Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
This bill requires the Department of State to revoke passports for certain individuals who fail to make child support payments.
Under current law, if the Department of Health and Human Services certifies that an individual owes more than $2,500 in child support, the Department of State must refuse to issue the individual a passport and may revoke a previously issued passport. Under the bill, State must revoke the previously issued passport.
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.

    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 taking of any such action'' before the period.
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Ensuring Children Receive Support 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.
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
Rep. Van Duyne, Beth