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Energy and EmergenciesH.R. 1338Not Yet VotedComments

REPLACE Act

Official title: 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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What This Bill Does

This bill automatically waives the fees to replace certain federal documents (e.g., passports, visas, or immigration documents) destroyed by a major disaster.

Under current law, the Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may waive replacement fees for these critical documents for individuals or households adversely affected by a major disaster. The bill requires the State Department and USCIS to waive these replacement fees when the documents are destroyed by a major disaster for which assistance is provided under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individuals and Households Program. The agencies must notify the public of the availability of these waivers on their respective websites.

The bill also requires the State Department and USCIS to annually report to Congress the number of such fee waivers granted and the resulting cost to the respective agencies.

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Timeline

  1. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  2. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  3. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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