119th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6903 — 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.”

Families
Introduced Dec 18, 2025
Last action Apr 28, 2026
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
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Referred
Dec 18, 2025
Foreign Affairs · Ways & Means · Finance
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Committee
Jan 14, 2026
Reported out
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House floor
Apr 27, 2026
Passed House
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Senate
Apr 28, 2026
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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...

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