Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 18, 2025)
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
This bill specifies that the Department of State must revoke passports for certain individuals who fail to make child support payments.
Under current law, if the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Department of Health and Human Services receives information from a state that an individual owes more than $2,500 in child support, the State Department must refuse to issue the individual a passport and may revoke a previously issued passport. The bill specifies that the State Department must revoke a previously issued passport in these circumstances.
The bill also provides statutory authority for the State Department to allow such an individual to be issued a limited-duration passport for direct return to the United States.
For more information about this bill, see CRS Insight IN12660.
What just happenedApr 28, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Referred in SenateApr 28, 2026
- Reported in HouseApr 27, 2026
- Engrossed in HouseApr 27, 2026
- Introduced in HouseDec 18, 2025
- Apr 28, 2026IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 27, 2026FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 27, 2026FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
- Apr 27, 2026Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
- Apr 27, 2026FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903.
- Apr 27, 2026FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114)
- Apr 27, 2026FloorH30300
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 27, 2026CalendarsH12410
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541.
- Apr 27, 2026DischargeH12300
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- Apr 27, 2026Committee5500
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- Apr 27, 2026CommitteeH12200
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
- Apr 27, 2026Committee5000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
- Jan 14, 2026Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
- Jan 14, 2026Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 18, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 18, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 18, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House