Replacing Essential Passports and Licenses After Certain Emergencies Act or the REPLACE Act
This bill requires the President to automatically waive fees to replace critical documents for individuals and households affected by major disasters for which assistance is provided under the Individuals and Households Program.
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 (5); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Mandatory automatic waiver.--The President, in 
        consultation with the Governor of a State, shall automatically 
        provide a fee waiver described in paragraph (1) to an 
        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.''.
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REPLACE Act
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.
REPLACE Act
Replacing Essential Passports and Licenses After Certain Emergencies Act
Rep. Neguse, Joe