Authoritative Resources on the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA)
Kim Walker Klarman
Information Research Specialist
Julie Jennings
Information Research Specialist
September 10, 2009
Congressional Research Service
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Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Summary
The following list of authoritative resources is designed to assist in responding to a broad range of
constituent questions and concerns about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),
P.L. 111-5. Links to the full text of the act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White
House fact sheets, and federal, state, and municipal government websites are included, along with
other useful information. This list reflects information that is currently available on the Internet. It
will be updated regularly as other relevant material becomes available.
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Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Contents
Full Text of the Law.................................................................................................................... 1
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimates.................................................................... 1
White House Information............................................................................................................ 1
Fact Sheets............................................................................................................................ 1
Recovery.gov ........................................................................................................................ 1
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance .................................................................. 2
Congressional Sources ................................................................................................................ 2
Government Accountability Office Reports ................................................................................. 2
Federal Agency Websites ............................................................................................................ 3
State Government Websites ......................................................................................................... 4
State Funding Allocations............................................................................................................ 7
State and Municipal Sources ....................................................................................................... 7
Non-Government Sources ........................................................................................................... 8
Contacts
Author Contact Information ........................................................................................................ 8
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Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
he following list of authoritative resources has been compiled to assist in responding to a
broad range of constituent questions and concerns about the American Recovery and
T Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), P.L. 111-5. Links to the full text of the act,
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White House fact sheets, and federal, state, and
municipal government websites are included, along with other useful information. This list
reflects information that is currently available on the Internet. It will be updated regularly as other
relevant material becomes available.
Full Text of the Law
P.L. 111-5 (H.R. 1) was signed by the President on February 17, 2009.
Conference Report (H.Rept. 111-16) was passed by the House and Senate on February 13, 2009.
This includes the Joint Explanatory Statement.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimates
Estimates of ARRA’s impact on the budget and a detailed analysis of the budgetary impact by
title.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9989/hr1conference.pdf
White House Information
Fact Sheets
Provides general fact sheets on broad policy areas within the stimulus (e.g., education, energy,
health, infrastructure) and estimates by state the number of jobs that will be created or saved.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/state_by_state_employment_impact/
Recovery.gov
The Administration’s website that is intended to be a repository for information related to
implementation and oversight of the stimulus. It currently includes overview information about
the legislation, a timeline for implementation, a frequently asked questions page, and an
announcement page that will be regularly updated. The Administration’s intent is to develop the
site to encompass information about available funding, distribution of funds, and major
recipients.
http://www.recovery.gov
Each federal agency receiving funds from the act will submit weekly cumulative reports on their
recovery activities. Updated reports are submitted each Tuesday, and detail major actions taken
by each agency and how much money has been spent.
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Weekly Agency Reports: http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/agency-weekly-reports
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance
OMB issued a detailed guidance document on February 18, 2009, directing executive branch
agencies to develop a dedicated portion of their websites for information related to the recovery.
This document was updated based on input from the various stakeholders on April 3, 2009, and
June 22, 2009. All three guidance documents are available on the recovery.gov website, in the
featured news section:
Original document (February 18, 2009): http://www.recovery.gov/files/
Initial%20Recovery%20Act%20Implementing%20Guidance.pdf
Amended document (April 3, 2009): http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/m09-15.pdf
Amended document (June 22, 2009): http://www.recovery.gov/sites/default/files/
OMB+Final+Cover+Memo.pdf
OMB has created a nationwide data collection system for recipients of ARRA funds to use for
submitting their required data. Only registered users may use this system. Data collected will be
available to the public on the recovery.gov site beginning October 11, 2009.
http://www.federalreporting.gov/
Congressional Sources
The House Committee on Ways and Means provides instructions for requesting various benefits
from the funding provided by the act. It also contains fact sheets on some of the tax provisions of
the act:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/MoreInfo.asp?section=50
Government Accountability Office Reports
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to conduct bimonthly reviews of
selected funding recipients and to report on the use of funds. These GAO reviews currently
include 16 states and the District of Columbia and are available on the GAO website at
http://www.gao.gov/recovery/bimonthly/.
