1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Purposefully Expanding and Reinforcing the Statutes we Insist Support our Troops Against Military Sexual Trauma Act or the PERSIST Against MST Act . 2. Oversight of registered sex offender management program (a) Designation of official or entity The Secretary of Defense shall designate a single official or entity within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to have the principle responsibility in the Department of Defense for providing oversight of the registered sex offender management program of the Department. (b) Duties The official or entity designated under subsection (a) shall— (1) monitor compliance with Department of Defense Instruction 5525.20; (2) compile data on service members who have been convicted of a qualifying sex offense, including data on the sex offender registration status of each member; (3) maintain statistics of the total number of service members, by military department, who are required to register as sex offenders; and (4) perform such other duties as the Secretary of Defense may require. (c) Briefing required Not later than June 1, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on— (1) the compliance of the military departments with the policies of the Department of Defense related to registered sex offenders; (2) the results of the data compiled under subsection (b)