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1See 49 U.S.C. 114. 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

TSA has broad statutory authority to 

assess a security risk for any mode of 

transportation, develop security 

measures for dealing with that risk, and 

enforce compliance with those 

measures.1

TSA’s mission includes the screening 

of individuals, accessible property, 

checked baggage, and cargo before 

boarding or loading on an aircraft to 

prevent or deter the carriage of any 

explosive, incendiary, or deadly or 

dangerous weapon on an aircraft. Under 

49 CFR 1540.107, individuals are 

required to submit to screening and 

inspection before entering a sterile area 

of an airport or boarding an aircraft. The 

prohibition on carrying a weapon, 

however, does not apply to LEOs 

required to carry a firearm or other 

weapons while in the performance of 

law enforcement duties at the airport. 

See 49 CFR 1540.111(b). In addition, 

LEOs may fly armed if they meet the 

requirements of 49 CFR 1544.219. This 

section includes requirements for being 

a Federal, municipal, county, or state 

law enforcement officer; authorization 

to carry the weapon; training for flying 

armed; validation of the need for the 

weapon to be accessible aboard the 

aircraft; and notification requirements. 

This section also discusses prohibitions 

related to alcoholic beverage 

consumption, and the appropriate 

location of the weapon while aboard the 

aircraft. 

TSA has established a specialized 

screening process for state, local, and 

tribal LEOs when they are flying armed 

and need to go through screening at the 

checkpoint. When this situation occurs, 

LEOs are required to complete TSA 

Form 413A, Checkpoint Sign-In Log. 

The information collected on TSA 

Form 413A includes identifying 

information for the LEOs; an affirmation 

that they are authorized to fly armed on 

official business and that they have an 

operational need to have their weapon 

accessible during the flight in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 1544; and 

identification of weapons they are 

carrying. TSA is revising the 

information collection by amending the 

identification of weapons section of the 

form, removing the language ‘‘CBP 

only.’’ TSA inadvertently included the 

limitation language ‘‘CBP only’’ in 

reference to LEOs carrying knives. 

However, there is no restriction as all 

LEOs may carry knives. 

The information required by the form 

is used by the TSA Security Operations 

Center and the Law Enforcement/ 

Federal Air Marshal Service in order to 

have situational awareness of armed 

LEOs presence on flights conducted by 

49 CFR parts 1544 and/or 1546 

regulated parties (aircraft operators and 

foreign air carriers). This real-time 

situational awareness is necessary in the 

event of an emergency on board the 

aircraft; such as but not limited to, a 

disruptive passenger, air piracy, or other 

threat to the safety and security of a 

commercial aircraft. 

Respondents to this collection are 

state, local, and tribal police officers 

travelling with their weapons. TSA uses 

historical data to estimate 68,000 

average annual responses. Each check-in 

requires filling out a log book and TSA 

estimates this activity requires one 

minute (0.016667 hours) to complete. 

TSA estimates this collection will place 

an annual average hour burden of 1,133 

hours on the public. 

Dated: February 7, 2022. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[FR–7062–N–02] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Office of Administration, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Act of 1988 and 

the Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protections Amendment of 1990 

(Privacy Act), and Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) guidance on the 

conduct of matching programs, notice is 

hereby given of the re-establishment of 

a matching program between the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) and Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS), Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA). 

DATES: Please submit comments on or 

before March 14, 2022. The matching 

program will be effective on March 14, 

2022 unless comments have been 

received from interested members of the 

public that require modification and 

republication of the notice. The 

matching program will continue for 18 

months from the beginning date and 

may be extended an additional 12 

months if the conditions specified in 5 

U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice at www.regulations.gov or to 

the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW, Room 10110, 

Washington, DC 20410. 

Communications should refer to the 

above docket number. A copy of each 

communication submitted will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m. weekdays at the above address. 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay service at (800) 877–8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain additional information about this 

matching program and the contents of 

this Computer Matching Agreement 

between HUD and DHS–FEMA, please 

view this Computer Matching 

Agreement at the following websites: 

FEMA/DHS: https://www.dhs.gov/ 

publication/computer-matchingagreements-and-notices. 

