# 119-hr-1338: REPLACE Act

119-hr-1338, REPLACE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1338
- Congress: 119
- Title: REPLACE Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No-fee document replacements after disasters: benefit, low. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1338 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1338)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10061)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1338 (as of 2026-04-21).