1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Office of Biometric Identity Management Authorization Act of 2018 or the OBIM Authorization Act of 2018 . 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: 710. Office of Biometric Identity Management (a) Establishment The Office of Biometric Identity Management is established within 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 Management (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 Director shall— (A) have significant professional management experience, as well as experience in the field of biometrics and identity management; (B) lead the Department’s biometric identity services to support anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism, border security, credentialing, national security, and public safety; (C) enable operational missions across the Department by matching, storing, sharing, and analyzing biometric data; (D) deliver biometric identity information and analysis capabilities to— (i) the Department and its components; (ii) appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies; (iii) appropriate foreign governments; and (iv) appropriate private sector entities; (E) support the law enforcement, public safety, national security, and homeland security missions of other Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, as appropriate; (F) manage the operation of the Department’s sole biometric repository; (G) manage Biometric Support Centers to provide biometric identification and verification analysis and services to the Department, appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, appropriate foreign governments, and appropriate private sector entities