HUD: https://www.hud.gov/program_

offices/officeofadministration/privacy_

act/cma. 

For general questions about this 

matching program, contact Matthew D. 

Redding, Deputy Director for Individual 

Assistance, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Individual 

Assistance Division, Recovery 

Directorate at (202) 212–7657 or Todd 

Richardson, General Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Policy Development 

and Research, U.S. Housing and Urban 

Development at (202) 402–5706. A 

telecommunication device for hearingand speech-impaired individuals (TTY) 

is available at (800) 877–8339 (Federal 

Relay Service). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is 

providing this notice in accordance with 

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), 

as amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. 

L. 100–503) and the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Amendments of 

1990 (Pub. L. 101–508) (Privacy Act); 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Final Guidance Interpreting the 

Provisions of Public Law 100–503, the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818 


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(June 19, 1989); and OMB Circular A– 

108, 81 FR 94424 (December 23, 2016). 

Following a Presidentially declared 

disaster or emergency, HUD and FEMA 

will compare and match data between 

the two agencies for HUD-assisted 

individuals (1) receiving emergency 

sheltering when FEMA individuals and 

households assistance also has been 

authorized or (2) FEMA housing 

assistance in order to transition them 

from FEMA assistance back into preapproved HUD housing and conduct 

duplication of benefits checks. HUD 

Community Development Block Grant 

Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) grantees 

will use FEMA data received through 

HUD to complete duplication of benefits 

checks. FEMA data will be used for 

additional purposes that will not 

determine individual benefits: HUD will 

use FEMA data to inform its CDBG–DR 

grant allocation formula and CDBG–DR 

grantees will use FEMA data for 

planning and marketing of CDBG–DR 

assisted activities. 

Participating Agencies 

U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) and the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA). 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

A. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (as 

amended at 42 U.S.C. 5155(a) et seq.) 

(Stafford Act), section 312, which 

requires each federal agency that 

administers any program providing 

financial assistance because of a major 

disaster or emergency to assure that no 

individual or entity receives duplicate 

financial assistance under any program, 

from insurance, or through any other 

source. The Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 

5155(c), requires FEMA or HUD 

(whichever agency provided the 

duplicative assistance) to recover all 

duplicative assistance from the recipient 

when the head of such agency considers 

it to be in the best interest of the Federal 

Government. 

B. Section 408(i) of the Stafford Act, 

42 U.S.C. 5174(i), directs and authorizes 

FEMA, in carrying out Section 408 

(Federal Assistance to Individuals and 

Households), to ‘‘develop a system, 

including an electronic database,’’ to: (a) 

Verify the identity and address of 

recipients of assistance to provide 

reasonable assurance that payments are 

made only to an individual or 

household that is eligible for such 

assistance, (b) Minimize the risk of 

making duplicative payments or 

payments for fraudulent claims, (c) 

Collect any duplicate payment on a 

claim or reduce the amount of 

subsequent payments to offset the 

amount of any such duplicate payment, 

(d) Provide instructions to recipients of 

assistance regarding the proper use of 

any such assistance, regardless of how 

such assistance is distributed, and (e) 

Conduct an expedited and simplified 

review and appeal process for an 

individual or household whose 

application for assistance is denied. 

C. HUD imposes the requirements of 

the Stafford Act, section 312, on CDBG– 

DR grantees. Appropriations acts 

making CDBG–DR funds available, as 

listed in Section II.C.8 of the Computer 

Matching Agreement, require CDBG–DR 

grantees to have adequate procedures to 

prevent the duplication of benefits. 

HUD enforces these requirements on 

CDBG–DR grantees using its statutory 

and regulatory remedies for 

noncompliance in Section 111 of Title 

I of the Housing and Community 

Development of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5311) 

and regulations at 24 CFR part 570 and 

2 CFR part 200. 

D. Executive Order 13411, ‘‘Improving 

Assistance for Disaster Victims,’’ 71 FR 

52729 (August 29, 2006), calls on 

federal agencies to ‘‘reduce 

unnecessarily duplicative application 

forms and processes for Federal disaster 

assistance,’’ which includes processing 

benefits applications submitted by 

individuals, businesses, or other entities 

for the same disaster. 

