Business 

Area 

Appropriation 

/Transfer ($) 

Expenditures 

To Date ($) 

Obligations 

To Date ($) 

BIA 453,000,000 342,976,639 

(75.7%) 

395,359,424 

(87.3%) 

OS* 144,865,000 561,054 

(0.4%) 

2,154,264 

(1.5%) 

FWS 3,585,000 396,687 

(11.1%) 

408,369 

(11.4%) 

NPS 5,197,000 0 

(0%) 

0 

(0%) 

BLM 3,753,000 470,912 

(12.5%) 

637,321 

(17%) 

BIE 69,000,000 46,353,546 

(67.2%) 

50,275,037 

(72.9%) 

BIE (ED) 153,750,000 5,968 

(0%) 

40,482,634 

(26.3%) 

OIA 55,000,000 487,182 

(0.9%) 

42,627,375 

(77.5%) 

BOR (Water) 12,000,000 574,221 

(4.8%) 

691,153 

(5.8%) 

BOR (Policy) 8,100,000 1,448,072 

(17.9%) 

1,645,568 

(20.3%) 

OIG 1,000,000 263,981 

(26.4%) 

263,981 

(26.4%) 

BOR 

(CUPCA) 

500,000 0 

(0%) 

0 

(0%) 

Totals $909,750,000 $393,538,262 

(43.3%) 

$534,545,127 

(58.8%) 

The DOI received 

$909.7 million 

under the CARES Act to 

respond to impacts from 

COVID-19: 

• $453 million for the Bureau of

Indian Affairs (BIA)

• $157.4 million for DOI

operations (Office of the

Secretary (OS))*

• $69 million for the Bureau of

Indian Education (BIE)

• $153.7 million for the BIE

transferred from the U.S.

Department of Education

• $55 million for the Office of

Insular Affairs (OIA)

• $12 million for the Bureau of

Reclamation (BOR) –water

resources

• $8.1 million for the BOR –

policy and administration

• $1 million for the Office of

Inspector General (OIG)

• $500,000 for the BOR –Central

Utah Project Completion Act

(CUPCA)

*The OS transferred funds to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),

National Park Service (NPS),

and Bureau of Land Management

(BLM). Figure 1 includes a breakdown

of the transferred funds.

CARES Act Flash Report 

June 2020: Where’s the Money? 

DOI CARES Act Funds as of June 30, 2020 

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus 

Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). To date, the 

CARES Act has provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) 

with $909.7 million, which includes direct apportionments of $756 

million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian 

Country, and the Insular Areas, and a $153.7 million transfer from the 

U.S. Department of Education to the BIE in June. This report includes 

the DOI’s progress as of June 30, 2020 (see Figure 1), a new 

highlighted recipient, and updated information regarding the DOI’s 

accomplishment of CARES Act milestones (see page 3). 

Figure 1: Funding Status as of June 30, 2020 

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Top 5 Recipients 

• Government of Guam

($12 million)

• Navajo Nation Tribal

Government ($9.5 million)

• Cherokee Nation Tribal

Government ($7.9 million)

• Government of the U.S.

Virgin Islands ($7.8 million)

• Federated States of

Micronesia National

Government ($7.7 million)

Example CARES Act Program 

A nonprofit organization in Guam 

received $151,550 in CARES Act 

emergency relief funding to 

prepare, prevent, and respond 

to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 

organization will use the funding 

to provide culturally and 

linguistically appropriate 

information, assistance, and 

workshops during and after the 

pandemic to communities in 

Guam. The funding will give the 

organization a way to help 

Guam’s migrant communities 

stay informed and safe during 

the pandemic. It will also help 

retrain individuals who have lost 

employment due to COVID-19 

and prepare them to reenter the 

workforce. 

Details on Award Types 

DOI programs and bureaus have made funds available via contracts 

and grants/financial assistance awards (see Figure 2). 

Figure 2: Award Types Used as of June 30, 2020 

Total % of 

Award Type Value ($) Total Value 

Grant/financial 

assistance award 525,659,527 98.2 

Contracts and supplies 6,713,526 1.3 

Other (e.g., equipment, 

personnel) 2,928,094 0.5 

Totals $535,301,147 100% 

Highlighted Recipient – Guam 

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the United States and its 

territories. Through the DOI Office of Insular Affairs appropriation, 

CARES Act funding will provide much needed health and welfare 

assistance to Guam, the DOI’s largest recipient to date. Guam is a U.S. 

