3.0.0 6903 2026-07-23T22:41:28Z 2026-07-23T22:41:28Z House H HR 2025-12-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6903 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 214 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. VAN DUYNE:H.R. 6903.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section VIII[Page H6118]]]> ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-04-28T21:19:56Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Discharged From 2026-04-27T16:35:28Z Referred To 2025-12-18T14:01:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Reported By 2026-04-27T16:35:12Z Markup By 2026-01-14T17:16:40Z Referred To 2025-12-18T14:01:00Z H. Rept. 119-624 2026-04-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2026-04-27 16:46:56 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2026-04-27 16:46:55 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2026-04-27 16:46:55 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) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2026-04-27 16:36:22 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2026-04-27 16:36:21 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2026-04-27 16:36:02 Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2026-04-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00541 2026-04-27 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2026-04-27 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2026-04-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-04-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-01-14 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2. Committee 2026-01-14 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-12-18 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2025-12-18 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000134 Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] Beth Van Duyne R TX 24 N P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] Jimmy Panetta D CA 19 2025-12-18 True 2026-02-05T21:11:00Z H.R. 6903, Ensuring Children Receive Support Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62085 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 14, 2026 Families Separation, divorce, custody, support 2026-04-28T14:04:32Z Visas and passports 2026-04-28T14:04:38Z Families 2026-01-09T15:11:23Z 00 2025-12-18 Introduced in House 2026-04-22T19:38:44Z 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. 

]]> Ensuring Children Receive Support Act Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2026-07-17T23:41:09Z Introduced in House IH Display Title 45 Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 2026-07-17T23:41:09Z Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text 255 Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 2026-05-01T06:38:23Z S Senate Referred in Senate RFS Short Title(s) as Passed House 104 Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 2026-04-29T04:53:35Z H House Engrossed in House EH Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text 259 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. 2026-04-29T04:53:35Z H House Engrossed in House EH Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 2026-04-28T06:23:29Z H House Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 2026-01-07T11:23:35Z Introduced in House IH Referred in Senate 2026-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6903rfs/xml/BILLS-119hr6903rfs.xml Reported in House 2026-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6903rh/xml/BILLS-119hr6903rh.xml Engrossed in House 2026-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6903eh/xml/BILLS-119hr6903eh.xml Introduced in House 2025-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6903ih/xml/BILLS-119hr6903ih.xml 2026-04-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.