E. The President may authorize both 

emergency sheltering and Section 408 

federal assistance to individuals and 

households, pursuant to either a major 

disaster under Section 403, at 42 U.S.C. 

5170b, or an emergency under Section 

502 of the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5192. 

Essential Assistance, pursuant to 

Section 403(a)(3)(B) of the Stafford Act, 

42 U.S.C. 5170b, authorizes emergency 

sheltering, including both congregate 

and non-congregate sheltering, to meet 

the immediate needs of disaster 

survivors for a major disaster. 

Additionally, federal assistance where 

necessary to prevent human suffering 

under Section 502(a)(8) authorizes 

emergency sheltering for an emergency. 

F. The Debt Collection Improvement 

Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 3325(d) and 

7701(c)(1), which requires federal 

agencies to collect the Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN) or Social 

Security Number (SSN) of each person 

who receives payments from the Federal 

Government; and each person doing 

business with the Federal Government 

is required to furnish his or her TIN. For 

the purposes of 31 U.S.C. 7701, a person 

is doing business with the Federal 

Government if the person is: (1) A 

lender or servicer in a federal 

guaranteed or insured loan program 

administered by a federal agency, (2) An 

applicant for, or recipient of, a federal 

license permit, right-of-way, grant, or 

benefit payment administered by a 

federal agency, (3) A contractor of a 

federal agency, (4) Assessed a fine, fee, 

royalty, or penalty by a federal agency, 

or (5) In a relationship with a federal 

agency that may give rise to a receivable 

due to that agency such as a partner of 

a borrower in or a guarantor of a federal 

direct or insured loan administered by 

the federal agency. Each federal agency 

must inform each person required to 

disclose his or her TIN of the agency’s 

intent to use such number for purposes 

of collecting and reporting on any 

delinquent amounts arising out of such 

person’s relationship with the Federal 

Government. 

G. The appropriations acts that 

authorize and appropriate supplemental 

CDBG–DR assistance lay out specific 

requirements, some of which may vary 

by appropriation. These appropriations 

acts impose requirements related to the 

(1) prevention of fraud, waste, and 

abuse, (2) order of assistance, and (3) 

prevention of duplication of benefits on 

HUD or its CDBG–DR grantees, as 

directed by the applicable act. The 

appropriations acts, listed below, also 

require HUD to make allocations based 

on a determination of unmet need in the 

‘‘most impacted and distressed areas’’ 

resulting from major disasters. 

Legal authority for CDBG–DR 

assistance is derived from Title I of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 

subsequent appropriations acts making 

CDBG–DR assistance available; the 

following prior appropriations acts– 

Public Law 117–43, 116–20, 115–254, 

115–123, 115–56, 115–31, 114–254, 

114–223, 114–113, 113–2, 112–55, 

111–212, 110–329, 110–252, 110–116, 

109–234, 109–148, 108–324, 107–206, 

107–117, 107–73, 107–38, 106–31, 105– 

277, 105–276, 105–174, 105–18, 104– 

134, 104–19, 103–327, 103–211, 103–75, 

and 103–50–and by the notices 

published in the Federal Register that 

govern CDBG–DR grant assistance 

including the Updates to Duplication of 

Benefits Requirements Under the 

Stafford Act for Community 

Development Block Grant (CDBG) 

Disaster Recovery Grantees at 84 FR 

28836 (June 20, 2019). 

