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119-hr-1338119th CongressWALLET

REPLACE Act

Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

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Summary

Automatic fee waivers to replace critical government documents after major disasters. It lets the President, in consultation with a State Governor, provide fee waivers to individuals or households whose covered critical documents were destroyed and who received disaster assistance under section 408.

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  • Families and households: Disaster-affected people who received section 408 assistance can replace covered critical documents without paying the usual critical-document fees.
  • State governments: Governors have a formal consultative role to trigger and help implement the fee waivers.
  • Federal agencies: The Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must post public notices about the waivers. Each agency must send Congress an annual report, starting within one year, showing how many waivers were granted and the cost to the agency.

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No-fee document replacements after disasters

If enacted, disaster survivors could get certain government fees waived to replace covered critical documents, like passports or USCIS papers. To qualify, a major disaster would need to be declared under section 401, and the President would need to provide individual and household aid under section 408. You must have lost or destroyed a covered document in that disaster. The President would waive the fees after consulting with the State’s Governor. The State Department and USCIS would post notices online and report to Congress within one year and every year after. This would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

CO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 2/13/2025

  • Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 5/13/2025

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