PRINTER'S NO. 1743
No. 162 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, RAYMOND, BARRAR, CIVERA, FARGO, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, GEIST, LYNCH, ORIE, CURRY, OLASZ, HERSHEY, JAROLIN,
CAPPABIANCA, HENNESSEY, COLAIZZO, LEDERER, MELIO, PESCI,
FICHTER, BUXTON, GIGLIOTTI, JAMES, KELLER, COLAFELLA, SAYLOR,
BUNT, HARHART, BOSCOLA, STABACK, HESS, BENNINGHOFF, FLICK,
ROSS, SATHER, HUTCHINSON, SEYFERT, EGOLF, YOUNGBLOOD,
E. Z. TAYLOR, ITKIN, McNAUGHTON, TRELLO, PISTELLA AND
SERAFINI, MAY 6, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MAY 6, 1997
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to support legislation prohibiting access
2 to Social Security numbers absent written consent.
3 WHEREAS, Advances in technology and communication have made
4 access to information from many sources readily and easily
5 available to countless parties worldwide; and
6 WHEREAS, The Social Security Administration and other
7 agencies of the Federal Government collect and retain a vast
8 amount of information regarding the finances of the citizens of
9 the United States; and
10 WHEREAS, Information such as Social Security numbers, names
11 and addresses, income levels and sources as well as other
12 financial data has been used in the past to the detriment of our
13 citizens, particularly older Americans; and
14 WHEREAS, Expanded access to the records of the Social
15 Security Administration and other agencies of the Federal
1 Government will make it easier for this information to be
2 misused to the detriment of our citizens and particularly our
3 senior citizens; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
5 memorialize Congress to support legislation that would prevent
6 personal information retained by the Social Security
7 Administration and other agencies of the Federal Government,
8 including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, income
9 levels, income sources and other financial data, from being
10 accessed by the public by any means without the written consent
11 of the individual identified in such data; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
13 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
14 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
15 Pennsylvania.
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