for Tribal Governments. a matter relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts. 5 U.S.C. And the reservation's borders are fluid, so even the tribe's extensive precautions haven't been enough to fully protect Colville . High 67F. On September 2, 2020, the Supplemental Guidance on Use of Funds to Cover Payroll and Benefits of Public Employees and Supplemental Guidance on Use of Funds to Cover Administrative Costs sections were added. L. No. See Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 of the CARES Act and as amended by section 1001 of Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. These may include expenditures incurred to allow the State, territorial, local, or Tribal government to respond directly to the emergency, such as by addressing medical or public health needs, as well as expenditures incurred to respond to second-order effects of the emergency, such as by providing economic support to those suffering from employment or business interruptions due to COVID-19-related business closures. Is a Fund payment recipient required to transfer funds to a smaller, constituent unit of government within its borders? executive order. However, Fund payments may be used for the expenses of, for example, establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase Start Printed Page 4190COVID-19 treatment capacity or improve mitigation measures, including related construction costs. Expenditures related to the provision of grants to small businesses to reimburse the costs of business interruption caused by required closures. of the issuing agency. Yes, this would be an eligible expense if the government determined that the costs of such employment and training programs would be necessary due to the public health emergency. 5423 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<5F689BCC1EF8244F90DAC385661FF4B0><9322B044ED388A4896D8D2CCA536C7F2>]/Index[5401 34]/Info 5400 0 R/Length 109/Prev 351616/Root 5402 0 R/Size 5435/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Yes. In general, no. May payments from the Fund be used to assist individuals with enrolling in a government benefit program for those who have been laid off due to COVID-19 and thereby lost health insurance? The US Congress passed and President Biden signed the Act, which included an. The Colville Business Council took swift action to mandate the vaccine this spring, when they passed a resolution that allowed only for medical exemptions. documents in the last year, 822 05.11.20 Lankford Announces Continued Financial Support for Oklahoma Tribes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic. Coronavirus Relief Fund by GlobalGiving Story Projects . 5. Expenses related to developing a long-term plan to reposition a recipient's convention and tourism industry and infrastructure would not be incurred due to the public health emergency and therefore may not be covered using payments from the Fund. This document has been published in the Federal Register. Governments may use Fund payments to support public or private hospitals to the extent that the costs are necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, but the form such assistance would take may differ. Virtual . Yes, Fund payments may be used for unemployment insurance costs incurred by the recipient as an employer (for example, as a reimbursing employer) related to the COVID-19 public health emergency if such costs will not be reimbursed by the federal government pursuant to the CARES Act or otherwise. Public health employees would include employees involved in providing medical and other health services to patients and supervisory personnel, including medical staff assigned to schools, prisons, and other such institutions, and other support services essential for patient care (e.g., laboratory technicians) as well as employees of public health departments directly engaged in matters related to public health and related supervisory personnel. If the grant is being provided to the small business to assist with particular expenditures, the business must not have already used the PPP or EIDL loan or grant for those expenditures. 20. Likewise, an improvement, such as the installation of modifications to permit social distancing, would need to be determined to be necessary to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. 748 CARES ACT signed into Law Stimulus Checks - Economic Impact Payment Info Center - Check your eligibility plus more FAQ is not permitted under this category. With respect to personnel expenses, though the Fund was not intended to be used to cover government payroll expenses generally, the Fund was intended to provide assistance to address increased expenses, such as the expense of hiring new personnel as needed to assist with the government's response to the public health emergency and to allow recipients facing budget pressures not to have to lay off or furlough employees who would be needed to assist with that purpose. Investments in broadband for areas that are currently unserved or underserved. Workforce bonuses other than hazard pay or overtime. May recipients use Fund payments to expand rural broadband capacity to assist with distance learning and telework? headings within the legal text of Federal Register documents. May Fund recipients incur expenses associated with the safe reopening of schools? As noted previously on Treasury's website, on June 30, 2020, the guidance provided under Costs incurred during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020 was updated. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has recently announced how it will allocate these funds among tribes and provided guidance on how these funds can be used. FRF may be used to make necessary investments in water, sewer or broadband infrastructure. 55. documents in the last year, 122 54. In the Interim Final Rule and Frequently Asked Questions, the Treasury Department elaborated on the four categories of permissible uses of FRF as set forth in the American Rescue Plan. 15. Would providing a consumer grant program to prevent eviction and assist in preventing homelessness be considered an eligible expense? The Treasury Department's guidance provides tribal governments broad discretion in spending FRF and recognizes the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on tribes. If an employee is not substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency, his or her payroll and benefits expenses may not be covered in full with payments from the Fund. The interim report will include a summary of the tribal government's expenditures by category from date FRF is received to July 31, 2021. Please note: This alert was updated with deadline extensions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Please note that these instructions are for Fund recipients to return the balance of unused Fund payments to Treasury. