this subtitle, and any such agreement shall continue 
to have full force and effect on and after such date; 
or 
‘‘(2) a proposal accepted for consideration by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection pursuant to 
such section 559, as in existence on the day before 
such date of enactment. 
‘‘SEC. 484. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) DONOR.—The term ‘donor’ means any en-
tity that is proposing to make a donation under this 
Act. 
‘‘(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘entity’ means any— 
‘‘(A) person; 
‘‘(B) partnership, corporation, trust, es-
tate, cooperative, association, or any other orga-
nized group of persons; 
‘‘(C) Federal, State or local government 
(including any subdivision, agency or instru-
mentality thereof); or 
‘‘(D) any other private or governmental en-
tity.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is
amended by adding at the end of the list of items relating 
to title IV the following new items: 
‘‘Subtitle G—U.S. Customs and Border Protection Public Private 
Partnerships 
‘‘Sec. 481. Fee agreements for certain services at ports of entry. 
‘‘Sec. 482. Port of entry donation authority. 
‘‘Sec. 483. Current and proposed agreements. 
‘‘Sec. 484. Definitions.’’. 
(c) REPEALS.—Section 560 of division D of the Con-
solidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013 (Public Law 113–6) and section 559 of title V of 
division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 
(6 U.S.C. 211 note; Public Law 113–76) are repealed. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC 
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341, et. seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 708. OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office of Biometric 
Identity Management is established within the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office of Biometric 
Identity Management shall be administered by the 
Director of the Office of Biometric Identity Manage-
ment (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’)
who shall report to the Secretary, or to another offi-
cial of the Department, as the Secretary may direct. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES.—The Di-
rector shall— 
‘‘(A) have significant professional manage-
ment experience, as well as experience in the 
field of biometrics and identity management; 
‘‘(B) lead the Department’s biometric iden-
tity services to support anti-terrorism, counter- 
terrorism, border security, credentialing, na-
tional security, and public safety and enable 
operational missions across the Department by 
matching, storing, sharing, and analyzing bio-
metric data; 
‘‘(C) deliver biometric identity information 
and analysis capabilities to— 
‘‘(i) the Department and its compo-
nents; 
‘‘(ii) appropriate Federal, State, local, 
and tribal agencies; 
‘‘(iii) 
appropriate 
foreign 
govern-
ments; and 
‘‘(iv) appropriate private sector enti-
ties;
‘‘(D) support the law enforcement, public 
safety, national security, and homeland security 
missions of other Federal, State, local and trib-
al agencies, as appropriate; 
‘‘(E) establish and manage the operation 
and maintenance of the Department’s sole bio-
metric repository; 
‘‘(F) establish, manage, and operate Bio-
metric Support Centers to provide biometric 
identification and verification analysis and serv-
ices to the Department, appropriate Federal, 
State, local, and tribal agencies, appropriate 
foreign governments, and appropriate private 
sector entities; 
‘‘(G) in collaboration with the Undersecre-
tary for Science and Technology, establish a 
Department-wide research and development 
program to support efforts in assessment, devel-
opment, and exploration of biometric advance-
ments and emerging technologies; 
‘‘(H) oversee Department-wide standards 
for biometric conformity, and work to make 
such standards Government-wide; 
‘‘(I) in coordination with the Department’s 
Office of Policy, and in consultation with rel-
evant component offices and headquarters of-
fices, enter into data sharing agreements with 
appropriate Federal agencies to support immi-
gration, law enforcement, national security, and 
public safety missions; 
‘‘(J) maximize interoperability with other 
Federal, State, local, and international biomet-
ric systems, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(K) carry out the duties and powers pre-
scribed by law or delegated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be in the Of-
fice of Biometric Identity Management a Deputy Director, 
who shall assist the Director in the management of the 
Office. 
‘‘(d) CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Office 
of Biometric Identity Management a Chief Tech-
nology Officer. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Chief Technology Officer 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure compliance with policies, proc-
esses, standards, guidelines, and procedures re-
lated to information technology systems man-
agement, enterprise architecture, and data 
management;
‘‘(B) provide engineering and enterprise 
architecture guidance and direction to the Of-
fice of Biometric Identity Management; and 
‘‘(C) leverage emerging biometric tech-
nologies to recommend improvements to major 
enterprise applications, identify tools to opti-
mize information technology systems perform-
ance, and develop and promote joint technology 
solutions to improve services to enhance mission 
effectiveness. 
