H.R. 6903

Summary

H.R. 6903, the Ensuring Children Receive Support Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 18, 2025 by Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Apr 28, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

H.R. 6903 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 6903 EH: Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS   2d Session
 H. R. 6903
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN 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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Ensuring Children Receive Support Act  .
2.
Revocation of passports issued to individuals with a child support arrearage exceeding $
2,500
(a)
In general
Section 452(k) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 652(k) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by striking  , revocation, or limitation  and inserting  or revocation ; and
(2)
in paragraph (2)—
(A)
by striking  may revoke, restrict, or limit  and inserting  revoke ; and
(B)
by inserting  , and notify such individual of the intent to take such action  before the period.
(b)
Exception
Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), if an individual is abroad and needs to return to the United States on an emergency basis, the Department of State is authorized to issue a temporary passport for that purpose. That passport will be good only for the return to the United States of the individuals and will be limited in duration.
3.
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2026.
     Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Elizabeth Van Duyne (R) sponsors H.R. 6903, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Elizabeth Van Duyne

Rep. · R–TX-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 18, 2025

Jimmy Panetta

Rep. · D–CA-19 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 18, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6903 went before 3 committees: Finance, Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · Apr 28, 2026 · 902 Bills

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Discharged From · Apr 27, 2026 · 658 Bills

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Reported By · Apr 27, 2026 · 1,160 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 6903, the latest H. Rept. 119-624.

• H. Rept. 119-624 — ENSURING CHILDREN RECEIVE SUPPORT ACT

Actions

H.R. 6903 has taken 14 actions since Dec 18, 2025, the latest on Apr 28, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6903 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6903 goes by 7 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• 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. — Official Title as Introduced
• Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — Display Title
• Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• 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. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 6903, the latest on Feb 5, 2026.

• H.R. 6903, Ensuring Children Receive Support Act — 2026-02-05As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 14, 2026

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6903 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Travel/Tourism.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6903 under Families, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6903’s is Families.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6903 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Separation, divorce, custody, support to Visas and passports.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6903, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[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]

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