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ID HJM011
JM
Status
3/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Ways and Means Committee
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress and the President to make protection of civil liberties and national security equal priorities and immediately discontinue bulk data collection practices contrary to the Fourth Amendment.
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Opposes the National Security Administration's clandestine surveillance program that has mined user data from major Internet entities for over a decade and Section 215 of the Patriot Act granting broad record access powers.
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Asserts that mass collection and storage of Internet, email, and telephone records of innocent American citizens violates the Fourth Amendment and civil rights of Americans.
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Directs the House Chief Clerk to forward copies of this memorial to Congress leadership, Idaho's congressional delegation, the FBI, NSA, and Department of Homeland Security.
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Affirms privacy as a fundamental American concern since the nation's founding and ratification of the Constitution.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Congress and the President of the United States to make the protection of civil liberties and national security equal priorities, to immediately discontinue bulk data collection practices and to instruct our national security agencies to ensure that national security will be achieved without invasive violations of civil liberties.
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Ways & Means
3/17/2014