HR 6903

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 . 

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Rep. Beth Van Duyne [R-TX-24]

Cosponsors

1

Policy area

Families

Introduced

2025-12-18

Latest action

2026-04-28: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committee referrals

• Finance Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-04-28
• Foreign Affairs Committee: House · Discharged From · 2026-04-27
• Ways and Means Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-04-27
• Ways and Means Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-01-14
• Foreign Affairs Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-12-18

Recent actions

• 2026-04-28: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
• 2026-04-27: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• 2026-04-27: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
• 2026-04-27: 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)
• 2026-04-27: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903.