GAO has developed a website covering not only the above-mentioned fund recipient reviews, but
also links to other GAO products and instructions for reporting fraud or misuse of ARRA funds.
Following the Money: GAO’s Oversight of the Recovery Act is available at http://www.gao.gov/
recovery/.
Other available GAO products include the following:
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GAO-09-453T, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: GAO’s Role in Helping to Ensure
Accountability and Transparency: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09453t.pdf
GAO-09-515T: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: GAO’s Role in Helping to Ensure
Accountability and Transparency for Science Funding: http://ww.gao.gov/new.items/d09515t.pdf
GAO-09-580, Recovery Act: As Initial Implementation Unfolds in States and Localities,
Continued Attention to Accountability Issues is Essential: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/
d09580.pdf
Federal Agency Websites
Corporation for National and Community Service: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/
recovery/index.asp
Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/arra?navid=USDA_RECOVERY
Department of Agriculture – Plans: http://www.usda.gov/documents/FY09_Stimulus_Enacted.pdf
Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/Recovery/index.htm
Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/
recovery/
Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
Department of Energy: http://www.energy.gov/recovery/index.htm
Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/
news/daily.cfm/hp_news_id=156
Department of Energy – Western Area Power Administration: http://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/
sec402.htm
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/
Department of Health and Human Services – state Medicaid funding: http://www.hhs.gov/
recovery/statefundsmap.html
Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/index.cfm
Department of the Interior: http://recovery.doi.gov
Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/recovery/
Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/recovery/
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Department of Labor – Employee Benefits Security Administration (COBRA information):
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/COBRA.html
Department of State: http://www.state.gov/recovery/
Department of Transportation – Federal Transit Administration: http://www.fta.dot.gov/
index_9118.html
Department of Transportation – press release regarding distribution and monitoring of economic
recovery funds: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/dot1409.htm
Department of Transportation: http://www.dot.gov/recovery/
Department of Treasury: http://www.ustreas.gov/recovery/
Department of Veteran Affairs: http://www.va.gov/recovery/
Implementing_the_Recovery_Act.asp
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/recovery/
General Services Administration: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?
contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=25761&noc=T
Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=204335,00.html?portlet=6
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/
National Endowment on the Arts: http://www.nea.gov/recovery/index.html
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/recovery/
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Director’s statement: http://www.nih.gov/about/director/
02252009statement_arra.htm
National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/recovery/
National Science Foundation, Director’s statement: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?
cntn_id=114277&org=OLPA&from=news
Small Business Administration: http://www.sba.gov/recovery/
Small Business Administration – press release: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/
sba_homepage/news_release_09-10.pdf
Social Security Administration: http://www.ssa.gov/recovery/
State Government Websites
(The list below reflects states that currently post ARRA information on the Web. CRS will update
the list regularly as more information becomes available.)
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Alabama: http://www.stimulus.alabama.gov/
Alaska: http://omb.alaska.gov/10_omb/budget/IndexEconomicStimulus.htm
Arizona: http://az.gov/recovery
Arkansas: http://recovery.arkansas.gov
California: http://www.recovery.ca.gov
Colorado: http://www.colorado.gov/recovery
Connecticut: http://www.recovery.ct.gov
Delaware: http://recovery.delaware.gov/default.shtml
Florida: http://www.flarecovery.com/
Florida-transportation: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/economicstimulus/
Florida-Workforce: http://www.floridajobs.org/about%20awi/open_government/
ARRA_plans_reports_OEL.htm
Georgia: http://stimulusaccountability.ga.gov
Georgia-transportation: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/informationcenter/gastimulus/Pages/
default.aspx
Hawaii: http://hawaii.gov/gov/recovery
Idaho: http://accountability.idaho.gov
