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From: "Jessie Lee Hutt" <>
Subject: [VAROOTS] Amendment
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 08:57:35 -0500


Blank I saw the following on one of the lists I am on and thought I would
pass it on to other lists.
Jessie Hutt


I've been receiving updates on federal legislation, Federal bills S228
and HR637 on privacy and the use of Social Security Numbers, on the
Northern California rootsweb mailing lists. This concerns everyone
interested in genealogy and the protection of our access to this
important historical tool. There are amendments to the bill which the
Utah Genealogical Society has recommended, which have, so far, fallen on
deaf ears. Here are the amendments:

We ask that in S228 and HR637 the following amendments be made:

1. Under Sec. 3 (a)(1)(a) DEFINITIONS, add the following definition:
"SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - The term 'social security number' refers to
the social security number of a living individual."

2. Under Sec. 4 (a)(1)(e)(2) LIST OF PAPER AND OTHER NONELECTRONIC
RECORDS, delete "(D) death certificates."

I have not seen the chatter regarding this issue on most mailing lists
that I'm on and thought to "just inform" everyone. The authors of the
bill are:


S228
Senator Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3841/fax (202) 228-3954
<feinstein.senate.gov/email.html>

Senator Patrick J. Leahy
433 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-4242/<>

Senator Judd Gregg
393 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3324/<>

HR637
Representative John E. Sweeney
416 Cannon Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202)225-5614/Fax (202) 225-6234

Thank you for reading this,
CDoutherd
A Concerned fellow genealogist.





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