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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE

Final Rule: Coronavirus State and
Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
FOR RECIPIENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS



  January 2022
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About this Webinar
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is providing this webinar, the State and Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds contact channels, and other resources for informational purposes.


The descriptions provided in this document are non-exhaustive, do not describe all terms and
conditions associated with the use of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and do
not describe all requirements that may apply to this funding.


Any award from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds will be subject to the
terms and conditions of the agreement entered into by Treasury and the respective jurisdiction,
which incorporate the provisions of the Final Rule and guidance that implements this program.


Recipients should note that Treasury does not pre-approve specific projects under the
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds; each recipient should review the final rule to
make its own assessment of whether its intended projects meets the eligibility criteria in the rule.




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Overview: Key Objectives of This Funding
The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds deliver $350 billion for state, local,
territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and lead a strong,
resilient, and equitable recovery.

Key objectives of this funding:
  • Fight the pandemic and support families and businesses struggling with its public health
    and economic impacts
  • Maintain vital public services, even amid declines in revenue resulting from the crisis
  • Build a strong, resilient, and equitable recovery by making investments that support long-
    term growth and opportunity




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Overview: Early Program Implementation
The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds deliver $350 billion for state, local, territorial,
and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and lead a strong, resilient, and
equitable recovery.

Early program implementation:
  • Over $245 billion disbursed to state, local, and Tribal governments, with over 99 percent of funds
    available in 2021 in the hands of governments across the country, as of today
  • Recipients have used SLFRF funds to meet immediate pandemic needs and make investments in
    long-term growth and opportunity for their communities, with examples including:
        – Supporting the public health response: testing and vaccination clinics, expansion of rapid
          testing, vaccination incentive programs, distribution of PPE, contact tracing operations & COVID-
          19 mitigation in congregate settings
        – Strengthening the economic recovery: youth jobs programming, jobs and workforce training for
          dislocated workers, technical support to small businesses in underserved communities, creation
          and preservation of affordable housing, rental assistance, expansion of childcare, education
          programs for disproportionately impacted communities & rehiring government workers
        – Making longer term investments: expanding high-speed broadband access to unserved and
          underserved communities
  • Treasury has carefully considered feedback from recipients and stakeholders, including over 1,500
    comments, and hundreds of meetings and correspondence with recipients and stakeholders




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Important Note: Projects Already Underway in SLFRF Program

•    The final rule takes effect on April 1, 2022



•    If a use of funds complies with the final rule, Treasury will not take action to enforce the
     interim final rule, regardless of when the funds were used (e.g., if the IFR would not permit
     that use of funds); recipients can take advantage of the expanded flexibilities in the final rule
     now



•    Until April 1, the interim final rule remains in effect; funds used consistently with the IFR while
     it is in effect are in compliance with the SLFRF program


                  For more, please see the Statement Regarding Compliance with the
           Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Interim Final Rule and Final Rule




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Reminder: Four Key Eligible Use Categories
The American Rescue Plan provides four major categories of eligible uses to tackle the broad range of
public health and economic challenges caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 emergency.

                                                • Providing government services up to the amount of revenue
           Public Sector
1           Revenues
                                                  loss due to the pandemic



       Public Health &                          • Responding to COVID-19’s public health impact, along with its
2    Economic Response                            economic harms



       Premium Pay for                          • Offering additional support to workers who bear the greatest
3      Essential Workers                          health risks because of their service in critical sectors


        Water, Sewer &                          • Providing funding to critical water and sewer projects, along
4         Broadband                               with high-speed broadband infrastructure
        Infrastructure

             Recipients have requested greater flexibility, simplicity & clarity in the final rule
               to respond to new pandemic needs and make transformative investments

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Approach to the Final Rule
Treasury’s final rule provides greater flexibility and simplicity for recipients to turn the tide
on the pandemic, maintain vital public services amid revenue shortfalls, and build a strong,
resilient, and equitable recovery.
KEY NEW FEATURES IN THE FINAL RULE

                                                • Major simplification for thousands of recipients through the
           Public Sector
1           Revenues
                                                  $10 million revenue loss standard allowance


                                                • Providing a broader set of eligible uses for impacted and
        Public Health &                           disproportionately impacted populations
2 Economic Response                             • Clarifying that reasonably proportional capital expenditures may be
                                                  allowable (e.g., affordable housing, hospitals)

