American Rescue Plan (ARP)

Purpose

On March 11, 2021 The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill, was passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law.

The purpose of the bill is to send relief to states and local governments affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic allowing them to better respond to the resulting public health needs and economic hardships that communities continue to experience nationwide.

Concurrent with this program launch, Treasury has published a Final Rule and an Overview of the Final Rule that implements the provisions of this program.

NEUs

NEUs who have not already registered an account with U.S. Treasury must register via login.gov.

Please see U.S. Treasury’s User Guide for more information regarding registration.

Users who have previously registered through ID.me may continue to access Treasury’s Portal through that method.

Please see Treasury's NEW User Guide for a more user-friendly walkthrough of how to submit the annual expenditure report.
Watch the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Recovery Programs webinar on State and Local Recovery Funds: Project and Expenditure Reporting Simplified.

DOLA NEU Certification

To successfully file your annual expenditure report in login.gov, you must log into the DOLA Grants portal to retrieve a copy of your ARP State Certification.

Please see the NEU Document Retrieval slide-deck to find out how to retrieve your ARP certification document.

Counties and Metro Cities

Counties and Metro Cities are required to register using ID.me.

U.S. Treasury Contacts

America Rescue Plan reporting questions can be directed to: SLFRP@treasury.gov

US Treasury Portal questions can be directed to: covidreliefitsupport@treasury.gov

For technical assistance please contact: covidreliefITsupport@treasury.gov

US Treasury Report Training

NEU Intro to Reporting – Account Creation, Roles, and Agreements/Supporting Docs Submission
Project and Expenditure Report - submission of the Project and Expenditure Report
Reporting Tiers - overview of each reporting tier and how to identify the reporting tier for a jurisdiction
Account Creation and Login - creation of account in Treasury’s Portal through ID.me or Login.gov
User Roles - assignment and updates of user roles in Treasury’s Portal
Bulk Uploads - overview of submitting bulk uploads in Treasury’s Portal
Interim Report and Recovery Plan- submission of Interim Reports and Recovery Plans using Treasury’s Portal

Users who have previously registered through ID.me may continue to access Treasury’s Portal through that method. Refer to this link for additional instructions. https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/TreasuryPortalRegInstructions.pdf

Allocations

NEU Allocations

Eligible Costs Timeframe

Recipients of the American Rescue Plan may use funds to cover eligible costs incurred during the period that begins on March 3, 2021 and ends on December 31, 2024, as long as the award funds for the obligations are incurred by December 31, 2024 are expended by December 31, 2026.

Costs for projects incurred by the recipient State, territorial, local, or Tribal government prior to March 3, 2021 are not eligible, as provided for in Treasury’s Final Rule.

Compliance and Reporting Timelines:

Recipient	Project and Expenditure Report Due Date	Recovery Plan Performance Report Due Date
States, U.S. territories, metropolitan cities and counties with a population that exceeds 250,000 residents	January 31, 2022, and then 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.	August 31, 2021 or 60 days after receiving funding, and annually thereafter by July 31.
Metropolitan cities and counties with a population below 250,000	January 31, 2022, and then 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.	Not Required
Tribal Governments which received more than $30 million	January 31, 2022, and then 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.	Not Required
Tribal Governments which received less than $30 million	April 30, 2022, and then annually thereafter.	Not Required
Metropolitan cities and counties with a population below 250,000 residents which received less than $10 million	April 30, 2022, and then annually thereafter.	Not Required
Non-entitlement Units of Government (NEUs)	April 30, 2022, and then annually thereafter.	Not Required

For more information, please see the most recent ARP Compliance and Reporting Guidance.

DOLA Final Rule Expense Summaries

Federal Requirements

DUNS Number and SAM.gov Registration Video Training
Single Audit Requirement Video

U.S. Treasury Eligible Spending Resources

American Rescue Plan Reporting Resources

For detailed information regarding recipient compliance and reporting responsibilities, please visit the U.S. Treasury Compliance and Reporting Website.

The U.S. Treasury facilitated a series of webinars to provide an overview of the American Rescue Plan Compliance and Reporting Guidance issued on June 17, 2021, and can be accessed below:

States, Territories and Cities/Counties with population greater or equal to 250,000

Webinar Presentation on Reporting Guidance for State and Territory Recipients Presentation on Reporting Guidance for Cities/Counties with population greater or equal to 250,000

Tribal Governments

Presentation Webinar: Due to technical difficulties no webinar recording for Tribal Governments is available, but Tribal Governments may watch this webinar for Counties and Cities receiving less than $5 million in funding, noting that for Tribal Governments the Project and Expenditure

Counties/Cities with population less than 250,000 and awards under $5M

Webinar Presentation

Counties/Cities with population less than 250,000 and awards over $5M

Webinar Presentation

Contact

Regional Team Contacts:
Regional Managers