Regulatory Alert - American Rescue Plan

The American Rescue Plan Act is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package intended to facilitate recovery in the United States from the economic and health effects of COVID-19. The Act contains over 70 distinct funding streams to support individuals, households, businesses, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and their communities.

This regulatory alert summarizes 10 funding streams to be administered by non-federal governmental entities. These funding streams illustrate both the opportunities and challenges in using American Rescue Plan Act funding given varying timelines, rules, as well as the overlap of funding from prior COVID-19 federal aid packages.