       Premium Pay for                          • Streamlining options to provide premium pay by broadening
                                                  the share of essential workers who can receive premium pay
3         Essential
                                                  without a written justification
          Workers

        Water, Sewer &                          • Expanding water and sewer projects that are eligible
                                                • Broadening eligible broadband investments to allow recipients to
4         Broadband
                                                  address access, affordability & reliability challenges
        Infrastructure

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                                                                                                                       Public Sector
                                                                                                                 1
Replace Public Sector Revenue Loss                                                                                      Revenues


Recipients may use these funds to provide government services, up to the amount of
revenue loss experienced due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

  1• Determine revenue loss, using one of two available options:
         –
         A     Elect “standard allowance” of up to $10 million to spend on government services
               through the life of the program, which greatly simplifies the program for small localities                       NEW



         –
         B     Calculate actual revenue loss according to Treasury formula

             » Calculate revenue loss either on a calendar or fiscal year basis                        NEW


             » Must adjust actual revenue totals for the effect of tax cuts and tax increases that are
               adopted after January 6, 2022, to more accurately reflect revenue loss due to the
               pandemic NEW

  2• Spend on government services up to the revenue loss amount
         – Government services generally include any service traditionally provided by a
           government unless Treasury has stated otherwise, such as:
              ✓ Construction of schools and                                        ✓ Environmental remediation
                hospitals                                                          ✓ Provision of police, fire, and other
              ✓ Road building and maintenance,                                       public safety services (including
                and other infrastructure                                             purchase of fire trucks and police
              ✓ Health and other services                                            vehicles)
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                                                                                             Public Health and
                                                                                       2
Respond to COVID-19’s Public Health and Economic Impacts                                    Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to respond to a broad range of public health and economic
impacts of the pandemic for households, communities, businesses, and the public sector.

                                • Public health impacts
                                • Negative economic impacts, including assistance to:
        Eligible Use                ✓ Households                 ✓ Impacted industries
1       Categories                  ✓ Small businesses           ✓ Public sector capacity and
                                    ✓ Non-profits                  workforce


                                • To identify eligible uses of funds, recipients should generally:
                                    1.   Identify a public health or economic impact to an individual or
                                         a class
                                    2.   Design a related and reasonably proportional response (e.g., a
                                         program, service, or capital expenditure)
        Determining
2       Eligible Uses           • For convenience, Treasury has provided a non-exhaustive list of
                                  eligible uses and populations presumed eligible to receive these
                                  services
                                • Recipients may identify additional eligible uses beyond those
                                  enumerated by Treasury based on the standards provided in the rule
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                                                                                                                Public Health and
                                                                                                           2
Support the Public Health Response                                                                             Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to support their COVID-19 public health response.

                                                      • A very broad range of services and programming that are
      COVID-19 Mitigation                               needed to contain COVID-19, including vaccination and testing
1       & Containment
                                                        programs and other COVID mitigation tactics
                                                      • May include certain capital expenditures, such as medical
                                                        facilities generally dedicated to COVID-19 treatment & mitigation
                                                      • Expenses to households, medical providers, or others that
                                                        incurred medical costs due to the pandemic
2        Medical Expenses
                                                      • Includes unreimbursed expenses for COVID-19 testing or
                                                        treatment & emergency medical response expenses

                                                      • A broad range of prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and
               Behavioral                               recovery services that may be needed to meet mental health,
3              Healthcare
                                                        substance use, and other behavioral health needs
                                                      • May include certain capital expenditures, such as behavioral
                                                        health facilities & equipment

             Preventing &                             • Responses to communities that experienced an increase in
                                                        violence, particularly gun violence
4             Responding
                                                      • Includes community violence intervention programs &
              to Violence                               enforcement efforts to reduce gun violence

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                                                                                                                      Public Health and
                                                                                                                 2
 Provide Assistance to Households                                                                                    Economic Response


 Recipients may use these funds to respond to the negative economic impacts of the
 COVID-19 public health emergency on households and communities.

                                                                                      Disproportionately Impacted
                Impacted Households
                                                                                              Households
Impacted households are those that have                                         Disproportionately impacted households are those that
experienced an impact from the COVID-19                                         have experienced a disproportionate impact from the
pandemic.                                                                       COVID-19 pandemic.

