Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6903 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6903

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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following 
  bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Children Receive Support 
Act''.

SEC. 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 home of the individuals and will be limited in 
duration.
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