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Civil LibertiesOwe more than $2,500 in back child support and you would lose your passport — canceling becomes required, not optional.
Civil Liberties
This part of the law says nothing today about warning you first. The bill adds that step, so you would hear from the government before the passport is canceled.
Losing a passport while overseas would leave you without a way home. The bill lets the State Department issue a short-term passport good only for that trip back.
Right now that call is up to the State Department, which can cancel the passport, limit it, or do nothing. The bill takes away the choice once your state reports the debt.
More about this bill
If you owe more than $2,500 in back child support, the government would have to cancel your U.S. passport. Current law already blocks new passports over that debt. What changes is the passport you already hold. Today the State Department can cancel it, limit it, or leave it alone. That choice would end once your state reports the debt. The State Department would have to warn you before it acts. If you are abroad and need to get home in an emergency, it could still issue a short-term passport. That one would work only for the trip back. The change would start October 1, 2026.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed House
- Action Date
- 2026-04-27
- Date Added
- 2026-04-23
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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