Treasury presumes that the following households                                 Treasury presumes that the following households are
are impacted:                                                                   disproportionately impacted:

✓ Low- and- moderate income (LMI) households,                                   ✓ Low income (LI) households, defined as those at or
  defined as those at or below 300% of FPG or                                     below 185% of FPG or 40% of AMI NEW
  65% of AMI
                                                                                ✓ Households located in QCTs
✓ Households experiencing unemployment or
  food or housing insecurity                                                    ✓ Households receiving services from Tribal govs

✓ Households that qualify for certain federal                                   ✓ Households residing in the U.S. territories or
  programs NEW                                                                    receiving services from territorial governments     NEW



                                                                                ✓ Households that qualify for certain fed programs        NEW



Recipients can identify other impacted or disproportionately impacted households, beyond those presumed eligible

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                                                                                                                            Public Health and
                                                                                                                     2
Provide Assistance to Households                                                                                           Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to respond to the negative economic impacts of the
COVID-19 public health emergency on households and communities.

                                                                                        Disproportionately Impacted
               Impacted Households
                                                                                                Households
All impacted households, including households                                  All disproportionately impacted households, including
presumed impacted by Treasury, are eligible for uses                           households presumed disproportionately impacted by
that respond to the impact.                                                    Treasury, are eligible for uses that respond to the
                                                                               impact & the disparities that led to the
Over a dozen eligible uses, including:                                         disproportionate impact.
 ✓ Food assistance                     ✓ Financial services for                Many additional eligible uses, including:
                                       unbanked and
 ✓ Re-employment and                   underbanked NEW                             ✓ Addressing health        ✓ Addressing educational
 job training                                                                      disparities: e.g.,         disparities: e.g., enhanced
                                       ✓ Affordable housing                        community health           funding to high-poverty
 ✓ Rent, mortgage, or                  development and                             workers, lead              schools & educational
 utility assistance &                  permanent supportive                        remediation, health        facilities
 Internet subsidies                    housing NEW                                 facilities
                                                                                                              ✓ Improvements to
 ✓ Cash assistance                     ✓ Childcare, early                          ✓ Investments in           vacant and abandoned
                                       learning, and addressing                    neighborhoods to           property NEW
 ✓ Health insurance NEW
                                       learning loss for K-12                      promote health outcomes
 coverage expansion and
                                       students NEW
 paid sick & family leave


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                                                                                                                          Public Health and
                                                                                                                     2
Provide Assistance to Small Businesses                                                                                   Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to respond to the negative economic impacts of the
COVID-19 public health emergency on small businesses.

                                                                                       Disproportionately Impacted
           Impacted Small Businesses
                                                                                             Small Businesses
     ✓ To assess which small businesses were                                       ✓ SB presumed disproportionately impacted:
       impacted, recipients may consider:
                                                                                       ✓ Operating in QCTs
           ✓ Decreased revenue or gross receipts
                                                                                       ✓ Operated by Tribal governments or on
           ✓ Financial insecurity                                                        Tribal lands

           ✓ Increased costs            NEW                                            ✓ Operating in the U.S. territories      NEW


           ✓ And more
                                                                                   ✓ Eligible uses include:    NEW
     ✓ Eligible uses include:
                                                                                       ✓ Rehabilitation of commercial properties,
           ✓ Loans or grants to mitigate financial                                       storefront & façade improvements
             hardship, such as by supporting payroll
             and benefits                                                              ✓ Technical assistance, business incubators
                                                                                         & grants for start-up or expansions
           ✓ Technical assistance, counseling or
             other services to support business                                        ✓ Support for microbusinesses (e.g.,
             planning                                                                    childcare, transportation)

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                                                                                                                      Public Health and
                                                                                                                 2
Provide Assistance to Non-Profits                                                                                    Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to respond to the negative economic impacts of the
COVID-19 public health emergency on non-profits.

