# Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of August 31, 2020
> **Disaster Recovery Report** by Department of the Interior OIG · 2020-09-28
> *About: Department of the Interior*
## Report
- **Title:** Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of August 31, 2020
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of the Interior OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of the Interior
- **Type:** Disaster Recovery Report
- **Publication date:** 2020-09-28

## Summary

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.This report presents the DOI’s progress as of August 31, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/wheres-money-doi-use-cares-act-funds-august-31-2020)
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