H.R. 6903 Passed the House Families

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

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.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] Introduced December 18, 2025 Cosponsors 1 (1 D) Latest action April 28, 2026

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. 

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Apr 28, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. Apr 27, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Apr 27, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
  4. Apr 27, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903.
  5. Apr 27, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114)
  6. Apr 27, 2026 Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Apr 27, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541.
  8. Apr 27, 2026 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
  9. Apr 27, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
  10. Jan 14, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
  11. Jan 14, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  12. Dec 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.

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