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<dc:title>116 HR 1079 RS: To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/127">Calendar No. 127</relatedDocument>
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<relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/127">Calendar No. 127</relatedDocument>
<congress value="116">116th CONGRESS</congress>
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<docNumber>1079</docNumber>
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<currentChamber value="SENATE">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</currentChamber>
<action><date><inline class="smallCaps">February </inline>12, 2019</date><actionDescription>Received; read twice and referred to the <committee addedDisplayStyle="italic" committeeId="SSGA00" deletedDisplayStyle="strikethrough">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee></actionDescription></action>
<action actionStage="Reported-in-Senate"><date><inline class="smallCaps">June </inline>25, 2019</date><actionDescription>Reported by <sponsor senateId="S345">Mr. <inline class="smallCaps">Johnson</inline></sponsor>, without amendment</actionDescription></action></preface>
<main id="HE107D7A8E0034697ACB4527B4DBFDB5B" styleType="OLC"><longTitle><docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle>To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s1" id="H2761C04217104A96904754FFF6978C7D"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content class="block">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Creating Advanced Streamlined Electronic Services for Constituents Act of 2019</shortTitle>” or the “<shortTitle role="act">CASES Act</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s2" id="H5C21A836182846B5906756C2C80F7270"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>SENSE OF CONGRESS.</heading>
<chapeau class="indent0">It is the sense of Congress that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s2/1" id="H6DB7B1572B93497089F34556C0FDDC92" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>congressional offices provide crucial services to constituents by acting as a liaison between the constituents and the respective agencies;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s2/2" id="HA50628A5D9F84FBCA7C2EA25D3480DC7" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>this includes assisting constituents by making inquiries and working toward resolutions on behalf of the constituent with the respective agencies; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s2/3" id="H188952FF301B47FEA66ABC80429442B2" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>this process should be simplified through the creation of electronic forms that may be submitted under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a">section 552a of title 5, United States Code</ref> (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.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3" id="H8086B6550EA5497896E7D56C6B3588A4"><num value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>OMB GUIDANCE ON ELECTRONIC CONSENT AND ACCESS FORMS.</heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/a" id="H40742405CB3E4607BC8D4415A2161FA3" class="indent0"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Guidance</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance that does the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/a/1" id="H32AA09C2AEF643519D265335B7CAD256" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a/b">section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or for individual access to records under section 552a(d) of such title.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/a/2" id="HB94412EE18A74CA29035370B3363BFDC" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a/b">section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or for individual access to records under section 552a(d) of such title.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/a/3" id="H86AF6DEA53234FB8866870B9C3AC24BD" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>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 <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a/b">section 552a(b) of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or for individual access to records under section 552a(d).</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/b" id="HA8C24B2FE9BD4B14AA27F703CA3DA628" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agency Compliance</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/c" id="H4EC2553324EC4FA19AC19F11AFC873C0" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/c/1" id="H21DAD79AC9344F5D9D5857172548A79B" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Agency; individual; record</inline>.—</heading><content>The terms “agency”, “individual”, and “record” have the meanings given those terms in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s552a/a">section 552a(a) of title 5, United States Code</ref>.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph role="definitions" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s3/c/2" id="H67F868D3AA484B878D4A0515569F0937" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Director</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Director</term>” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s4" id="HFCF1459C0F114C699832304601232E22"><num value="4">SEC. 4. </num><heading>NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.</heading><content class="block">No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/1079/s5" id="H1B5417728D914B0AA8270CEDB3369433"><num value="5">SEC. 5. </num><heading>DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.</heading><content class="block">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 Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</content></section></main>
<endorsement orientation="landscape"><relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/scal/127">Calendar No. 127</relatedDocument><congress value="116">116th CONGRESS</congress><session value="1">1st Session</session><dc:type>H. R. </dc:type><docNumber>1079</docNumber><relatedDocument role="report" href="/us/srpt/116/50" value="CRPT-116srpt50">[Report No. 116–50]</relatedDocument><longTitle><docTitle>AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle>To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes.</officialTitle></longTitle><action><date date="2019-06-25"><inline class="smallCaps">June </inline>25, 2019</date><actionDescription>Reported without amendment</actionDescription></action></endorsement></bill>