FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS AND NONPROFIT FACILITIES.

SEC. 1238. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS AND NONPROFIT FACILITIES. (a) [42 U.S.C. 5174b] Critical Document Fee Waiver.— (1) In general.—Notwithstanding section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214) 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 408(e)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)(1)) 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 408(h) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(h)) shall not apply to any fee waived under this subsection. (4) Report.—Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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). (b) Federal Assistance to Private Nonprofit Childcare Facilities.—Section 102(11)(A) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(11)(A)) is amended— (1) in the second subparagraph (A) (as added by Public Law 115-123), by inserting “center-based childcare,” after “facility),”; and (2) in the first subparagraph (A), by striking “(a) in general.—The term ‘private nonprofit facility’ means private nonprofit educational, utility” and all that follows through “President.”. (c) [42 U.S.C. 5122 note] Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (b)(1) shall apply to any major disaster or emergency declared by the President under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170, 5191) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.