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Housing and FamiliesH.R. 6903Comments

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

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.

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Where the Bill Stands

  1. Introduced, done
  2. Committee, done
  3. Floor Vote, done
  4. Outcome, current stage

What This Bill Does

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.

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Timeline

  1. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
  3. Passed the House
  4. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  6. House floor actionsReferred 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.
  7. Introduced
  8. Committee

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