PRINTER'S NO. 1462

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 215 Session of 2005

        INTRODUCED BY TIGUE, YUDICHAK, O'NEILL, W. KELLER, SURRA,
           BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, DeLUCA, GEIST,
           HALUSKA, HENNESSEY, LEVDANSKY, METCALFE, MUNDY, SHANER,
           STERN, THOMAS, WASHINGTON, BARRAR, BOYD, CAWLEY, CRAHALLA,
           FABRIZIO, GRUCELA, HASAY, HESS, McGEEHAN, R. MILLER,
           READSHAW, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, WALKO AND WHEATLEY,
           MARCH 31, 2005

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 31, 2005

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Memorializing the Congress of the United States and the Federal
     2     Government to take steps to discontinue outsourcing and to
     3     prevent the Internal Revenue Service from hiring foreign
     4     contractors to prepare, process or collect any personal
     5     financial information of United States taxpayers.

     6     WHEREAS, Outsourcing is bad for morale of United States
     7  businesses, employees and consumers; and
     8     WHEREAS, Outsourcing enables foreign interests to profit at
     9  the expense of United States businesses and employees; and
    10     WHEREAS, Outsourcing increases the threat of pilfering or
    11  identity theft, inviting small-time thieves and international
    12  terrorists; and
    13     WHEREAS, Because information technology systems do not offer
    14  fail-safe methods to prevent pilfering or identity theft, access
    15  to entities within our borders must be limited; and
    16     WHEREAS, Americans should not have personal financial data
    17  including salary, bank accounts, investments, credit card

     1  information, assets and more placed conveniently in foreign
     2  hands and out of supervision of United States control; and
     3     WHEREAS, No sharing of personal financial information of
     4  Americans should be allowed at any stage of income processing;
     5  therefore be it
     6     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
     7  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encourage the Congress and the
     8  Federal Government to take whatever steps are necessary to
     9  discontinue outsourcing and to prevent the Internal Revenue
    10  Service from hiring foreign contractors to prepare, process or
    11  collect any personal financial information of United States
    12  taxpayers; and be it further
    13     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
    14  the members of Congress from Pennsylvania.











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