HR 4956 · 109th Congress 2005โ€“2007, ended

To provide for the mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who are more than $5,000 in arrears in child support payments.

Latest action · Mar 14, 2006 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to provide for the mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who are more than $5,000 in arrears in child support payments.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2006 to Sep 25, 2006; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 14, 2006
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMar 14, 2006
R-MNJim RamstadOriginalMar 14, 2006
R-MOJo Ann EmersonOriginalMar 14, 2006
D-ILMelissa L. BeanOriginalMar 14, 2006
R-ALSpencer BachusOriginalMar 14, 2006
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMar 14, 2006
D-ALArtur DavisMar 16, 2006
D-MABarney FrankMar 16, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMar 16, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyMar 16, 2006
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMar 16, 2006
D-MOEmanuel CleaverMar 16, 2006
D-NYJerrold NadlerMar 16, 2006
D-GAJim MarshallMar 16, 2006
R-VAJo Ann DavisMar 16, 2006
R-NCWalter B. JonesMar 16, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyMar 29, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMar 29, 2006
R-FLKatherine HarrisMar 30, 2006
R-TXMichael T. McCaulApr 6, 2006
R-PAPhil EnglishApr 25, 2006
D-PAChaka FattahApr 27, 2006
D-ILDanny K. DavisApr 27, 2006
D-FLCorrine BrownJun 14, 2006
R-ARJohn BoozmanJun 14, 2006
D-CABrad ShermanJul 26, 2006
D-TNJim CooperJul 26, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisJul 26, 2006
D-WIRon KindJul 26, 2006
D-CAEllen O. TauscherJul 27, 2006
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldJul 27, 2006
D-CTJohn B. LarsonJul 27, 2006
D-TNJohn S. TannerJul 27, 2006
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloJul 27, 2006
D-COMark UdallJul 27, 2006
D-NMTom UdallJul 27, 2006
R-FLGinny Brown-WaiteJul 28, 2006
D-MORuss CarnahanSep 20, 2006
R-CTRob SimmonsSep 25, 2006

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 14, 2006
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 14, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2006Introduced in House
  2. Mar 14, 2006Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who are more than $5,000 in arrears in child support payments.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2006Introduced in House

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