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AS OF JUNE 24, 2021 <br />6 <br /> <br />may be used to address negative economic impacts of the public health emergency and be <br />eligible. <br /> <br />2.9. How can recipients use funds to assist the travel, tourism, and hospitality <br />industries? <br /> <br />Aid provided to tourism, travel, and hospitality industries should respond to the negative <br />economic impacts of the pandemic. For example, a recipient may provide aid to support <br />safe reopening of businesses in the tourism, travel and hospitality industries and to <br />districts that were closed during the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well as aid a <br />planned expansion or upgrade of tourism, travel and hospitality facilities delayed due to <br />the pandemic. <br /> <br /> Tribal development districts are considered the commercial centers for tribal hospitality, <br /> gaming, tourism and entertainment industries. <br /> <br />2.10. May recipients use funds to assist impacted industries other than travel, tourism, <br />and hospitality? <br /> <br />Yes, provided that recipients consider the extent of the impact in such industries as <br />compared to tourism, travel, and hospitality, the industries enumerated in the statute. For <br />example, nationwide the leisure and hospitality industry has experienced an <br />approximately 17 percent decline in employment and 24 percent decline in revenue, on <br />net, due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Recipients should also consider <br />whether impacts were due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as opposed to longer-term <br />economic or industrial trends unrelated to the pandemic. <br /> <br />Recipients should maintain records to support their assessment of how businesses or <br />business districts receiving assistance were affected by the negative economic impacts of <br />the pandemic and how the aid provided responds to these impacts. <br /> <br />2.11. How does the Interim Final Rule help address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on <br />certain populations and geographies? <br /> <br />In recognition of the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 virus on health and <br />economic outcomes in low-income and Native American communities, the Interim Final <br />Rule identifies a broader range of services and programs that are considered to be in <br />response to the public health emergency when provided in these communities. <br />Specifically, Treasury will presume that certain types of services are eligible uses when <br />provided in a Qualified Census Tract (QCT), to families living in QCTs, or when these <br />services are provided by Tribal governments. <br /> <br />Recipients may also provide these services to other populations, households, or <br />geographic areas disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. In identifying these <br />disproportionately-impacted communities, recipients should be able to support their