Subject: SSDI possible closure legislation. Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:30:01 -0500 From: The Marx Family <rmarx2@wi.rr.com> To: Nancy <lacywinston@earthlink.net> References: 1 Nancy, this was on one of my other lists. I thought you might want to give our Oregon Co. history list a "heads up". Catherine Cyrille D Doutherd wrote: > 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_leahy@leahy.senate.gov> > > Senator Judd Gregg > 393 Hart Senate Office Bldg. > Washington, D.C. 20510 > (202) 224-3324/<mailbox@gregg.senate.gov> > > 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. >