42 U.S.C. § 5174b — Critical document fee waiver
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-254 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 280 words · no verdicts yet
This section lets the President waive listed fees for replacing critical identity and immigration documents for certain disaster-affected individuals and households. The waived fees do not count toward the assistance maximum, and agencies must report the costs.
(1) In general. Despite 22 U.S.C. § 214 and other law, the President, after consulting a State’s Governor, may waive these replacement fees for an individual or household described in 42 U.S.C. § 5174(e)(1):
(A) the passport application fee for someone who lost a United States passport in a major disaster during the previous three calendar years;
(B) the United States passport file-search fee;
(C) the Form I–193 Application for Waiver of Passport and/or Visa fee;
(D) the Form I–90 Permanent Resident Card replacement filing fee;
(E) the Form N–300 Declaration of Intention filing fee;
(F) the Form N–565 Naturalization/Citizenship Document replacement filing fee;
(G) the Form I–765 Employment Authorization filing fee; and
(H) the biometric-services fee.
(2) No Form I–912 requirement. The President may waive fees under paragraph (1)(C) through (H) whether or not the individual or household qualifies for Form I–912, Request for Fee Waiver, or a successor form.
(3) No effect on assistance maximum. The assistance limit in section 5174(h) does not apply to a fee waived under this subsection.
(4) Report. Within 365 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator* and any other agency head given this waiver authority must report to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on the costs of providing the waivers listed in paragraph (1).
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:
The passport application fee for individuals who lost their United States passport in a major disaster within the preceding three calendar years.
The file search fee for a United States passport.
The Application for Waiver of Passport and/or Visa form (Form I–193) fee.
The Permanent Resident Card replacement form (Form I–90) filing fee.
The Declaration of Intention form (Form N–300) filing fee.
The Naturalization/Citizenship Document replacement form (Form N–565) filing fee.
The Employment Authorization form (Form I–765) filing fee.
The biometric service fee.
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.
The assistance limit in section 5174(h) of this title shall not apply to any fee waived under this subsection.
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).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 115–254, div. D, § 1238(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3465.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-254 · 132 Stat. 3465
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 115-254 on 2018-10-05.
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