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MI HR0216

Resolution

Status

Introduced

9/12/2013

Primary Sponsor

Thomas McMillin

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Origin

House of Representatives

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to require the National Security Agency to obtain individual search warrants for named persons before collecting or tracking phone data and metadata
  • Asserts that current NSA data collection programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court violate Fourth Amendment requirements for probable cause and search warrants
  • Notes the NSA collects telephone records of millions of Americans including phone numbers called, call duration, location information, email metadata, and Internet browsing history
  • States that more than half of Americans believe these surveillance programs encroach on privacy without justification and that the NSA has provided no proof of program effectiveness
  • Directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

A resolution to urge Congress to require the National Security Agency to obtain individual search warrants for a named person(s) to collect or track phone data and metadata as required by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Congress

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Criminal Justice

9/12/2013

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice9/12/2013

Full Bill Text

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