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H. C. R. No. 31 As IntroducedAs Introduced 130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Brenner, Duffey
Cosponsors:
Representatives Young, Adams, J., Hood, Becker, Hottinger, Retherford, DeVitis, Maag, Roegner, Ruhl
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge the United States Congress to investigate
whether the National Security Agency has engaged
in unconstitutional surveillance of United States
citizens.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, During the past seven years, the National Security
Agency has obtained secret court orders to require telephone
companies such as Verizon Communications to provide the Agency
with daily logs of all telephone communications, whether between
the United States and abroad or wholly within the United States,
including local calls; and |
WHEREAS, During the past six years, under the PRISM program,
the National Security Agency has obtained secret court orders to
require internet companies such as Google, Facebook, and Apple to
provide the Agency with direct access to a wide range of user
information, including communications sent by American citizens to
persons outside the United States; and |
WHEREAS, The Fourth Amendment to the United States
Constitution guarantees the right of the people to be free from
unreasonable searches and seizures and prohibits the government
from issuing a warrant without probable cause and a particular
description of the place to be searched and the persons or things
to be seized; and |
WHEREAS, Federal law prescribes the very limited conditions
under which the government may conduct covert surveillance of
foreign powers, and does not permit the government
indiscriminately to seize records concerning Americans; and |
WHEREAS, The United States Congress should have publicly
debated the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's
surveillance measures; now therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, urge the United States Congress to
investigate whether the National Security Agency has engaged in
unconstitutional surveillance of United States citizens; and be it
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RESOLVED, That we urge all federal agencies to obtain search
warrants only through transparent, open, and constitutional court
proceedings; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
President of the United States, the Director of the National
Security Agency, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States
House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and the
Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio
Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio. |
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