On July 29, 2013, the CDFI Fund published the Notice of Allocation Authority (“NOAA”) for the calendar years 2013 and 2014 Allocation Round of the Federal New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) Program. The NOAA announced the availability of up to $8.5 billion of NMTC allocation authority for calendar years 2013 and 2014, $3.5 billion of which was authorized by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and an additional $5 billion which was subject to Congressional authorization. The CDFI Fund has not received Congressional allocation authority for calendar year 2014. As a result, the CDFI Fund has amended the NOAA to award the authorized allocation authority for only calendar year 2013 in the amount of $3.5 billion. The CDFI Fund announced that it anticipates making awards under the calendar year 2013 round in late spring of 2014.