,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,duffy 7for himself and ,mr4 ,michaud7 
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform      
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,federal ,government should take all    
appropriate measures to ensure that     
citizens continue to be provided with   
paper-based information1 products and   
services1 and public notices while      
providing1 where appropriate1 the       
ability for all citizens to opt-in to   
electronic delivery if they so choose4  
,whereas the ,federal ,government has a 
duty to provide important information   
about government programs and services  
in a manner that is accessible to all   
citizens2 ,whereas paper-based          
information enhances transparency while 
improving access and citizen            
participation2 ,whereas more than       

one-third of the ,united ,states        
population lacks broadband access at    
home2 ,whereas according to the ,pew    
,internet ,project1 #dg percent of      
people in the ,united ,states age #fe   
and older do not use ,internet or       
,e-mail2 ,whereas according to the      
,federal ,deposit ,insurance            
,corporation 7,,fdic71 #h4b percent of  
,united ,states households accounting   
for #ag1jjj1jjj adults are unbanked and 
a further #bj4a percent of households   
with #ea1jjj1jjj adults are underbanked2
 ,whereas recent surveys by major       
polling organizations have confirmed    
that the majority of people in the      
,united ,states would like to continue  
receiving paper-based information1      
products1 and services2 ,whereas the    
,united ,states ,treasury has ended the 
sale of paper savings bonds1 which can  
now only be bought online in electronic 
format1 despite the fact that paper     
bonds comprised #a1djj1jjj1jjj of the   
#a1ijj1jjj1jjj in savings bonds sold    

during fiscal year #bjab2 ,whereas the  
,social ,security ,administration has   
eliminated the paper version of the     
,annual ,earnings ,statement1 an        
important financial planning tool1 and  
the only one many low-income ,united    
,states citizens will ever receive2     
,whereas the ,social ,security          
,administration has announced plans to  
move virtually all seniors currently    
receiving ,social ,security benefit     
checks through the mail into a direct   
deposit or debit card method of         
delivery2 ,whereas elderly citizens may 
be unfamiliar or uneasy with electronic 
commerce and are particularly           
susceptible to identity theft and other 
fraudulent schemes2 ,whereas the ,social
 ,security ,administration receives an  
average of #ej reports of direct        
deposit-related fraud each day related  
to schemes perpetrated on elderly and   
disabled beneficiaries2 ,whereas the    
,internal ,revenue ,service 7,,irs7 made
 the decision to discontinue mailing tax

 forms to taxpayers still filing by mail
 in #bjaj1 forcing consumers without    
,internet access to source these        
important documents from public         
libraries or post offices1 where        
availability of tax forms is often      
inconsistent2 ,whereas #bj1jjj1jjj      
returns were submitted on paper in      
#bjaj2 ,whereas the ,,irs has also begun
 issuing tax refunds in the form of     
prepaid debit cards1 which has          
contributed to a proliferation of       
violent criminal activity1 fraud1 and   
has resulted in a loss to the ,united   
,states ,treasury of #e1bjj1jjj1jjj in  
fraudulent refunds in #bjaj alone2 and  
,whereas the ,veterans' ,administration 
has invested #dia1jjj1jjj in a paperless
 claims system1 yet claims taking more  
than #abe days to process have increased
 by a factor of three since its         
introduction3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that--  7#a7 the       
,federal ,government should take all    

appropriate measures to ensure that     
citizens continue to be provided with   
paper-based information1 products and   
services1 and public notices while      
providing1 where appropriate1 the       
ability for all citizens to opt-in to   
electronic delivery if they so choose2  
and  7#b7 decisions by ,federal         
,government agencies regarding the      
elimination of paper-based information1 
products1 or services should be subject 
to oversight by ,congress4