Sec. 2. Critical document fee waiver
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Section 1238(a) of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 ( 42 U.S.C. 5174b ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking applies regardless and inserting and the requirement of the President to waive fees under paragraph
(4)apply regardless ; by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (8); and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: The President, in consultation with the Governor of a State, shall provide a fee waiver described in paragraph
(1)to any 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 )— for which the President provides assistance to individuals and households under section 408 of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174 ); and that destroyed a critical document described in paragraph
(1)of the individual or household. 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 Services, respectively, a notice of the availability of fee waivers described in paragraph (4). Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every year thereafter, the Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall submit to Congress a report that includes, for the period covered by the report— the number of fee waivers granted under this subsection; and the cost to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of granting fee waivers under this subsection. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and every year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report that includes, for the period covered by the report— the number of fee waivers granted under this subsection; and the cost to the Department of State of granting fee waivers under this subsection. .
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