'FREEDOM FROM SURVEILLANCE' H. R. 1864 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE [KASTENMEIER]

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800110001-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2001
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SURVEILLANCE
"Freedom from Surveillance"
H. R. 1864 Referred to Judiciary Committee
[Kastenmeie r]
This bill prohibits any civil officer of the U. S. from
conducting surveillance of citizens and provides civil remedies for
subjects of prohibited surveillance.
Amends Chapter 109, Title 18 by adding at the end thereof
a "section 2237" prohibiting any civilian U. S. employee from willfully
conducting investigations into, maintaining surveillance over, or
maintaining records regarding the beliefs; associations; political
activities; or financial, medical, sexual, marital or familial
affairs of any citizen or organization of citizens. Investigations
are any oral or written inquiry directed to any person, organization
or agency of the Government. Surveillance is any monitoring of
persons, places, or events by means of electronic interception,
overt or covert infiltration, overt or covert observation, photography,
and the use of informants.
Three exceptions are provided for. The section does not
apply where such activity is otherwise required by statute, nor
shall it be deemed to limit or enlarge such legal authority of the
U. S. as may exist to collect, receive, or maintain information
relevant to government employment applications or to an investigation
of an individual who has committed or is suspected on reasonable
grounds to have committed a felony.
Amends Title 28 by adding a new chapter which:
(a) Except as provided in 18 U. S. C. 1386, or otherwise
required by statute, imposes liability on any civilian U. S. employee
for damages to persons or groups he has subjected to the investigation,
surveillance or recordkeeping prohibited in the above-proposed
"Section 2273" of Title 18.
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(b) Authorizes any group subjected to such prohibited
activities to bring a civil action against the U. S. for appropriate
equitable relief.
(c) Provides for class actions and venue relating to such
actions.
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