H. The HUD regulation at 24 CFR 

982.352(c) prohibits a family from 

receiving the benefit of Section 8 tenantbased assistance under the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program while also 

receiving the benefit of any of the 


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following forms of other housing 

subsidy for the same or a different unit: 

1. Public or Indian housing assistance, 

2. Section 8 assistance (including 

other tenant-based assistance) under 

Section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 

1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437f, 

3. Assistance under former Section 23 

of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (before amendment by the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 

1974), 

4. Section 101 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1965, 12 

U.S.C. 1701s (Section 101 rent 

supplements), 

5. Section 236 of the National 

Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1715z–1 

(Section 236 rental assistance 

payments), 

6. Tenant-based assistance under the 

HOME Investment Partnerships Program 

(HOME) authorized by Title II of the 

Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq., 

7. Rental assistance payments under 

Section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, 

42 U.S.C. 258 1441 et seq. (a program of 

the Rural Development Administration), 

8. Any local or state rent subsidy, 

9. Section 202 of the Housing Act of 

1959, 12 U.S.C. 1701q, as amended 

(Section 202 supportive housing for the 

elderly), 

10. Section 811 of the CranstonGonzalez National Affordable Housing 

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 8013 

(Section 811 supportive housing for 

persons with disabilities), 

11. Section 202 projects for nonelderly persons with disabilities 

(Section 162 assistance) authorized by 

Section 162 of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1987, 

12 U.S.C. 1701a note, amending Section 

202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959, or 

12. Any other duplicative federal, 

state, or local housing subsidy, as 

determined by HUD. For this purpose, 

‘‘housing subsidy’’ does not include the 

housing component of a welfare 

payment, a Social Security payment 

received by the family, or a rent 

reduction because of a tax credit. (June 

20, 2019). 

Purpose 

The Computer Matching Agreement 

describes the respective responsibilities 

of HUD and DHS–FEMA to determine 

and verify the accuracy of the data they 

provide, eligibility for their respective 

benefits, and to preserve the 

confidentiality of information in 

accordance with the matching program. 

The requirements of the Computer 

Matching Agreement will be carried out 

by authorized users of HUD and DHS– 

FEMA (which include the agencies’ 

authorized employees, and contractors). 

The agreement also describes the 

responsibilities of HUD, HUD’s CDBG– 

DR grantees, and DHS–FEMA for other 

purposes, as described below. 

The Computer Matching Agreement 

reestablishes the terms and conditions 

governing FEMA’s access to, and use of, 

HUD assistance program data and 

HUD’s access to, and use of FEMA’s 

Individual Assistance (IA), Individual’s 

and Household Program data. All FEMA 

program data that HUD provides to 

CDBG–DR grantees will be shared via 

separate agreements between HUD and 

CDBG–DR grantees that reflect the 

requirements of the Computer Matching 

Agreement between FEMA and HUD. 

The data exchanged between FEMA and 

HUD will be used as described in the 

Agreement for three purposes. 

(1) FEMA will use HUD data to 

establish or verify initial or continuing 

eligibility for DHS/FEMA disaster 

assistance and to prevent duplicative 

payments, or recoup duplicative 

payments and delinquent debts under 

the programs referenced in this 

agreement. Additionally, FEMA and 

HUD will use the information to 

transition HUD housing recipients, 

whose HUD homes are uninhabitable 

due to a declared disaster or emergency 

with Individual Assistance (IA) 

authorized, from emergency sheltering 

or FEMA housing assistance back into 

HUD assisted housing. 

(2) HUD will use FEMA program data 

to develop the funding formulas to 

request additional appropriations from 

Congress and allocate funding for 

CDBG–DR grant awards as well as to 

collect FEMA data to share with HUD’s 

CDBG–DR grantees. After calculating 

allocations for CDBG–DR grant awards, 

HUD provides CDBG–DR grantees a 

subset of the data used for making the 

allocation to the applicable CDBG–DR 

grantee so the CDBG–DR grantee can do 

planning and market the use of grant 

funds. These uses of FEMA data shall 

not determine individual benefits. 

(3) HUD will provide FEMA data to 

CDBG–DR grantees (pursuant to 

separate agreements) for them to use to 

determine the correct award amount for 

eligible program beneficiaries by 

identifying unmet needs of FEMA 

applicants; prevent the duplication of 

benefits; implement the statutory 

requirement that CDBG–DR funds may 

not be used for activities reimbursable 

by or for which funds are made 

available by FEMA; and implement the 

statutory requirement to establish 

procedures to detect and prevent waste, 

fraud, and abuse of funds. 