                                                                                     Disproportionately Impacted
                Impacted Non-Profits
                                                                                             Non-Profits
  ✓ To assess which nonprofits were impacted,                                      ✓ Non-profits presumed disproportionately
    recipients may consider:                                                         impacted:

        ✓ Decreased revenue (e.g., lower donations                                     ✓ Operating in QCTs
          or fees)
                                                                                       ✓ Operated by Tribal governments or on
        ✓ Financial insecurity                                                           Tribal lands

        ✓ Increased costs (e.g., uncompensated                                         ✓ Operating in the U.S. territories    NEW
          increases in service need) NEW

        ✓ And more                                                                 ✓ Eligible uses include:

  ✓ Eligible uses include :                                                            ✓ Responses that are related and
                                                                                         reasonably proportional to addressing
        ✓ Loans or grants to mitigate financial                                          disparities that led to disproportionate
          hardship                                                                       impacts
        ✓ Technical or in-kind assistance or other
          services to mitigate negative economic
          impact
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                                                                                                                     Public Health and
                                                                                                                2
Provide Aid to Impacted Industries                                                                                  Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to provide aid to impacted industries.

  1• Designating an impacted industry
         – If industry is in the travel, tourism, or hospitality sectors (including Tribal development
           districts), the industry is impacted.
         – If industry is outside the sectors above, the industry is impacted if it either:
             » Experienced at least 8 percent employment loss from pre-pandemic levels, or                             NEW


             » Is experiencing comparable or worse economic impacts as the national travel,
               tourism, and hospitality sectors as of the date of the Final Rule and the impacts
               resulted from the COVID-19 public health emergency

 2• Provide eligible aid to the impacted industry
         – Many eligible uses, including:

             ✓ Aid to mitigate financial hardship,                                 ✓ Technical assistance, counseling or
               such as supporting payroll costs                                      other services to support business
             ✓ COVID-19 mitigation and infection                                     planning
               prevention measures
         – Aid limited to entities operating prior to the pandemic and affected by required
           closures and other efforts to contain the pandemic


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                                                                                                                      Public Health and
                                                                                                                 2
Restore and Bolster Public Sector Capacity                                                                           Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to restore and bolster public sector capacity, which
supports governments’ ability to deliver critical COVID-19 services.

  1•    Public safety, public health, and human services staff

         –     Payroll and covered benefits for public safety, public health, health care, human services and
               similar employees of a recipient government through the period of performance

         –     Limited to the portion of the employee’s time spent responding to COVID-19, though public
               health and safety staff primarily dedicated to COVID-19 response may be fully covered;
               recipients can use reasonable estimates to determine share of employee time

  2•    Government employment & rehiring public sector staff
           ✓ Restoring employment by hiring up to                                  ✓ Maintaining current compensation
             7.5% above pre-pandemic baseline                                        levels to prevent layoffs NEW
           ✓ Funding for employees who                                             ✓ Worker retention incentives, including
             experienced pay reductions or were                                      reasonable increases in compensation      NEW

             furloughed NEW
  3•    Effective service delivery
           ✓ Supporting use of evidence, program                                   ✓ Address administrative needs caused or
             evaluation, data, and outreach                                          exacerbated by the pandemic (e.g.,
           ✓ Providing administrative expenses for                                   backlogs from pandemic shutdowns,
             administration of programs that                                         adapting government operations to the
             respond to COVID-19                                                     pandemic)

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                                                                                                                  Public Health and
                                                                                                             2
Invest in Capital Expenditures                                                                                   Economic Response


The final rule provides clarity for recipients to use SLFRF funds to invest in capital
expenditures as part of their public health or economic response.

  1•   Overall eligibility requirements

        –       Capital expenditures subject to same “related and reasonably proportional” standard as other uses

        –       Recipients other than Tribal governments must complete Written Justification (WJ) for capital              NEW

                expenditures at or over $1 million

            »     WJ requires recipients to explain why a capital expenditure is appropriate and why the proposed
                  capital expenditure is superior to alternatives

            »     Depending on project size, recipients may be required to submit WJ with reporting; no pre-approval

  2•   Presumptions for capital expenditures
       Projects presumed eligible, provided the above                              Projects generally presumed to be ineligible:
       requirements are met:                                                       × Construction of new correctional facilities
       ✓ Testing labs and equipment                                                    as a response to an increase in rate of
       ✓ Emergency operations center & equipment                                       crime
       ✓ Affordable housing                                                        × Construction of new congregate facilities
       ✓ Childcare facilities                                                          to decrease spread of COVID-19 in facility
       ✓ Schools (for Disproportionately Impacted                                  × Construction of convention centers,
           communities)                                                                stadiums or other large capital projects
       ✓ Primary care health clinics and hospitals (for                                for general economic development or aid
           Disproportionately Impacted communities)                                    to impacted industries

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                                                                                                                     Public Health and
                                                                                                                2
Invest in Eligible Uses Beyond Those Enumerated                                                                     Economic Response


Recipients may use these funds to invest in eligible uses beyond those specifically
listed as eligible by Treasury.