‘‘(e) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may establish 
such other offices within the Office of Biometric 
Identity Management as the Director determines 
necessary to carry out the missions, duties, func-
tions, and authorities of the Office. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Director exercises 
the authority provided by paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor shall notify the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate not later than 30 days before ex-
ercising such authority.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER
LIMITATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may not transfer the location or re-
porting structure of the Office of Biometric Identity Man-
agement (established by section 708 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion) to any component of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 707 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 708. Office of Biometric Identity Management.’’. 
SEC. 6. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING OPER-
ATIONAL ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any location in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
Operations is based within 45 miles of locations where any 
other Department of Homeland Security agency also oper-
ates air and marine assets, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis to consider the 
potential cost of and savings derived from co-locating avia-
tion and maritime operational assets of the respective 
agencies of the Department. In analyzing such potential 
cost savings achieved by sharing aviation and maritime fa-
cilities, such analysis shall consider, at a minimum, the 
following factors: 
(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located.
(2) Potential costs of, and savings derived 
through, shared maintenance and logistics facilities 
and activities. 
(3) Joint use of base and facility infrastructure, 
such as runways, hangars, control towers, operations 
centers, piers and docks, boathouses, and fuel de-
pots. 
(4) Potential operational costs of co-locating 
aviation and maritime assets and personnel. 
(5) Short term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
(6) Acquisition and infrastructure costs for en-
larging current facilities, as needed. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report summarizing the results of the cost- 
benefit analysis required under subsection (a) and any 
planned actions based upon such results.
SEC. 7. STRATEGIC PERSONNEL PLAN FOR U.S. CUSTOMS 
AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL DE-
PLOYED ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days of after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a three year stra-
tegic plan for deployment of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (in this section referred to as ‘‘CBP’’) per-
sonnel to locations outside the United States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A risk-based method for determining expan-
sion of CBP international programs to new loca-
tions, given resource constraints. 
(2) A plan to ensure CBP personnel deployed at 
locations outside the United States have appropriate 
oversight and support to ensure performance in sup-
port of program goals. 
(3) Information on planned future deployments 
of CBP personnel for a three year period, together 
with corresponding information on locations for such 
deployments outside the United States.
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the plan re-
quired under subsection (a), the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall consider, and in-
clude information on, the following: 
(1) Existing CBP programs in operation out-
side of the United States, together with specific in-
formation on locations outside the United States in 
which each such program operates. 
(2) The number of CBP personnel deployed at 
each location outside the United States during the 
preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 8. THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR UNITED STATES-BOUND 
INTERNATIONAL MAIL. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the security threats 
posed by United States-bound international mail. 
SEC. 9. EVALUATION OF COAST GUARD DEPLOYABLE SPE-
CIALIZED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that describes and 
assesses the state of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Spe-
cialized Forces (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DSF’’). 
Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) For each of the past three fiscal years, and 
for each type of DSF, the following: 
(A) A cost analysis, including training, op-
erating, and travel costs. 
(B) The number of personnel assigned. 
(C) The total number of units. 
(D) The total number of operations con-
ducted. 
(E) The number of operations requested by 
each of the following: 
(i) The Coast Guard. 
(ii) Other components or offices of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(iii) Other Federal departments or 
agencies. 
(iv) State agencies.
(v) Local agencies. 
(F) The number of operations fulfilled by 
the entities specified in subparagraph (E). 
(2) Mission impact, feasibility, and cost, includ-
ing potential cost savings, of locating DSF capabili-
ties, including the following scenarios: 
(A) Combining DSFs, primarily focused on 
counterdrug operations, under one centralized 
command. 
(B) Distributing counter-terrorism and 
anti-terrorism capabilities to DSFs in each 
major United States port. 
(b) DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Deployable Specialized Force’’ 
means a unit of the Coast Guard that serves as a quick 
reaction force designed to be deployed to handle counter- 
drug, counter-terrorism, and anti-terrorism operations or 
other maritime threats to the United States. 
SEC. 10. CUSTOMS-TRADE PARTNERSHIP AGAINST TER-
RORISM IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) C-TPAT EXPORTERS.—Section 212 of the Secu-
rity and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 962) is amended by inserting ‘‘exporters,’’ after 
‘‘Importers,’’.
(b) RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218 of the Security 
and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 968) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 218. RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS. 
‘‘Not later than 30 days before signing an arrange-
ment between the United States and a foreign government 
providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security 
practices which might result in the utilization of benefits 
described in section 214, 215, or 216, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the proposed terms of such arrangement; 
and 
‘‘(2) determine, in consultation with the Com-
missioner, that such foreign government’s supply 
chain security program provides comparable security 
as that provided by C-TPAT.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Security and Account-
ability for Every Port Act of 2006 is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 218 to read as 
follows: 
‘‘Sec. 218. Recognition of other countries’ trusted shipper programs.’’.