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Administration asks authority to reassign ERA cash balances and outlines ARPA reallocation options
Summary
The chief recovery officer told the committee that some ERA2 funds ($152,000,000) were used to replace general funds in eligible places, leaving cash funds that cannot be moved without authority; as of Dec. 31, 2025 the administration reported about $74,000,000 in ARPA remaining and described reallocation strategies (broadband, payroll) subject to timing and committee approval.
Lisa Farnham briefed the committee on the administration’s request for transfer authority tied to emergency rental assistance (ERA) accounting and described the status of remaining ARPA funds.
Farnham reviewed ERA history: an ERA1 allocation of about $200,000,000 (roughly $32,000,000 returned) and ERA2 of $152,000,000 that ended Sept. 30, 2025. She said the administration had applied ERA2 to eligible uses and thereby freed up general fund dollars in some programs, but lacked explicit authority to transfer the freed cash fund balances out of certain agencies.…
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