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Calendar No. 127 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1079 

[Report No. 116–50] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

JUNE 25, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to issue guidance on electronic consent forms, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Advanced 

5 Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 

6 2019’’ or the ‘‘CASES Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) congressional offices provide crucial services 

4 to constituents by acting as a liaison between the 

5 constituents and the respective agencies; 

6 (2) this includes assisting constituents by mak7 ing inquiries and working toward resolutions on be8 half of the constituent with the respective agencies; 

9 and 

10 (3) this process should be simplified through 

11 the creation of electronic forms that may be sub12 mitted under section 552a of title 5, United States 

13 Code (commonly referred to as the Privacy Act), 

14 thus modernizing the process for constituents and 

15 improving access and efficiency of Government serv16 ices and agencies in order to expedite the resolution 

17 of the problem for which constituents sought help. 

18 SEC. 3. OMB GUIDANCE ON ELECTRONIC CONSENT AND AC19 CESS FORMS. 

20 (a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guid22 ance that does the following: 

23 (1) Requires each agency to accept electronic 

24 identity proofing and authentication processes for 

25 the purposes of allowing an individual to provide 

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1 vidual’s records under section 552a(b) of title 5, 

2 United States Code, or for individual access to 

3 records under section 552a(d) of such title. 

4 (2) Creates a template for electronic consent 

5 and access forms and requires each agency to post 

6 the template on the agency website and to accept the 

7 forms from any individual properly identity proofed 

8 and authenticated in accordance with paragraph (1) 

9 for the purpose of authorizing disclosure of the indi10 vidual’s records under section 552a(b) of title 5, 

11 United States Code, or for individual access to 

12 records under section 552a(d) of such title. 

13 (3) Requires each agency to accept the elec14 tronic consent and access forms described in para15 graph (2) from any individual properly identity 

16 proofed and authenticated in accordance with para17 graph (1) for the purpose of authorizing disclosure 

18 of the individual’s records to another entity, includ19 ing a congressional office, in accordance with section 

20 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code, or for indi21 vidual access to records under section 552a(d). 

22 (b) AGENCY COMPLIANCE.—Each agency shall com23 ply with the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) 

24 not later than 1 year after the date on which such guid25 ance is issued. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) AGENCY; INDIVIDUAL; RECORD.—The terms 

3 ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘individual’’, and ‘‘record’’ have the 

4 meanings given those terms in section 552a(a) of 

5 title 5, United States Code. 

6 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

7 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg8 et. 

9 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

10 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

11 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car12 ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

13 SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

14 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

15 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

16 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

17 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

18 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

19 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro20 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

21 vote on passage. 


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Calendar No. 127 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1079 

[Report No. 116–50] 

AN ACT 

To require the Director of the Office of Manageconsent forms, and for other purposes. ment and Budget to issue guidance on electronic 

JUNE 25, 2019 

Reported without amendment 


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