Treasury Tracks Grant Spending: Thoughts Welcome, Yada Yada
Published Date: 9/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The Treasury’s CDFI Fund wants your thoughts on their Uses of Award Report form, which helps track how grant money is spent. If you’re part of programs like BEA, CDFI, NACA, or SDL, this affects you! Comments are open until November 30, 2026, and this is all about making reporting easier without extra costs or hassle.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Annual Uses of Award reporting
If you receive awards from the BEA, CDFI, NACA, or SDL programs, you must submit the Uses of Award Report online through the CDFI Fund's AMIS once a year, three months after your Period of Performance end date (BEA) or fiscal year end (CDFI, NACA, SDL). The notice estimates 1,114 respondents, 2,228 annual responses, 0.75 hours per respondent, and a total annual burden of 1,671 hours. Comments on this collection are due by November 30, 2026.
Form extended without change
The CDFI Fund is seeking OMB re-approval to extend the Uses of Award Report (OMB Control Number 1559-0032) without significant content changes—meaning the form’s questions and reporting requirements remain the same. The extension covers the same affected public (for-profit, non-profit, and State, local, and Tribal entities) and continues the same annual submission practice.
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