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H.R. 6903 House Families

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Van Duyne, Beth (R-TX-24)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on finance on Apr 28, 2026.

  1. House Introduced in House Dec 18, 2025
  2. House 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. Dec 18, 2025
  3. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jan 14, 2026
  4. House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2. Jan 14, 2026
  5. House 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
  6. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I. Apr 27, 2026
  7. House Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. Apr 27, 2026
  8. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541. Apr 27, 2026
  9. House Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Apr 27, 2026
  10. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114) Apr 27, 2026
  11. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903. Apr 27, 2026
  12. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Apr 27, 2026
  13. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113) Apr 27, 2026
  14. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Apr 27, 2026
  15. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Apr 28, 2026

Cosponsors

1

Subjects

Separation, divorce, custody, supportVisas and passports

Committees

  • Finance Committee
    • [Referred To, Apr 28, 2026]
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
    • [Discharged From, Apr 27, 2026]
    • [Referred To, Dec 18, 2025]
  • Ways and Means Committee
    • [Reported By, Apr 27, 2026]
    • [Markup By, Jan 14, 2026]
    • [Referred To, Dec 18, 2025]

Summary

Ensuring Children Receive Support ActThis 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 as of: Introduced in House]

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