Ensuring Children Receive Support Act passed the House 130 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 132 words.
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 .
- Committees
- House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee - Policy area
- Families: 7 of 453 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.5%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 105 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 177 words
- Subjects
- Separation, divorce, custody, supportVisas and passports
- Latest action
- Apr 28, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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