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MI HR0216
Resolution
Status
Introduced
9/12/2013
Primary Sponsor
Thomas McMillin
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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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