PRINTER'S NO. 2248
No. 242 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, HELFRICK, STOUT, BELAN, STAPLETON, COSTA,
KUKOVICH AND RHOADES, NOVEMBER 6, 1998
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 6, 1998
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, The Federal Government has mandated each state to
15 require applicants for recreational licenses such as hunting
16 licenses and fishing licenses to provide their Social Security
17 numbers; and
1 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has implemented
2 this particular Federal mandate; and
3 WHEREAS, Expanded access to the records of the Social
4 Security Administration and other agencies of the Federal
5 Government will make it easier for this information to be
6 misused to the detriment of our citizens and particularly our
7 senior citizens; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED (the House of Representatives concurring), That the
9 General Assembly memorialize Congress to support legislation
10 that would prevent personal information retained by the Social
11 Security Administration and other agencies of the Federal
12 Government, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers,
13 income levels, income sources and other financial data, from
14 being accessed by the public by any means without the written
15 consent of the individual identified in such data; and be it
16 further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
18 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
19 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
20 Pennsylvania.
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