Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF), SLFRF
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Sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security Act as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”), Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorizes the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (CSFRF) and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) respectively (referred to as the “Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds” or “SLFRF”), which provides $350 billion in total funding to Treasury to make payments generally to States (defined to include the District of Columbia), U.S. Territories (defined to include, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), Indian Tribes, Metropolitan cities, Counties, and Nonentitlement units of local government to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency or its negative economic impact, including to provide assistance to households, small business, nonprofits, and impacted industries, such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the State, territory, Tribal government, metropolitan city, county, or nonentitlement units of local government performing essential work or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers; provide government services, to the extent of the reduction of revenue due to COVID-19 relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the State, territory, tribal government, metropolitan city, county, or nonentitlement units of local government; or make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. No. 117–328 (Dec. 29, 2022)) amended sections 602 and 603 of the Social Security Act to authorize recipients also to use SLFRF funds to provide emergency relief from natural disasters or the negative economic impacts of natural disasters, including temporary emergency housing, food assistance, financial assistance for lost wages, or other immediate needs; and for certain infrastructure projects eligible under 26 programs administered by the Department of Transportation (Surface Transportation projects) and under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Title I projects). No new awards are being made but existing projects are still active.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
As of March 31, 2024, recipients of CSLFRF funds have reported making investments in key areas like housing, workforce, and infrastructure. Recipients have reported budgeting $19.6 billion for housing, for over 3,342 projects. Recipients have reported to Treasury nearly $13.1 billion budgeted for workforce projects, and more than $3.45 billion for premium pay projects, serving nearly 1,500,000 eligible workers. Recipients have also reported over 16,718 water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure projects totaling more than $34.6 billion budgeted.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.