SB7

SB7- E.P.T (Ending Phone Tapping)  Civil Righs, Citizen's Rights - KBrowske IN-D, AOnyshko NM-D

Purpose: 1. To eliminate phone tapping to law enforcers with warrants 2. Punish those who are caught using illegal phone taps. Punishments such as appearances in court, jail time, and bigger fines.

Eligibility: Any citizen in the United States that has access to a phone whether they have a land line or any cellular device.

Terms and Benefits: ~Any person(s) found to have illegally tapped a telephone line or found to have possession of a telephone tapping device will face up six years in prison or a fine of up to 350,000 dollars. (550,000 dollars for private company lines.) ~Law enforcements may legally tap any phone line, including private company lines, if they are issued a court warrant or have the permission of one party. ~The number of illegally tapped telephone lines in the United States will decrease due to the impact of the possible punishments. More telephone calls will remain private. ~In order to further limit phone tapping, our workers will monitor and control websites containing information about how to illegally tap a phone line. Websites selling devices used for illegally tapping phone lines will also be monitored and controlled.

Fiscal Impact: · Computers - One per person - 150 computers - $100,500 · Workers - Three people per state - 150 workers - $18,303,000 · Phones - One phone per person - 150 phones - $54,000 · Electronic bug detectors - One per phone line - 150 detectors- $74,850 ..............................................................Total Fiscal Impact: $18,532,350..................................................................... Resources: 1. Cauchon, Denis. "Federal Pay Ahead Of Private Industry." //USA TODAY// (2010): 1. Web. 12 May 2010. []. 2. Phones & Accessories." //Verizon Wireless//. Verizon Wireless, 2010. Web. 12 May 2010. [] 3.  "Wire Tapping." //Call Corder//. Pingram Software, 2007. Web. 13 May 2010. [] .  4. <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "wire tapping and eavesdropping on telephone calls." //privacy rights clearing house//. Pirvacy Rights Clearing House, May 2010. Web. 13 May 2010. []. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> "Telephone Tapping." //Wikipedia//. Wikipedia, 6 May 2010. Web. 13 May 2010. []. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: Calibri;">FirsLesliet. "Washington Politics." //USATODAY.com//. USA TODAY, 2010. Web. 14 May 2010. < [] >. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> LastCauley, FirsLesliet. "Washington Politics." //USATODAY.com//. USA TODAY, 2010. Web. 14 May 2010. []. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Vertie, Martin. "The USA Patriot Act and Phone Tapping - A Threat to Civil Rights? ." //EzineArticles.com//. Ezine Articles, 2010. Web. 14 May 2010. < [] >. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">woodard, chris. "Phone Spy Dangers." //WMTV// (2010): 1. Web. 14 May 2010. < [] >. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> Kennedy, Edward. "On wiretapping, Bush isn't listening to the Constitution - News." //boston.com//. The Boston Globe, December 22, 2005. Web. 14 May 2010. < [] >.