HR 6903
· 119th Congress
· Families
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
Sponsor
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Apr 28, 2026
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee
Apr 27, 2026
committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
Ways and Means Committee
Apr 27, 2026
committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Apr 27, 2026
other
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541.
Apr 27, 2026
floor
Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 27, 2026
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114)
Apr 27, 2026
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903.
Apr 27, 2026
passed
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, 2026
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
Apr 27, 2026
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 14, 2026
committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ways and Means Committee
Jan 14, 2026
committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
Ways and Means Committee
Dec 18, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Dec 18, 2025
introduced
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.
Ways and Means Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee
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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.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 6903 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
+[H.R. 6903 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6903
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-_______________________________________________________________________
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-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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-April 28, 2026
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-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
_______________________________________________________________________
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Attest:
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
+Clerk.
+119th CONGRESS
-Clerk.
+2d Session
+
+H. R. 6903
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+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
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+To require the Secretary of State to revoke any United States passport
+issued to an individual, on receipt of a certification by the Secretary
+of Health and Human Services that the individual has a child support
+arrearage exceeding $2,500.
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