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House Bill 6903
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Dec 18, 2025
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 14, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6903
Congress
119
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Beth Van Duyne
Texas
Democrat
Jimmy Panetta
California
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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. 

Text (1)
Introduced in House
December 18, 2025
Actions (4)
01/14/2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
01/14/2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
12/18/2025
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.
12/18/2025
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Apr 22, 2026 7:42:14 PM
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