[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3076 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3076

To amend section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the Privacy Act) to require agencies to accept electronic release 
                     forms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2017

 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the Privacy Act) to require agencies to accept electronic release 
                     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 (CASES) for Constituents Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT ELECTRONIC RELEASE FORMS UNDER THE 
              PRIVACY ACT.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Privacy Act) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:
    ``(x) Requirement to Accept Electronic Release Forms.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each agency shall establish a system 
        that allows an individual, or another entity acting on behalf 
        of that individual who has been authorized to act on behalf of 
        the individual, to electronically submit a release form, signed 
        by the individual, that grants another entity access to the 
        record of the individual or any other information pertaining to 
        the individual that is contained in the system.
            ``(2) Form of submission.--The release form described in 
        paragraph (1) may be submitted directly to the agency through 
        an electronic form (without requiring the upload of any 
        document), including any necessary authentication process, if 
        the release form--
                    ``(A) is submitted by an individual; or
                    ``(B) if submitted by another entity acting on 
                behalf of an individual, includes a certification that 
                the other entity has been authorized to act on behalf 
                of the individual in the manner described in paragraph 
                (1).''.
    (b) OMB Guidance.--Not later than 180 days, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall establish a uniform release form 
to be used across agencies for the electronic submission described 
under subsection (x) of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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