Territory in Micronesia, the Western Pacific, with a population 

exceeding 165,000. It is home to six historical parks, including the 

War of the Pacific National Historical Park overseen by the NPS. As 

of June 30, Guam has reported 259 positive cases and 5 deaths. Guam 

is currently developing its detailed spending plan for approval by the 

DOI Office of Insular Affairs, which is a prerequisite for the 

disbursement of funds. 

COVID-19 vs. CARES Act Expenditures 

DOI programs and bureaus used Government charge cards to make 

expenditures. As of June 30, 2020, CARES Act charge card 

expenditures totaled $1.8 million and COVID-19-related purchases 

(not charged to CARES Act funds) totaled $7.9 million (see Figure 3). 

The DOI may make future adjustments to some of these COVID-19 

expenditures to reflect the use of CARES Act funds as more 

transactions get reviewed for proper classification. 

Figure 3: Charge Card Purchase Amounts as of June 30, 2020 

Bureau CARES Act ($) COVID-19 ($) Total ($) 

BIA 925,075 2,088,735 3,013,810 

BLM 327,778 741,094 1,068,872 

BOR 437,647 4,126 441,772 

FWS 60,856 897,636 958,493 

Other 0 4,155,106 4,155,106 

Totals $1,751,356 $7,886,697 $9,638,053 

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Significant Milestones 

The CARES Act requires agencies 

to submit reports by certain 

deadlines, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

provided further clarification on 

the reporting requirements in its 

Memorandum M-20-21, 

Implementation Guidance for 

Supplemental Funding Provided 

in Response to the Coronavirus 

Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 

issued April 10, 2020. We are 

monitoring these DOI 

milestones. 

The CARES Act established the 

Pandemic Response 

Accountability Committee 

(PRAC) to coordinate and 

support inspectors general in 

performing CARES Act oversight. 

The DOI must report monthly to 

the OMB, the U.S. Department 

of the Treasury, the PRAC, and 

the appropriate congressional 

committees on any obligation or 

expenditure of large covered 

funds, starting with the June 30, 

2020 reporting period through 

September 30, 2021. Large 

covered funds are any funds 

made available in any form 

(e.g., via grant, cooperative 

agreement, contract, loan, loan 

guarantee, award, or other 

mechanism) that exceed 

$150,000. We are awaiting 

confirmation of the monthly due 

date for that report to add to the 

milestone list. 

April 10† Effective the date of OMB Memorandum M-20-21, the DOI must 

identify, track, and anticipate reporting charge card spending 

related to COVID-19. These charge card transactions must use 

“COVID” as an identifier. To date, we have identified 

$7,886,697 in charge card charges with the COVID identifier. 

April 26 By this date, the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the 

Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes for making payments 

totaling $8 billion to tribes. Several tribes, including three in 

Alaska, argued that the allotment is not meant for for-profit 

corporations and should exclusively support tribal governments. 

On April 2 and April 9, Treasury and the DOI consulted with 

more than 3,000 participants representing Indian County and 

Alaska Native villages on funding determinations. On May 5, the 

Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of the Interior issued a 

statement on the path forward for funds to tribes, making $4.8 

billion available to tribal governments in all States. On June 26, a 

U.S. District Court ruled that Alaska Native corporations are 

eligible to receive CARES Act funds. 

June 9 By this date, the DOI needs to assess and adjust existing 

reporting and audit deadlines, considering how to balance 

existing statutory and regulatory compliance requirements with 

the new workload associated with the COVID-19 crisis. The DOI 

has assessed impacts to current DOI reporting and audits, 

including a GAO audit, annual audit, and Data Act reporting and 

noted that all were still on target. 

June 25 Not later than 90 days after enactment of the CARES Act, the 

DOI must submit to the PRAC a plan describing how the covered 

funds will be spent. The DOI submitted the required plan to the 

PRAC on July 16. 

June 30 Starting with the June 30 reporting period through September 30, 

2021, the Deputy Secretary or the Chief Operating Officer must 

review quarterly the progress made on program performance 

under the CARES Act. An update to this milestone will be 

provided in the next report. 

July 10 Not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each 

recipient of covered funds exceeding $150,000 shall submit a 

report on use of the funds to the DOI and the PRAC. As part of 

this requirement, the DOI in coordination with the PRAC and the 

OMB must provide “user-friendly” means for recipients to meet 

this requirement. 

July 21 The DOI must submit DATA Act files A, B, and C monthly 

instead of quarterly, starting with the June 30 reporting period. 

These submissions must be certified by the DATA Act Senior 

Accountable Official or Financial Representative Designee for 

COVID-19 related funding. 

July 30 Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the 

PRAC in consultation with the DOI must make the reports by 

covered recipients publicly available on a website established by 

the PRAC to foster greater accountability and transparency in the 

use of covered funds. 

†All dates 2020 

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