H. R. 1079 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance 
on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creating Advanced Streamlined 
Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘CASES 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) congressional offices provide crucial services to constitu-
ents by acting as a liaison between the constituents and the 
respective agencies; 
(2) this includes assisting constituents by making inquiries 
and working toward resolutions on behalf of the constituent 
with the respective agencies; and 
(3) this process should be simplified through the creation 
of electronic forms that may be submitted under section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
Privacy Act), thus modernizing the process for constituents 
and improving access and efficiency of Government services 
and agencies in order to expedite the resolution of the problem 
for which constituents sought help. 
SEC. 3. OMB GUIDANCE ON ELECTRONIC CONSENT AND ACCESS 
FORMS. 
(a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance that does 
the following: 
(1) Requires each agency to accept electronic identity 
proofing and authentication processes for the purposes of 
allowing an individual to provide prior written consent for 
the disclosure of the individual’s records under section 552a(b) 
of title 5, United States Code, or for individual access to records 
under section 552a(d) of such title. 
(2) Creates a template for electronic consent and access 
forms and requires each agency to post the template on the 
agency website and to accept the forms from any individual 
properly identity proofed and authenticated in accordance with 
paragraph (1) for the purpose of authorizing disclosure of the 
individual’s records under section 552a(b) of title 5, United
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States Code, or for individual access to records under section 
552a(d) of such title. 
(3) Requires each agency to accept the electronic consent 
and access forms described in paragraph (2) from any individual 
properly identity proofed and authenticated in accordance with 
paragraph (1) for the purpose of authorizing disclosure of the 
individual’s records to another entity, including a congressional 
office, in accordance with section 552a(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, or for individual access to records under section 
552a(d). 
(b) AGENCY COMPLIANCE.—Each agency shall comply with the 
guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) not later than 1 year 
after the date on which such guidance is issued. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY; INDIVIDUAL; RECORD.—The terms ‘‘agency’’, 
‘‘individual’’, and ‘‘record’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 552a(a) of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the require-
ments of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Com-
mittee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.