United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 5174b
Critical document fee waiver
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- HR 4669 FEMA Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3738 HMAG Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3251 Disaster Response Flexibility Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3252 Disaster Housing Flexibility Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 2836 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 1748 FEMA for America First Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 1245 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- S 566 REPLACE Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 1338 REPLACE Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 437 SNOW Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 316 Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 2672 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 8422 Mental Health Emergency Needs in Disasters Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 1796 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
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- S 116 The Hurricanes of 2022 Disaster Relief Rectification Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 8416 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5118 Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 7476 REPLACE Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 4044 REPLACE Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5689 Resilient AMERICA Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 3256 Disaster Contract Transparency Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5780 Disaster Equity and Fairness Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 3093 Disaster Equity and Fairness Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 2212 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 3459 RIDER Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 2669 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 2421 Disaster Contract Transparency Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
- S 1813 Smoke-Ready Communities Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
- HR 2825 DHS Authorization Act Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
- HR 302 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Amends its part · enacted · 115th Congress
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- HR 1 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Amends its part · introduced · 112th Congress
The law today
From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-124.
(1) In general Notwithstanding section 214 of title 22 or any other provision of law, the President, in consultation with the Governor of a State, may provide a waiver under this subsection to an individual or household described in section 5174(e)(1) of this title for the following document replacement fees:
(A) The passport application fee for individuals who lost their United States passport in a major disaster within the preceding three calendar years.
(B) The file search fee for a United States passport.
(C) The Application for Waiver of Passport and/or Visa form (Form I–193) fee.
(D) The Permanent Resident Card replacement form (Form I–90) filing fee.
(E) The Declaration of Intention form (Form N–300) filing fee.
(F) The Naturalization/Citizenship Document replacement form (Form N–565) filing fee.
(G) The Employment Authorization form (Form I–765) filing fee.
(H) The biometric service fee.
(2) Exemption from form requirement
The authority of the President to waive fees under subparagraphs (C) through (H) of paragraph (1) applies regardless of whether the individual or household qualifies for a Form I–912 Request for Fee Waiver, or any successor thereto.
(3) Exemption from assistance maximum
The assistance limit in section 5174(h) of this title shall not apply to any fee waived under this subsection.
(4) Report
Not later than 365 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator and the head of any other agency given critical document fee waiver authority under this subsection shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the costs associated with providing critical document fee waivers as described in paragraph (1).
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