Sec. 265. BRIEFING ON BIOMETRICS ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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## SEC. 265 BRIEFING ON BIOMETRICS ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ###

(a)Briefing Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on an assessment of the future program structure for biometrics oversight and execution and architectural requirements for biometrics-enabling capability. ###

(b)Matters Included The briefing under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the roles and responsibilities of the principal staff assistant for biometrics, the program manager for biometrics, and the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency, including— #####

(A)the roles and responsibilities of each element of the Department of Defense, including each military department, with responsibility for biometrics and each such element that is responsible for requirements and testing regarding biometrics; and #####

(B)whether the executive management responsibilities of the Department of Defense program manager for biometrics should be retained by the Army or transferred to another element of the Department. ####

(2)An assessment of the current requirements for biometrics-enabling capability, including with respect to— #####

(A)a governance process for capturing, vetting, and validating requirements and business processes across military department, interagency, and international partners; and #####

(B)a process to determine resourcing business rules to establish and sustain such capabilities. ####

(3)An evaluation of the most appropriate element of the Department to take responsibility for defining and managing the end-to-end performance of the biometric enterprise, beginning and ending at the point of biometric encounter, as described in the report of the Comptroller General of the United States titled “Defense Biometrics: Additional Training for Leaders and More Timely Transmission of Data Could Enhance the Use of Biometrics in Afghanistan”, numbered 12-442.