                1                                                                  2
 Step:               Identify COVID-19 public health or                                Design a response to address the
                     economic impact                                                   identified impact


 Analysis:           •     Can identify impact to a specific                           •   Response should be related and
                           household, business or non-                                     reasonably proportional to the
                           profit – or to a class (e.g., group)                            harm
                     •     Can also identify                                           •   Response should also be
                           disproportionate impacts, or                                    reasonably designed to benefit
                           more severe impacts, to a                                       impacted individual or class
                           specific beneficiary or to a class




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                                                                                                                          Premium Pay for
                                                                                                                      3
Provide Premium Pay for Essential Employees                                                                               Essential Workers


Recipients may use this funding to provide premium pay to eligible workers performing
essential work, either in public sector roles or through grants to third-party employers.

1 • Eligible workers are those in critical                                         Example professions and sectors eligible:
     infrastructure sectors                                                        ✓ Staff at nursing homes, hospitals,
                                                                                     and home-care settings
2 • Essential work involves regular in-person                                      ✓ Public health, safety, and emergency response
     interactions or physical handling of items
                                                                                   ✓ State, local, and Tribal government workforce
     handled by others
                                                                                   ✓ Workers at food production facilities, grocery
3 • Pay must respond to worker needs:                                                stores, restaurants, and food delivery services
        – Serves workers who:                                                      ✓ Janitors and sanitation workers
          » Earn at or below 150 percent of                                        ✓ Truck drivers, transit staff, and warehouse
             their state or county’s average                                         workers
             annual wage, or                                                       ✓ Public health and safety staff
          » Are not exempt from Fair Labor
             Standards Act overtime rules NEW                                      ✓ Childcare workers, educators, and school staff
        – Or recipient provides written                                            ✓ Social service and human services staff
          justification of how it meets needs                                      ✓ Additional sectors designated by recipients


        Pay can be flexibly awarded up to $13 per hour in installments or lump sums to hourly, part time, or
        salaried/non-hourly workers, and may not exceed $25,000 for any single worker during the program

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                                                                                                                            Water, Sewer &
                                                                                                                      4       Broadband
     Build Water and Sewer Infrastructure                                                                                   Infrastructure

      Recipients may use these funds to make a broad range of necessary investments in water and
      sewer infrastructure.

                1 • Projects eligible under the EPA’s State Revolving                   2 • Additional projects eligible under Final Rule
                    Funds, including:                                                       include:    NEW


                     ✓ Construction of publicly owned treatment works                     ✓ Broad suite of additional lead remediation
                     ✓ Decentralized wastewater treatment systems                           activities, including lead testing and lead
                       construction, upgrades & repair                                      service line replacement (including
                                                                                            replacement of faucets, fixtures, and
 Examples of         ✓ Management & treatment of stormwater or                              internal plumbing in schools and childcare
Clean Water            subsurface drainage water                                            facilities)
    State
                     ✓ Water conservation, efficiency, or reuse                           ✓ Additional stormwater infrastructure,
  Revolving
Fund Projects          measures                                                             including culvert repair, resizing and
                     ✓ Reuse or recycling of wastewater, stormwater, or                     removal, and replacement of storm sewers
                       subsurface drainage water                                          ✓ Residential wells
                     ✓ New facilities to improve drinking water quality                   ✓ Certain dam and reservoir rehabilitation
                     ✓ New sources to replace contaminated drinking
  Examples of          water or increase drought resilience
Drinking Water       ✓ Green infrastructure
     State
   Revolving         ✓ Storage of drinking water
 Fund Projects       ✓ New community water systems
                     ✓ Lead service line replacement


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                                                                                                                    Water, Sewer &
                                                                                                               4      Broadband
Build Broadband Infrastructure                                                                                      Infrastructure

