119th Congress Families
H.R. 6903: Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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.
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For more information about this bill, see CRS Insight IN12660.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jimmy Panetta D-CAOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Beth Van Duyne SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, discharged, passed House6 events+92
- 2Jimmy PanettaCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Beth Van Duyne.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-624, Part I.
- Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 541.
- Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3113-3114)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6903.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3113)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
- Introduced in House
- 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.