{"id":4043,"date":"2020-05-01T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=4043"},"modified":"2020-05-01T18:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:58:21","slug":"cares-act-lawsuit-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/05\/01\/cares-act-lawsuit-9\/","title":{"rendered":"CARES Act Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump and members of his administration are joined by Republican members of Congress for the signing of the CARES Act on March 27, 2002. Photo: Shealah Craighead \/ White House<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The Trump administration still doesn’t know how to distribute $8 billion in coronavirus relief to tribal governments, more than a month after being charged to do so by Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s the word from a highly-anticipated joint status report<\/a> filed in federal court on May 1, 2020.<\/p>\n

Though the CARES Act required tribal governments to be paid “not later than 30 days” following the enactment of the law, the Department of the Treasury is not yet prepared to tell them when they will receive the much-needed funds to help them through the worst public health crisis in decades.<\/p>\n

“Defendant has not yet arrived at a determination as to the amounts to be paid to Tribal governments from the Coronavirus Relief Fund under Title V of the CARES Act,” the status report reads.<\/p>\n