Tribal, and territorial governments and nongovernmental 
leaders, which shall include the following: 
(1) The Secretary of Education. 
(2) The heads of other Federal agencies and of-
fices determined appropriate by the Director. 
(3) State, local, Tribal, and territorial govern-
ment officials focused on identity, such as informa-
tion technology officials and directors of State de-
partments of motor vehicles and vital records bu-
reaus. 
(4) Digital privacy experts. 
(5) Civil liberties experts. 
(6) Technology and cybersecurity experts. 
(7) Users of identity verification services. 
(8) Representatives with relevant expertise from 
academia and advocacy organizations. 
(9) Industry representatives with experience im-
plementing digital identity systems. 
(10) Identity theft and fraud prevention ex-
perts, including advocates for victims of identity 
theft and fraud. 
(j) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to the appropriate notification entities 
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a report on the activities of the Task Force, includ-
ing— 
(A) recommendations on— 
(i) implementing the strategy pursu-
ant to subsection (g)(4); and 
(ii) methods to leverage digital driv-
er’s licenses, distributed ledger technology, 
and other technologies; and 
(B) summaries of the input and rec-
ommendations of the leaders consulted under 
subsection (i). 
(2) INTERIM REPORTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may sub-
mit to the appropriate notification entities in-
terim reports the Director determines necessary 
to support the work of the Task Force and edu-
cate the public. 
(B) MANDATORY REPORT.—Not later than 
the date that is 18 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director shall submit 
to the appropriate notification entities an in-
terim report addressing— 
(i) the matters described in para-
graphs (1), (2), (4), and (6) of subsection 
(g); and 
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(ii) any other matters the Director de-
termines necessary to support the work of 
the Task Force and educate the public. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
before the date described in subsection (k), the Di-
rector shall submit to the appropriate notification 
entities a final report that includes recommendations 
for the President and Congress relating to any rel-
evant matter within the scope of the duties of the 
Task Force. 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Task Force 
shall make the reports required under this sub-
section publicly available on a centralized website as 
an open Government data asset (as defined in sec-
tion 3502 of title 44, United States Code). 
(k) SUNSET.—The Task Force shall conclude busi-
ness on the date that is 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS TO FEDERAL SYSTEMS. 
(a) GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the Director sub-
mits the report required under section 4(j)(1), the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
guidance to Federal agencies for the purpose of imple-
menting any recommendations included in such report de-
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termined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. 
(b) REPORTS ON FEDERAL AGENCY PROGRESS IM-
PROVING DIGITAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION CAPABILI-
TIES.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT ON GUIDANCE IMPLEMEN-
TATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
issuance of guidance under subsection (a), and an-
nually thereafter, the head of each Federal agency 
shall submit to the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget a report on the efforts of the Fed-
eral agency to implement that guidance. 
(2) PUBLIC REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date of the issuance of guidance under 
subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Di-
rector shall develop and make publicly available 
a report that includes— 
(i) a list of digital identity verification 
services offered by Federal agencies; 
(ii) the volume of digital identity 
verifications performed by each Federal 
agency; 
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(iii) information relating to the effec-
tiveness of digital identity verification serv-
ices by Federal agencies; and 
(iv) recommendations to improve the 
effectiveness of digital identity verification 
services by Federal agencies. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
first report required under subparagraph (A), 
the Director shall consult the Task Force. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL
REPORT
ON
FEDERAL 
AGENCY DIGITAL IDENTITY CAPABILITIES.— 
(A) REFORM.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in coordination with the Director of the 
Cybersecurity 
and 
Infrastructure 
Security 
Agency, shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability of the House of Representa-
tives a report relating to the implementation 
and effectiveness of the digital identity capabili-
ties of Federal agencies. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
report required under subparagraph (A), the 
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Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall— 
(i) consult with the Task Force; and 
(ii) to the greatest extent practicable, 
include in the report recommendations of 
the Task Force. 
(C) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report 
required under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude— 
(i) an analysis, including metrics and 
milestones, for the implementation by Fed-
eral agencies of— 
(I) the guidelines published by 
the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology in the document enti-
tled ‘‘Special Publication 800–63’’ 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Digital 
Identity Guidelines’’), or any suc-
cessor document; and 
(II) if feasible, any additional re-
quirements relating to enhancing dig-
ital identity capabilities identified in 
the document of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget entitled ‘‘M–19– 
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17’’ and issued on May 21, 2019, or 
any successor document; 
(ii) a review of measures taken to ad-
vance the equity, accessibility, cybersecu-
rity, 
and 
privacy 
of 
digital 
identity 
verification services offered by Federal 
agencies; and 
(iii) any other relevant data, informa-
tion, or plans for Federal agencies to im-
prove the digital identity capabilities of 
Federal agencies. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—On the first March 1 oc-
curring after the date described in subsection (b)(3)(A), 
and annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall 
include in the report required under section 3553(c) of 
title 44, United States Code— 
(1) any additional and ongoing reporting on the 
matters described in subsection (b)(3)(C); and 
(2) associated information collection mecha-
nisms. 
SEC. 6. GAO REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
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of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
on the estimated potential savings, including estimated an-
nual potential savings, due to the increased adoption and 
widespread use of digital identification, of— 
(1) the Federal Government from averted 
fraud, including benefit fraud; and 
(2) the economy of the United States and con-
sumers from averted identity theft. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Among other variables the Comp-
troller General of the United States determines relevant, 
the report required under subsection (a) shall include mul-
tiple scenarios with varying uptake rates to demonstrate 
a range of possible outcomes. 
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