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Union Calendar No. 599 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5206 

[Report No. 115–773] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 

Biometric Identity Management, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2018 

Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. BACON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HIGGINS of 

Louisiana, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 21, 2018 

Additional sponsor: Mr. KATKO

JUNE 21, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2018] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the Office of Biometric Identity Management, and for 

other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Biometric Iden5 tity Management Authorization Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘OBIM 

6 Authorization Act of 2018’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC 

8 IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 

10 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et. seq.) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 710. OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office of Biometric Iden14 tity Management is established within the Management Di15 rectorate of the Department. 

16 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Biometric 

18 Identity Management shall be administered by the 

19 Director of the Office of Biometric Identity Manage20 ment (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’) who 

21 shall report to the Secretary, or to another official of 

22 the Department, as the Secretary may direct. 

23 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES.—The Direc24 tor shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) have significant professional manage2 ment experience, as well as experience in the 

3 field of biometrics and identity management; 

4 ‘‘(B) lead the Department’s biometric iden5 tity services to support anti-terrorism, counter6 terrorism, border security, credentialing, na7 tional security, and public safety; 

8 ‘‘(C) enable operational missions across the 

9 Department by receiving, matching, storing, 

10 sharing, and analyzing biometric and associated 

11 biographic and encounter data; 

12 ‘‘(D) deliver biometric identity information 

13 and analysis capabilities to— 

14 ‘‘(i) the Department and its compo15 nents; 

16 ‘‘(ii) appropriate Federal, State, local, 

17 and tribal agencies; 

18 ‘‘(iii) appropriate foreign governments; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iv) appropriate private sector enti21 ties; 

22 ‘‘(E) support the law enforcement, public 

23 safety, national security, and homeland security 

24 missions of other Federal, State, local, and tribal 

25 agencies, as appropriate; 


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1 ‘‘(F) manage the operation of the Depart2 ment’s primary biometric repository and identi3 fication system; 

4 ‘‘(G) manage Biometric Support Centers to 

5 provide biometric identification and verification 

6 analysis and services to the Department, appro7 priate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, 

8 appropriate foreign governments, and appro9 priate private sector entities; 

10 ‘‘(H) oversee the implementation of Depart11 ment-wide standards for biometric conformity, 

12 and work to make such standards Government13 wide; 

14 ‘‘(I) in coordination with the Department’s 

15 Office of Policy, and in consultation with rel16 evant component offices and headquarters offices, 

17 enter into data sharing agreements with appro18 priate Federal, State, local, and foreign agencies 

19 to support immigration, law enforcement, na20 tional security, and public safety missions; 

21 ‘‘(J) maximize interoperability with other 

22 Federal, State, local, and foreign biometric sys23 tems, as appropriate; 

24 ‘‘(K) ensure the activities of the Office of 

25 Biometric Identity Management are carried out 


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1 in compliance with the policies and procedures 

2 established by the Privacy Officer appointed 

3 under section 222; and 

4 ‘‘(L) carry out other duties and powers pre5 scribed by law or delegated by the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(c) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be in the Office 

7 of Biometric Identity Management a Deputy Director, who 

8 shall assist the Director in the management of the Office. 

9 ‘‘(d) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may establish 

11 such other offices within the Office of Biometric Iden12 tity Management as the Director determines necessary 

13 to carry out the missions, duties, functions, and au14 thorities of the Office. 

15 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Director exercises the 

16 authority provided by paragraph (1), the Director 

17 shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

20 Senate not later than 30 days before exercising such 

21 authority.’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

23 section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

24 amended by adding after the item relating to section 709 

25 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 710. Office of Biometric Identity Management.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 599 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5206 

[Report No. 115–773] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

agement, and for other purposes. establish the Office of Biometric Identity ManJUNE 21, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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