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Bill· HRH.R. 6903 (119th)referred

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2025

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act 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. For more information about this bill, see CRS Insight  IN12660 . 

Bill· HRH.R. 5560 (119th)referred

Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 2025

Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act This bill authorizes the Children's Bureau's Office of Child Abuse and Neglect to award grants to states to (1) eliminate their criminal and civil statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse, and (2) revive previously time-barred civil claims. These grants are in addition to any funds a state is otherwise eligible to receive under the Children's Justice Act grant program, which provides grants to states to support the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases. The bill additionally requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under the Children's Justice Act grant program, to adopt recommendations from their program task force on eliminating statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse claims and reviving previously time-barred civil claims.

Bill· HRH.R. 579 (119th)referred

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 2025

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care. The Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.

Bill· SS. 162 (119th)open

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 2025

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025 This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care. The Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.

Bill· HRH.R. 581 (119th)referred

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 2025

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services. The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.

Bill· HRH.R. 2845 (119th)referred

PROSPECT Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2025

Bill· SS. 1411 (119th)referred

PROSPECT Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 3247 (119th)referred

SAFE Home Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2025

Bill· SS. 851 (119th)referred

GUARD Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 1866 (119th)referred

GUARD Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2025

Bill· SS. 1658 (119th)referred

SAFE Home Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 2025

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