As Congressman Chaffetz has already pointed out, passing the GPS Act would fulfill Congress's duty to ensure that the safeguards provided by the Fourth Amendment of our Constitution are respected.

I thank you Mr. Chairman. And thank you to all the witnesses, I appreciate your perspective and the passion you bring behind those perspectives.

Representative Goodlatte and Chaffetz's GPS Act is an important step toward closing the 21st century loophole in ECPA.

The bill creates a legal framework designed to give government agencies, commercial entities and private citizens clear guidelines for when and how geolocation information can be accessed and used.

What I am also worried about is somebody tracking and following somebody else in a surreptitious manner.

I recently introduced the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act.

To say that the technology is not pervasive would be inaccurate, it is very pervasive and can be helpful in many ways, but it can also be confusing as we try to find and test the limits of where privacy starts, where it ends, and what law…

Mr. Gowdy. Jason Chaffetz and Chairman Goodlatte are two of the most reasonable people in Congress.

the court ruled unanimously that physically attaching a GPS device to a vehicle constituted the search under the Fourth Amendment.

There is a need to be consistent, you would agree with that? And would you also agree that there is great inconsistency?

Just because it can be done doesn't mean it necessarily should be done.

The role of Congress is to protect and defend the United States Constitution and personal liberties provided to American citizens under the Fourth Amendment.

I think that disclaimer should have been very prominent and not hidden at the bottom of the page.

the FBI has done great work in community outreach, particularly relating to fostering a relationship based on shared security goals.

it is imperative that federal law enforcement carefully and continually articulate that the FBI is there to protect them, not police them for ordinary lawful conduct.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), who has proven an expert as well as totally versed on the issues of Native Americans in the United States.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Under current law, each and every nonmineral lease that a tribe executes with a third party is subject to approval of the Department of the Interior before it can take effect. It…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 205) to amend the Act titled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other…