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S. C. R. No. 19 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge the United States Congress to investigate
whether federal agencies have engaged in
unconstitutional surveillance of United States
citizens and to take appropriate action on its
findings.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, During the past seven years, the National Security
Agency allegedly 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 allegedly 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; 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 or any other
federal agency has engaged in unconstitutional surveillance of
United States citizens; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That, if any federal agency has conducted
unconstitutional surveillance of United States citizens, we urge
Congress immediately to defund and dismantle the programs used to
do so and to order that any illegally obtained data, records, or
personal information regarding United States citizens be
destroyed; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to 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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