; and (D) carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (c) Personnel (1) Refugee officers and related personnel The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Assistant Director of Regional Processing, shall ensure that sufficient numbers of refugee officers and other personnel are assigned to each Designated Processing Center to fulfill the requirements of this title. (2) Support personnel The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall hire and assign sufficient personnel to ensure that absent exceptional circumstances, all security and law enforcement background checks required under this title are completed in 180 days or less. (d) Operations (1) In general Absent extraordinary circumstances, each Designated Processing Center shall commence operations not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Productivity The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall monitor the activities of each Designated Processing Center and establish metrics and criteria for evaluating the productivity of each Designated Processing Center. (3) Continuing operations Each Designated Processing Center shall remain in operation for at least five fiscal years, and shall continue in operation until such time as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines, under the metrics and criteria established under paragraph (2), that for at least 4 consecutive calendar quarters the Designated Processing Center has failed to maintain sufficient productivity. (e) Congressional reports Not later than January 31 following the end of each fiscal year, and beginning with the first fiscal year that at least one Designated Processing Center commences operations, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to the Committee on the