Bill Text: OH SCR19 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To urge the United States Congress to investigate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-11 - To State Government Oversight & Reform [SCR19 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SCR19-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. C. R. No. 19

Senator Jordan 

Cosponsor: Senator Jones 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge the United States Congress to investigate

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whether federal agencies have engaged in

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unconstitutional surveillance of United States

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citizens and to take appropriate action on its

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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	6
Agency allegedly has obtained secret court orders to require	7
telephone companies such as Verizon Communications to provide the	8
Agency with daily logs of all telephone communications, whether	9
between the United States and abroad or wholly within the United	10
States, including local calls; and	11

WHEREAS, During the past six years, under the PRISM program,	12
the National Security Agency allegedly has obtained secret court	13
orders to require internet companies such as Google, Facebook, and	14
Apple to provide the Agency with direct access to a wide range of	15
user information, including communications sent by American	16
citizens to persons outside the United States; and	17

WHEREAS, The Fourth Amendment to the United States	18
Constitution guarantees the right of the people to be free from	19
unreasonable searches and seizures and prohibits the government	20
from issuing a warrant without probable cause and a particular	21
description of the place to be searched and the persons or things	22
to be seized; now therefore be it	23

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly	24
of the State of Ohio, urge the United States Congress to	25
investigate whether the National Security Agency or any other	26
federal agency has engaged in unconstitutional surveillance of	27
United States citizens; and be it further	28

RESOLVED, That, if any federal agency has conducted	29
unconstitutional surveillance of United States citizens, we urge	30
Congress immediately to defund and dismantle the programs used to	31
do so and to order that any illegally obtained data, records, or	32
personal information regarding United States citizens be	33
destroyed; and be it further	34

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	35
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and the	36
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the President	37
Pro Tempore and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the	38
members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media	39
of Ohio.	40