; and (2) carry out additional duties as assigned or delegated by the Director, which are within the statutory authority of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (i) Immigration records and identity services directorate There is established within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services an Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate. There shall be at the head of the Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate an Associate Director who shall— (1) manage the operation of an employment eligibility verification system as provided for by section 404 of the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (U.S.C. 1324a note) or any successor system; (2) manage the operation of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, designed to assist Federal, State, and local benefit-issuing agencies, institutions, and licensing agencies in determining the immigration status of benefit applicants so only those legally entitled to benefits receive them; (3) manage the biometric services provided to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services components; (4) manage immigration records and provide information regarding such records to stakeholders; and (5) carry out further duties as assigned or delegated by the Director, which are within the statutory authority of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (j) Field operations directorate There is established within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services a Field Operations Directorate. There shall be at the head of the Field Operations Directorate an Associate Director who shall— (1) oversee all United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices; (2) oversee the adjudication of immigration benefits and naturalization applications and petitions, applicant interviews, naturalization ceremonies, and background checks for applicants, petitioners, and beneficiaries of petitions for benefits