FEDERAL BIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

SEC. 10227. FEDERAL BIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. Subsection (b) of section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) is amended—(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following:“(4) performance standards and guidelines for high risk biometric identification systems, including facial recognition systems, accounting for various use cases, types of biometric identification systems, and relevant operational conditions.” .