42 U.S.C. § 5174b
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 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).
42 U.S.C. § 5174b
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 and as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, and not as part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act which comprises this chapter. Section is comprised of subsec. (a) of section 1238 of Pub. L. 115-254. Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 1238 of Pub. L. 115-254 amended section 5122 of this title and enacted provisions set out as a note under that section.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATEAuthorities provided under div. D of Pub. L. 115-254 which enacted this section, applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President under Pub. L. 93-288 on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as otherwise provided, see section 1202(b) of Pub. L. 115-254 set out in an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment note under section 5121 of this title.
DEFINITIONSFor definitions of terms used in this section, see section 1203 of Pub. L. 115-254 set out as a note under section 5122 of this title.
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITIES UNDER SECTION 1238 OF THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018 Memorandum of President of the United States, Dec. 21, 2018, 84 F.R. 3957, provided:Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland SecurityBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby: (1) delegate to the Secretary of State the functions and authorities vested in the President by sections 1238(a)(1)(A)-(B) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254) [42 U.S.C. 5174b(a)(1)(A)-(B)] ; and(2) delegate to the Secretary of Homeland Security the functions and authorities vested in the President by sections 1238(a)(1)(C)-(H) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The delegations in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions of any future public law that are the same or substantially the same as the provisions referenced in this memorandum. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security may redelegate within their departments the functions and authorities delegated by this memorandum to the extent authorized by law.The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.Donald J. Trump.
- Governor
- "Governor" means the chief executive of any State.
- State
- "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- United States
- "United States" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.