Item 09 - First Amendment to Emergency Rental Assistance Program Spending Plan

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H.R.133—896 (3) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, $6,500,000 to carry out oversight and recoupment activities under this subsection. Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain avail- able until expended. (4) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any Inspector General, including such authority as provided in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (j) TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided to a house- hold from a payment made under this section shall not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded as a resource for purposes of determining the eligibility of the household or any member of the household for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) AREA MEDIAN INCOME.—The term ‘‘area median income’’ means, with respect to a household, the median income for the area in which the household is located, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (2) ELIGIBLE GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘eligible grantee’’ means any of the following: (A) A State (as defined in section 601(g)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(g)(4)). (B) A unit of local government (as defined in paragraph (5)). (C) An Indian tribe or its tribally designated housing entity (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) that was eligible to receive a grant under title I of such Act (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.) for fiscal year 2020 from the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘NATIVE AMERICAN PRO- GRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING’’ of title II of division H of the Further Consolidated Appro- priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) to carry out the Native American Housing Block Grants program. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Indian tribe shall include Alaska native corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). (D) The Department of Hawaiian Homelands. (3) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible household’’ means a household of 1 or more individuals who are obligated to pay rent on a residential dwelling and with respect to which the eligible grantee involved determines— (i) that 1 or more individuals within the household has (I) qualified for unemployment benefits or (II) experienced a reduction in household income, incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, EXHIBIT 1EXHIBIT 1