Categories of Individuals 

DHS/FEMA data in this matching 

program includes individuals that have 

applied for or expressed interest in 

disaster assistance. HUD data in this 

matching program concerns individuals 

who have applied for or received 

assistance via HUD assistance programs. 

Categories of Records 

Data elements disclosed by each 

agency in this matching program are as 

follows: 

A. From DHS/FEMA to HUD 

• Name (First and Last of Applicant and 

Co-applicant) 

• Date of Birth (Applicant and CoApplicant) 

• Social Security Number (last 4 of 

Applicant and Co-applicant) 

• Phone Number (Applicant Alternate 

Phone Number, Applicant Current 

Phone Number, Co-applicant Current 

Phone Number) 

• Email Address of Applicant 

• Applicant Registration Number 

• Current Mailing Address (Street, City, 

County, State, Zip Code) 

• Current Location (as identified in 

applicant registration and applicant 

information screen) 

• Damaged Dwelling Latitude and 

Longitude 

• Damaged Address (Street, City, 

County, State, Zip Code + 4 Digit Ext.) 

• Access and Functional Needs (Y/N) 

• Household Member Age Range (Under 

5 years, 5 to 17 years, 18 to 64 years, 

65 and above) 

• Number of Household Members 

• Number of Dependents in Household 

• Current Hotel (Name, Address, City, 

County) 

• Initial Rental Assistance Approved 

Date 

• Direct Housing First Licensed-In Date 

• Last Continued Temporary Housing 

Assistance Date 

• Small Business Administration (SBA) 

HAPP Referral Flag (Y/N) 

• Census Block Group ID (if applicable) 

• Cause(s) of Damage from Inspection 

• Destroyed Flag (Y/N) 

• Disaster Number 

• Flood Zone 

• High Water Mark Location 

• High Water Depth in Inches 

• Habitability Repairs Required (Y/N) 

• Gross Income (as reported at 

Registration) 

• Insurance Types (Insurance Code) 

• Level of Damage 

• Owner/Renter 

• Personal Property Total FEMA 

Verified Loss (FVL)Amount 

• Personal Property Flood Damage FVL 

Amount 


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• Real Property Total FVL Amount 

(Aggregated for all REAL PROPERTY 

FVL) 

• Real Property Flood Damage FVL 

Amount 

• Residence Type 

• FEMA Inspection Completed (Y/N) 

• Primary Residence (RI) (Yes/No) 

• Household Member Age and Name 

(First and Last) 

• Insurance Settlement Flood Amount 

• Insurance Settlement Other Amount 

• Non-Compliant with Flood Insurance 

Requirement NCOMP Flag (Y/N) 

• Temporary Housing Unit (THU)— 

Latest Currently Licensed-In Date 

• Total Housing Assistance Approved 

Amount (Aggregated Eligibility 

Amount) 

• Total Housing Assistance Approved 

Flood Damage Amount 

• Total Other Assistance Approved 

Amount (Aggregated Eligibility 

Amount) 

• Total Other Assistance Flood Damage 

Approved Amount 

• Total Other Needs Assistance 

Approved Amount (Aggregated 

Eligibility Amount) 

• Total Other Needs Assistance Flood 

Damage Approved Amount 

• Total Personal Property Assistance 

Approved Amount (Aggregated 

Eligibility Amount) 

• Total Personal Property Assistance 

Flood Damage Amount 

• Total Repair Assistance Approved 

Amount (Aggregated Eligibility 

Amount) 

• Total Repair Assistance Flood Damage 

Amount 

• Total Replacement Assistance 

Approved Amount (Aggregated 

Eligibility Amount) 

B. From HUD to FEMA 

• Name (First and Last of Recipient and 

Co-recipient) 

• Social Security Number (last 4 digits 

of Recipient and Co-recipient) 

• Date of Birth (Recipient and Corecipient) 

• Address (Street Address, State, City, 

County, Zip Code) 

• Number of Household Members 

• HUD Program Code (Program Type: 

