Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of October 31, 2020
Disaster Recovery Report · Department of the Interior OIG · 2020-12-15 · about Department of the Interior
Report
Title
Where’s the Money? DOI Use of CARES Act Funds as of October 31, 2020
Submitting OIG
Department of the Interior OIG
Component agency
Department of the Interior
Type
Disaster Recovery Report
Publication date
2020-12-15
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 October 31, 2020, in spending CARES Act appropriations.