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SEC. 10. REPLACEMENT OF DOCUMENTS EVIDENCING 
IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZA-
TION FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. 
(a) IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security is authorized to provide imme-
diate assistance in States in which persons displaced 
by a specified hurricane disaster are residing for the 
purpose of replacing for such persons documents 
that were— 
(A) previously issued by the Secretary and 
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of 
section 274A(b)(1) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)); and 
(B) lost, stolen, or destroyed due to such 
disaster. 
(2) SUBSTITUTE.—Where replacement of a doc-
ument described in paragraph (1) is not feasible, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security may provide to a 
displaced person described in such paragraph a tem-
porary substitute document. 
(b) PROCEDURES FOR DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT.— 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that, 
when the Secretary replaces (or provides a temporary sub-
stitute for) a document relating to an alien and described 
in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 274A(b)(1)
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of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(1)) that was lost, stolen, or destroyed due to a 
specified hurricane disaster, the Secretary— 
(1) authenticates information using biometric 
identifiers contained in records of the Department of 
Homeland Security; and 
(2) annotates the records in U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services information systems in 
such a way as to indicate that the replacement or 
substitute document was issued in the absence of an 
original due to such disaster. 
(c) WAIVER OF FEES FOR DATABASE ACCESS.— 
(1) U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERV-
ICES.—The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services is authorized to waive fees and costs 
associated with a request, made by a person or agen-
cy described in paragraph (2), for use of the 
Verification Information System database associated 
with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitle-
ments Program in order to verify immigration status 
or employment eligibility with respect to a displaced 
person described in subsection (a)(1). 
(2) REQUESTING PERSONS.—The persons de-
scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Employers.
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(B) State or local government agencies. 
(C) The American National Red Cross. 
(D) Organizations described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code whose mission is to assist displaced 
persons described in subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 11. AGE-OUT PROTECTIONS. 
In administering Federal immigration laws, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may grant any application 
or benefit notwithstanding the applicant or beneficiary (in-
cluding a derivative beneficiary of a principal applicant or 
beneficiary) reaching an age that would render the appli-
cant or beneficiary ineligible for the relief or benefit 
sought, if the failure to meet the age requirement is a con-
sequence of a specified hurricane disaster. 
SEC. 12. EVIDENCE OF DEATH, DISABILITY, OR LOSS OF EM-
PLOYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall establish appropriate standards for evidence 
demonstrating, for purposes of this Act, that any of the 
following occurred as a consequence of a specified hurri-
cane disaster. 
(1) Death. 
(2) Disability.