[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3076 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3076
_______________________________________________________________________
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 2018'' or the ``CASES
Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) congressional offices provide crucial services to
constituents 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 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) Establishes--
(A) standards for each agency to develop an
electronic identity proofing and authentication process
for allowing an individual to provide a prior written
electronic consent form for the disclosure of the
individual's record under section 552a(b) of title 5,
United States Code, or for individual access to a
record under section 552a(d) of such title; or
(B) a method by which each agency can
electronically identity proof and authenticate an
individual submitting an electronic consent form
through a central online portal.
(2) Creates a template for an electronic consent form that
can be properly identity proofed and authenticated in
accordance with paragraph (1).
(3) Requires each agency to accept the electronic consent
form described in paragraph (2) that provides consent from any
individual properly identity proofed and authenticated in
accordance with paragraph (1) from the individual providing
consent or an entity other than the individual, including a
congressional office, on behalf of the individual for the
purpose of authorizing the disclosure of the individual's
record in accordance with section 552a(b) or 552a(d) of title
5, United States Code.
(4) Authorizes each agency to provide an online link to the
consolidated online portal described under subsection (b)(1).
(b) Portal; Consent Identifier; Congressional Function.--
(1) Consolidated online portal.--
(A) Operation of portal.--The Director (or a
designee) shall operate (or designate the head of an
agency to operate) a consolidated online portal that
allows a member of the public to submit an electronic
consent form in accordance with the guidance issued
pursuant to subsection (a) to any agency from a single
website.
(B) Privacy and other features.--The portal shall
include features to protect the privacy of individuals
using the portal and may include any additional
functions the Director finds will improve the
implementation of this section.
(C) Use of existing website or portal.--The
Director may use any existing website or portal to
satisfy the requirements of this subsection, including
the portal established under section 552(m) of title 5,
United States Code.
(2) Consent identifier.--The Director, or a designee, shall
assign each consent form submitted through the portal described
in paragraph (1) a consent identifier, which shall be provided
to the agency and the individual or entity submitting the
consent form. The agency shall track the consent form with the
consent identifier.
(3) Congressional assistance function.--
(A) In general.--The Director, or a designee, shall
ensure the operation of a function that allows a
congressional office to provide a publicly available
online link to the portal described in paragraph (1),
which shall auto-populate information about such
congressional office, including an indication of
consent for such office to access a record in
accordance with section 552a(b) of title 5, United
States Code, in the consent form accessed through the
portal.
(B) Notification of consent identifier required.--
The Director, or a designee, shall ensure the function
sends the consent identifier to the congressional
office when a consent form is submitted to an agency
through the portal as accessed through the function.
(c) 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.
(d) 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) Consent identifier.--The term ``consent identifier''
means a nonproprietary, unique identification number.
(3) 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 requirements of
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts
otherwise authorized.
Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2018.
Attest:
Clerk.
115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3076
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue
guidance on electronic consent forms, and for other purposes.