Illinois: http://recovery.illinois.gov/default.htm
Indiana: http://www.in.gov/gov/2985.htm
Iowa: http://www.iowa.gov/recovery/
Kansas: http://www.governor.ks.gov/Recovery/default.htm
Kentucky: http://kentuckyatwork.ky.gov/
Louisiana: http://www.stimulus.la.gov/
Louisiana-energy: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/programs/arra_2009/index.htm
Maine: http://www.maine.gov/recovery/
Maryland: http://statestat.maryland.gov/recovery.asp
Massachusetts: http://www.mass.gov/recovery
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Michigan: http://www.michigan.gov/recovery/
Minnesota: http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/stimulus
Mississippi: http://stimulus.ms.gov
Missouri: http://transform.mo.gov/
Montana: http://recovery.mt.gov/
Nebraska: http://www.recovery.nebraska.gov/
Nevada: http://nevada.gov/recovery/
New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/recovery
New Jersey: http://www.state.nj.us/recovery
New Mexico: http://www.recovery.state.nm.us/index.html
New York: http://www.recovery.ny.gov/
North Carolina: http://www.ncrecovery.gov/
North Dakota: http://www.nd.gov/recovery
Ohio: http://recovery.ohio.gov/
Oklahoma: http://www.ok.gov/recovery/
Oregon: http://www.oregon.gov/recovery
Pennsylvania: http://www.recovery.pa.gov/
Rhode Island: http://www.recovery.ri.gov/
South Carolina: http://stimulus.sc.gov/
South Dakota: http://recovery.sd.gov/
Tennessee: http://www.tnrecovery.gov
Texas: http://txstimulusfund.com/
Utah: http://www.recovery.utah.gov/
Vermont: http://recovery.vermont.gov/
Virginia: http://stimulus.virginia.gov/
Washington: http://recovery.wa.gov/
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West Virginia: http://www.recovery.wv.gov/
Wisconsin: http://www.recovery.wisconsin.gov/
Wyoming: http://wyoming.gov/recovery/
State Funding Allocations
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/recovery.html
Department of Health and Human Services-Community Health Center Grants:
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/hrsa/napawards.html
Department of Heath and Human Services-Medicaid: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/
statefunds.html
Department of Health and Human Services-State Funding: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/
RecoveryGrants/
Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm
Department of Justice-Justice Assistance Grant Program: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/
recoveryJAG/recoveryallocations.html
Department of Justice-Crime Victims Fund Compensation and Assistance Programs:
http://www.ovc.gov/fund/recoverycvfa2009.html
Department of Justice-Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grant Awards:
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/recovery-grants-awards.htm
Department of Labor-Workforce Investment Act Youth Activities: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/
press/eta/eta20090249-chart.pdf
Department of Transportation-Funds for Highway Infrastructure Investment:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/notices/n4510705t2.htm
Department of Transportation-Public Transportation Programs: http://www.dot.gov/recovery/
docs/E9-4745.pdf
Environmental Protection Agency-Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Fund:
http://www.epa.gov/water/eparecovery/docs/Final_SRF_eco_recovery_allotments.pdf
State and Municipal Sources
The Council of State Governments has compiled information on executive orders and state
legislation related to ARRA, as well as key deadlines and grants information:
http://www.staterecovery.org/ and http://www.staterecovery.org/state-responses
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The US Conference of Mayors has prepared a summary of the act, highlighting those provisions
they consider to be important for cities: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/
State-by-State Breakdown of ARRA Dollars: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/documents/
report-stateprog.pdf
Key Program Summaries: http://www.usmayors.org/recovery/documents/program-
summaries.xlsx
The National Conference of State Legislatures has prepared overview summaries of selected
sections of the package (e.g., Medicaid, transportation, labor and economic development, energy
and water, broadband, etc): http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=16779
Non-Government Sources
The sources below provide information that your constituents may find useful.
The Onvia Corporation has created a site geared to the business community which is dedicated to
tracking every recovery dollar in real time: http://recovery.org
Protiviti, a business consulting firm, has prepared a Q&A document which outlines the
responsibilities of the recipients of ARRA funds, including reporting requirements:
http://www.energywashington.com/ewblogdocs/april2009/ew04302009_arra.pdf
Author Contact Information
Kim Walker Klarman
Julie Jennings
Information Research Specialist
Information Research Specialist
kklarman@crs.loc.gov, 7-6088
jjennings@crs.loc.gov, 7-5896
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