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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1079 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2019 

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

Governmental Affairs 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 

4 2019’’ or the ‘‘CASES Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) congressional offices provide crucial services 

8 to constituents by acting as a liaison between the 

9 constituents and the respective agencies; 

10 (2) this includes assisting constituents by mak11 ing inquiries and working toward resolutions on be12 half of the constituent with the respective agencies; 

13 and 

14 (3) this process should be simplified through 

15 the creation of electronic forms that may be sub16 mitted under section 552a of title 5, United States 

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

18 thus modernizing the process for constituents and 

19 improving access and efficiency of Government serv20 ices and agencies in order to expedite the resolution 

21 of the problem for which constituents sought help. 

22 SEC. 3. OMB GUIDANCE ON ELECTRONIC CONSENT AND AC23 CESS FORMS. 

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

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guid26 ance that does the following: 


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1 (1) Requires each agency to accept electronic 

2 identity proofing and authentication processes for 

3 the purposes of allowing an individual to provide 

4 prior written consent for the disclosure of the indi5 vidual’s records under section 552a(b) of title 5, 

6 United States Code, or for individual access to 

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

8 (2) Creates a template for electronic consent 

9 and access forms and requires each agency to post 

10 the template on the agency website and to accept the 

11 forms from any individual properly identity proofed 

12 and authenticated in accordance with paragraph (1) 

13 for the purpose of authorizing disclosure of the indi14 vidual’s records under section 552a(b) of title 5, 

15 United States Code, or for individual access to 

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

17 (3) Requires each agency to accept the elec18 tronic consent and access forms described in para19 graph (2) from any individual properly identity 

20 proofed and authenticated in accordance with para21 graph (1) for the purpose of authorizing disclosure 

22 of the individual’s records to another entity, includ23 ing a congressional office, in accordance with section 

24 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code, or for indi25 vidual access to records under section 552a(d). 


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1 (b) AGENCY COMPLIANCE.—Each agency shall com2 ply with the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) 

3 not later than 1 year after the date on which such guid4 ance is issued. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

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

9 title 5, United States Code. 

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

11 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg12 et. 

13 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

14 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

15 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car16 ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

17 SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

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

20 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

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

22 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

23 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, proVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:37 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1079.RFS H1079

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1 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

2 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 11, 

2019. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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