Recipients may use these funds to make a broad range of necessary investments in broadband
infrastructure, in order to meet access, affordability, and other challenges.
  1• Identify an eligible area for investment
         – Recipients are encouraged to invest in locations without reliable wireline service of at least
           100/20 Mbps speed, but are broadly able to invest in locations where recipient has identified
           need for additional investment NEW
         – Such need can include lack of access to high speeds, affordability & reliability
  2• Design project to meet high-speed technical standards
         – Deliver reliable high-speed service of minimum 100 Mbps symmetrical speeds unless
           impracticable

  3• Require enrollment in a low-income subsidy program                                NEW



         – Recipients must require service providers for a broadband project that provides service to
           households to either:
             ✓ Participate in the FCC’s Affordable                                 ✓ Provide access to a broad-based,
               Connectivity Program                                                  low-income affordability program
                                                                                     commensurate to the Affordable
                                                                                     Connectivity Program

      Flexibility in eligible areas for investment complements IIJA broadband funding; recipients are also
      able to invest in cybersecurity for broadband infrastructure regardless of service delivery standards

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Restrictions on Use
The final rule maintains the IFR’s restrictions on use with additional clarifications.
                                             For states and territories:
       Net Reduction in                      •    SLFRF may not be used to directly or indirectly offset a reduction in
1       Tax Revenue                               net tax revenue resulting from a change in state or territory law, as
                                                  required by the American Rescue Plan

                                            For all recipients except for Tribal governments:
                                            •     SLFRF may not be used for deposits into pension funds, as required by the
                                                  American Rescue Plan
         Deposits into
2        Pension Funds                      •     A “deposit” is defined as an extraordinary contribution to a pension fund
                                                  for the purpose of reducing an accrued, unfunded liability
                                            •     Recipients may use funds for routine payroll contributions to pensions of
                                                  employees whose wages and salaries are an eligible use

                                             For all recipients:
                                             •     Funds may not be used for debt service, replenishing rainy day
             Other                                 funds/financial reserves, or satisfaction of a settlement or judgment
3          Restrictions                      •     Uses of funds may not undermine COVID-19 mitigation practices in line
             on Use                                with CDC guidance and recommendations
                                             •     Uses of funds may not violate Uniform Guidance conflict-of-interest
                                                   requirements or other applicable laws

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Non-Federal Match and Cost-Share Requirements
The final rule provides clarity on use of SLFRF funds to meet non-federal match and
cost-sharing requirements of other federal programs.

     •    Funds available under the “revenue loss” eligible use category generally may be used to
          meet the non-federal cost-share or matching requirements of other federal programs

           – However, note that SLFRF funds may not be used as the non-federal share for purposes
             of a state’s Medicaid and CHIP programs, even under the “revenue loss” category

     •    SLFRF funds beyond those that are available under the “revenue loss” eligible use category
          above may not be used to meet the non-federal match or cost-share requirements of other
          federal programs other than as specifically provided for by statute (e.g., the Infrastructure
          Investment and Jobs Act for Bureau of Reclamation and certain broadband deployment
          projects)




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  Note on Reporting
  Recipients should consult Treasury’s reporting guidance and user guide for their reporting.

                        Recipients                                                   Requirements
Quarterly               Recipients required to submit quarterly reports:             •   Recipients should rely on reporting
Reports Due             • States and territories                                         guidance and user guide issued by
January 31              • Metropolitan cities and counties with                          Treasury
                            population over 250,000                                  •   Portal will reflect certain final rule
                        • Metropolitan cities and counties with                          changes, including information on
                            population less than 250,000 that received an                capital expenditures as part of public
                            award of more than $10 million                               health and economic response, fiscal
                        • Tribal governments that received an award of                   year revenue loss calculation, standard
                            more than $30 million                                        allowance election, & expanded
                                                                                         flexibility in premium pay
Quarterly and           All recipients above, who are required to submit             •   Treasury will issue additional reporting
Annual                  quarterly reports, as well as recipients required to             guidance ahead of reports due April 30
Reports Due             submit annually, which include:
                        • Metropolitan cities and counties with
April 30                     population less than 250,000 that received an
                             award less than $10 million,
                        • Tribal governments that received an award less
                             than $30 million
                        • Nonentitlement units of government


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