HR 491 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, 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 · Jan 18, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.

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. IntroducedJan 16, 2007
  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 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2007 to Oct 23, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJan 16, 2007
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJan 22, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJan 22, 2007
R-MOJo Ann EmersonJan 22, 2007
R-ILJohn ShimkusJan 22, 2007
D-CALinda T. SánchezJan 22, 2007
D-ILMelissa L. BeanJan 22, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyJan 22, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJan 31, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverFeb 5, 2007
D-WIRon KindFeb 5, 2007
D-FLCorrine BrownFeb 7, 2007
R-ARJohn BoozmanFeb 7, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelFeb 7, 2007
D-KSNancy E. BoydaFeb 13, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerFeb 13, 2007
D-PAPatrick J. MurphyMar 5, 2007
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyMay 17, 2007
R-KSTodd TiahrtJun 5, 2007
D-CABrad ShermanJun 13, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisJun 13, 2007
D-TNJohn S. TannerJun 13, 2007
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOct 23, 2007

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 Jan 16, 2007
Work and Welfare Subcommittee
Referred Jan 18, 2007
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Jan 16, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 18, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
  2. Jan 16, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Jan 16, 2007Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseText printed H6623—Jun 18, 2007

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. Jan 16, 2007Introduced in House

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