Sheri,
I just renewed my passport this year and I still have the paperwork. The post office can process the passport with an "Expedited Service" within 2 weeks. It is an additional cost of $60 for expediting and express mail fees.
You can call the post office main line 1-800-275-8777 for a location close to your brother.
There is also a website
http://travel.state.gov/passport_expedite Let me know if I can help further. Wish your brother good luck for me.
Cyndi