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications The Guidance provides, as an example of an eligible use of payments from the Fund, expenditures related to the provision of grants to small businesses to reimburse the costs of business interruption caused by required closures. If a Fund recipient avails itself of the presumption in accordance with the previous paragraph with respect to a school, the recipient may not also cover the costs of additional re-opening aid to that school other than those associated with the following, in each case for the purpose of addressing COVID-19: Across all levels of government, the presumption is limited to $500 per student, e.g., if a school is funded by a state and a local government, the presumption claimed by each recipient must add up to no more than $500. $1.99 Any amounts repaid by the borrower before December 31, 2021, must be either returned to Treasury upon receipt by the unit of government providing the loan or used for another expense that qualifies as an eligible expenditure under section 601(d) of the Social Start Printed Page 4191Security Act. Threats of harming another 11. Section 601(f)(2) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the CARES Act, provides for recoupment by the Department of the Treasury of amounts received from the Fund that have not been used in a manner consistent with section 601(d) of the Social Security Act. Please purchase a subscription to continue reading. The Treasury Department's guidance clarifies that performance/delivery may occur until Dec. 31, 2026. Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds The American Rescue Plan provides $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and bring back jobs. Are there prohibitions on combining a transaction supported with Fund payments with other CARES Act funding or COVID-19 relief Federal funding? Yes. She said the tribe will assess peoples needs through a survey engagement to be distributed through communication and the media before a plan is finalized. The Guidance includes workforce bonuses as an example of ineligible expenses but provides that hazard pay would be eligible if otherwise determined to be a necessary expense. If such assets are disposed of prior to December 31, 2021, the proceeds would be subject to the restrictions on the eligible use of payments from the Fund provided by section 601(d) of the Social Security Act. Below is a summary of the permissible uses within each category as announced by the Treasury Department, but it is not an exhaustive list. Document Drafting Handbook 7501-7507) and the related provisions of the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200.303 regarding internal controls, 200.330 through 200.332 regarding subrecipient monitoring and management, and subpart F regarding audit requirements. Are States permitted to use Fund payments to support state unemployment insurance funds generally? Amounts paid to States, the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney Advertising. For example, although developing online instruction capabilities may be a substantially different use of funds, online instruction itself is not a substantially different use of public funds than classroom instruction. 13. Yes, provided that the transfer qualifies as a necessary expenditure incurred due to the public health emergency and meets the other criteria of section 601(d) of the Social Security Start Printed Page 4188Act. This particular nonexclusive example of an ineligible expenditure relates to public employees. Grantees may use funds to provide certain non-recurrent, short term (NRST) benefits, described in more detail below. Are expenses associated with contact tracing eligible? RELIEF FUND. Assistance to households to support internet access or digital literacy. Hazard pay means additional pay for performing hazardous duty or work involving physical hardship, in each case that is related to COVID-19. 1. Coronavirus Relief Fund Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund, the CARES Act provides for payments to State, Local, and Tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Are Fund payments subject to other requirements of the Uniform Guidance? and the frequently asked questions document dated October 19, 2020,[2] Both grants provide funding to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Treasury has revised the guidance on CRF to provide that a cost associated with a necessary expenditure incurred due to the public health emergency shall be considered to have been incurred by December 31, 2022, if the recipient has incurred an obligation with respect to such cost by December 31, 2022. Learn more here. As provided in the Guidance, the most recently approved budget refers to the enacted budget for the relevant fiscal period for the particular government, without taking into account subsequent supplemental appropriations enacted or other budgetary adjustments made by that government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Such acquisitions and improvements must be completed and the acquired or improved property or acquisition of equipment be put to use in service of the COVID-19-related use for which it was acquired or improved by December 30. According to the tribes information office, the amount received in the first of two allocations is identified as $50,966,838.27. This guidance applies in a like manner to costs of subrecipients. To facilitate prompt distribution of Title V funds, the CARES Act authorized Treasury to make direct payments to local governments with populations in excess of 500,000, in amounts equal to 45% of the local government's per capita share of the statewide allocation. Sixty-five percent ($12.35 billion) will be allocated pro rata based on each tribe's self-certified enrollment data. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Flooding (DR-4384) Incident Period: May 5, 2018 - May 28, 2018 Major Disaster Declaration declared on August 17, 2018 4. What rules apply to the proceeds of disposition or sale of assets acquired using payments from the Fund? There will be light email coverage on . Payments to tribal governments were determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. for 1 day, $16.00 On May 7, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce announced the allocation of $300 million in fisheries assistance funding provided by Sec. B. Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund, the CARES Act provides for payments to State, Local, and Tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. 40. Use of payments from the Fund to cover payroll or benefits expenses of public employees are limited to those employees whose work duties are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Yes, to the extent these efforts are deemed necessary for public health reasons or as a form of economic support as a result of the COVID-19 health emergency. Check receipts (not preferred)Checks may be sent to one of the following addresses (depending on the method of delivery). If capital improvement projects are not necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, then Fund payments may not be used for such projects. Recipients may, if they meet the conditions specified in the guidance for tracking time consistently across a department, use payments from the Fund to cover the portion of payroll and benefits of employees corresponding to time spent on administrative work necessary due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This means that, whereas payroll and benefits of an employee who is substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency may generally be covered in full using payments from the Fund, hazard pay specifically may only be covered to the extent it is related to COVID-19. rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), enacted on March 27, 2020, provided funding for emergency relief administered by eligible Indian Tribal Governments (Tribes) to provide payments for the benefit of tribal members and their families for necessary expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Every adult tribal member is eligible for this assistance and eligibility is not based on household size.