H.R. 6903 · 119th Congress

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

Introduced on Dec 18, 2025 by Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24). One cosponsor. Latest action (Apr 28, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Dec 18, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Families
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Separation, divorce, custody, support
  • Visas and passports

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Dec 18, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Beth Van DuyneR-TX-24Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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History

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

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. County of San Joaquin1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN$1.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2026.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.