119-hr1338

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1338 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1338

 To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the 
 President to automatically waive certain critical document fees for 
 individuals and households affected by major disasters for which 
 assistance is provided under the Individuals and Households Program.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 13, 2025

 Mr. Neguse (for himself and Ms. Maloy) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the 
 President to automatically waive certain critical document fees for 
 individuals and households affected by major disasters for which 
 assistance is provided under the Individuals and Households Program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Replacing Essential Passports and 
Licenses After Certain Emergencies Act'' or the ``REPLACE Act''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL DOCUMENT FEE WAIVER.

 

Section 1238

    (a) of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (42 
U.S.C. 5174b) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``applies regardless'' 
 and inserting ``and the requirement of the President to waive 
 fees under paragraph

    (4) apply regardless'';

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (4) as paragraph

    (8) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following:
 ``

    (4) Waiver.--The President, in consultation with the 
 Governor of a State, shall provide a fee waiver described in 
 paragraph

    (1) to any individual or household that has been 
 adversely affected by a major disaster declared under 

section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170)--
 ``
        (A) for which the President provides assistance 
 to individuals and households under 

section 408 of that 
 Act (42 U.S.C. 5174); and
 ``
        (B) that destroyed a critical document described 
 in paragraph

    (1) of the individual or household.
 ``

    (5) Waiver availability.--The Secretary of State and the 
 Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
 Services shall make publicly available on the website of the 
 Department of State and the United States Citizenship and 
 Immigration Services, respectively, a notice of the 
 availability of fee waivers described in paragraph

    (4) .
 ``

    (6) Report from uscis.--Not later than 1 year after the 
 date of enactment of this paragraph, and every year thereafter, 
 the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
 Services shall submit to Congress a report that includes, for 
 the period covered by the report--
 ``
        (A) the number of fee waivers granted under this 
 subsection; and
 ``
        (B) the cost to the United States Citizenship and 
 Immigration Services of granting fee waivers under this 
 subsection.
 ``

    (7) Report from department of state.--Not later than 1 
 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every 
 year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
 Congress a report that includes, for the period covered by the 
 report--
 ``
        (A) the number of fee waivers granted under this 
 subsection; and
 ``
        (B) the cost to the Department of State of 
 granting fee waivers under this subsection.''.
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