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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 re-
ferred 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Biometric Iden-
tity Management Authorization Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘OBIM 
Authorization Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC 
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et. seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 710. OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Office of Biometric Iden-
tity Management is established within the Management Di-
rectorate of the Department. 
‘‘(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 official of 
the Department, as the Secretary may direct. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES.—The Direc-
tor shall— 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(C) enable operational missions across the 
Department by receiving, matching, storing, 
sharing, and analyzing biometric and associated 
biographic and encounter data; 
‘‘(D) 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 governments; 
and 
‘‘(iv) appropriate private sector enti-
ties; 
‘‘(E) support the law enforcement, public 
safety, national security, and homeland security 
missions of other Federal, State, local, and tribal 
agencies, as appropriate; 
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‘‘(F) manage the operation of the Depart-
ment’s primary biometric repository and identi-
fication system; 
‘‘(G) manage Biometric Support Centers to 
provide biometric identification and verification 
analysis and services to the Department, appro-
priate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, 
appropriate foreign governments, and appro-
priate private sector entities; 
‘‘(H) oversee the implementation of Depart-
ment-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 offices, 
enter into data sharing agreements with appro-
priate Federal, State, local, and foreign agencies 
to support immigration, law enforcement, na-
tional security, and public safety missions; 
‘‘(J) maximize interoperability with other 
Federal, State, local, and foreign biometric sys-
tems, as appropriate; 
‘‘(K) ensure the activities of the Office of 
Biometric Identity Management are carried out 
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in compliance with the policies and procedures 
established by the Privacy Officer appointed 
under section 222; and 
‘‘(L) carry out other duties and powers pre-
scribed by law or delegated by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There shall be in the Office 
of Biometric Identity Management a Deputy Director, who 
shall assist the Director in the management of the Office. 
‘‘(d) OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may establish 
such other offices within the Office of Biometric Iden-
tity Management as the Director determines necessary 
to carry out the missions, duties, functions, and au-
thorities of the Office. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Director exercises the 
authority provided by paragraph (1), the Director 
shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate not later than 30 days before exercising such 
authority.’’. 
(b) 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 709 
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 
establish the Office of Biometric Identity Man-
agement, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 21, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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