H1—Section 8 (Multifamily), H4— 

Section 236 (Multifamily), H7—202/ 

PRAC (Multifamily), P—Public 

Housing, PBV—Project Based 

Voucher, TBV—Tenant Based 

Voucher, HV—Homeownership 

Voucher, CE—Certificate, MR-Mod 

Rehab) 

• HUD Rehoused (Y/N/Unknown) 

• HUD Project Code 

• HUD Public Housing Agency (PHA) 

Code 

• HUD Date of Recertification 

System of Records 

• DHS/FEMA–008 Disaster Recovery 

Assistance Files System of Records 

Notice, 78 FR 25282 (April 30, 2013), 

or as amended. 

• Inventory Management System (also 

known as the Public and Indian 

Housing Information Center) (IMS/ 

PIC), HUD/PIH.01, 84 FR 11117 

(March 25, 2019). 

• Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), 

HUD/PIH–5, EIV 71 FR 45,066 

(August 8, 2006), which was updated 

by 74 FR 45235 (September 1, 2009). 

• Tenant Rental Assistance Certification 

System (TRACS), HSNG/MF.HTS.02, 

81 FR 56684 (August 22, 2016). 

Nancy Corsiglia, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy 

Department of Housing & Urban 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6313–N–01] 

Waiver and Alternative Requirements 

for Community Development Block 

Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees— 

Tourism Waiver for Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice governs 

Community Development Block Grant 

Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) funds 

awarded under the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2018 and 

Supplemental Appropriations for 

Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 

and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. 

Specifically, in response to a request by 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, this 

notice grants a previously provided 

waiver and alternative requirement 

related to tourism and business 

marketing for the Commonwealth’s use 

of CDBG–DR funds. 

DATES: Applicability Date: February 15, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessie Handforth Kome, Director, Office 

of Block Grant Assistance, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street SW, Room 10166, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number 202–708–3587. Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. Facsimile inquiries may be sent to 

Ms. Kome at 202–708–0033. (Except for 

the ‘‘800’’ number, these telephone 

numbers are not toll-free). Email 

inquiries may be sent to disaster_

recovery@hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Authority to Grant Waivers 

II. Waiver and Alternative Requirement 

I. Authority To Grant Waivers 

The Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2018 and Supplemental Appropriations 

for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 

2017 (Pub. L. 115–56, approved Sept. 8, 

2017) and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 

2018 (Pub. L. 115–123, approved Feb. 9, 

2018) authorizes the Secretary to waive, 

or specify alternative requirements for, 

any provision of any statute or 

regulation that the Secretary administers 

in connection with the obligation by the 

Secretary or use by the recipient of grant 

funds, except for requirements related to 

fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 

standards, and the environment. 

The waiver and alternative 

requirement authorized in this notice 

are based upon a determination by the 

Secretary that good cause exists, and 

that the waiver and alternative 

requirement is consistent with the 

overall purposes of title I of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 

1974 (HCDA). The basis for the 

Secretary’s determination of good cause 

is described below. 

II. Waiver and Alternative Requirement 

Related to Tourism and Business 

Marketing (Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico Only) 

The Commonwealth submitted a 

request for an extension of the 

previously granted waiver and 

alternative requirement authorizing 

activities related to tourism and 

business marketing for an additional 

180 days. The previously granted waiver 

and alternative requirement expired 

February 8, 2022. Accordingly, HUD 

hereby grants the waiver and alternative 

requirement described in this notice for 

180 days from the applicability date of 

this notice. The cap on the activity costs 

remains unchanged. The grantee can 

expend no more than $25,000,000 on 

activities authorized by this waiver and 

alternative requirement. 

In section IV.D.17. of the Federal 

Register notice published on August 14, 

2018 (83 FR 40322) (the ‘‘August 2018 

Notice), the Department granted the 

Commonwealth a waiver of 42 U.S.C. 

5305(a) to the extent necessary to create 

a new eligible activity and use up to 

$15,000,000 of CDBG–DR funds for 

tourism and marketing activities to 

promote travel and to attract new 


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