(a) Obligated funds.--Counties must certify to the department by July 31, 2021:

(b) Time.--If the department determines that excess funds will remain on September 20, 2022, or as of any updated Federal deadline for the use of funds for emergency rental assistance under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, whichever is later, the department may recoup and reallocate excess funding to other counties that have demonstrated a funding shortfall and the ability to spend additional funds within a timeframe to be determined by the department. Any excess funding shall be reallocated by the department in a manner to ensure that funds are spent by the Federal deadline for the use of funds.

(c) Additional allocation.--If the Commonwealth receives an additional allocation under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, as a result of other states not having met their threshold under Federal law, the department shall distribute reallocated funding to counties who have obligated a specified percentage of their initial allocation, as determined by the department, by September 30, 2021, according to the reallocation methodology under section 103-D(a)(7)² and have certified a shortfall demonstrating additional need under subsection (a)(2).