WE NEED INFORMATION FROM YOU - RE: FEDERAL LEGISLATION On our 'CALL TO ACTION' on the Federal bill S228 and HR637 on privacy and the use of Social Security Numbers, there has been no movement on this legislation. But neither has the communication with the authors gone well. As I told you the Utah Genealogical Society has attempted to work with the authors to amend the bill to protect the continued availability of the Social Security Death Indexes, but it has fallen on deaf ears. I had asked that those in the genealogy community let Washington know how we feel. We want people's privacy protected but we do not want to see this historical important research tool lost forever. Now I NEED A RESPONSE from you. We are hoping to get help from Washington with another legislator. I need to know if you, as an individual or your organization wrote, letter/Email/fax or made a phone call to the authors in Washington. Would you do me the favor of Emailing me back and letting me know if you or you organization wrote or called. We would like to give the Senator some figures to let him know that there are a great many of us out here who do not wish to see the closure of this information on non-living person. The bills and authors contact information is listed below. 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." You can contact the authors: 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/<[email protected]> Senator Judd Gregg 393 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3324/<[email protected]> HR637 Representative John E. Sweeney 416 Cannon Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 (202)225-5614/Fax (202) 225-6234 Legislative Network, <[email protected]>.---11 May 2003, CSGA Legislative Network, Iris Carter Jones. [Permission is granted to reprint Legislative reports. Please cite your source.]