,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,hickenlooper 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 and ,mr4  
,curtis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,disaster ,recovery ,reform   
,act of #bjah 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        
,program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,replacing          
,essential ,passports and ,licenses     
,after ,certain ,emergencies ,act or the
 ,,replace ,act4  #b4 ,critical document
 fee waiver ,section #abch7;a7 of the   
,disaster ,recovery ,reform ,act of     
#bjah 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagd;b7 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by    

striking applies regardless and         
inserting and the requirement of the    
,president to waive fees under paragraph
 7#d7 apply regardless2  7#b7 by        
redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as         
paragraph 7#h72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     
7#d7 ,waiver ,the ,president1 in        
consultation with the ,governor of a    
,state1 shall provide a fee waiver      
described in paragraph 7#a7 to any      
individual or household that has been   
adversely affected by a major disaster  
declared under section #dja of the      
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7-- 7,a7 for which the   
,president provides assistance to       
individuals and households under section
 #djh of that ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#eagd72 and  7,b7 that destroyed a      
critical document described in paragraph
 7#a7 of the individual or household4   
7#e7 ,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   
,services1 respectively1 a notice of the
 availability of fee waivers described  
in paragraph 7#d74  7#f7 ,report from   
,,uscis ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this paragraph1
 and every year thereafter1 the         
,director of the ,united ,states        
,citizenship and ,immigration ,services 
shall submit to ,congress a report that 
includes1 for the period covered by the 
report-- 7,a7 the number of fee waivers 
granted under this subsection2 and  7,b7
 the cost to the ,united ,states        
,citizenship and ,immigration ,services 
of granting fee waivers under this      
subsection4  7#g7 ,report from          
,department of ,state ,not later than #a
 year after the date of enactment of    
this paragraph1 and every year          
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,state    

shall submit to ,congress a report that 
includes1 for the period covered by the 
report-- 7,a7 the number of fee waivers 
granted under this subsection2 and  7,b7
 the cost to the ,department of ,state  
of granting fee waivers under this      
subsection4  4