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 124 STAT. 4157 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the actions taken and planned to be taken— (A) to implement subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (16) of the National Security Presidential Direc- tive dated June 5, 2008 (NSPD–59); (B) to implement the recommendations of the Comp- troller General of the United States included in the report of the Comptroller General numbered GAO–08–1065 dated September 2008; (C) to implement the recommendations of the Comp- troller General included in the report of the Comptroller General numbered GAO–09–49 dated October 2008; (D) to fully and completely characterize the current biometrics architecture and establish the objective architec- ture for the Department of Defense; (E) to ensure that an official of the Office of the Sec- retary of Defense has the authority necessary to be respon- sible for ensuring that all funding for biometrics programs and operations is programmed, budgeted, and executed; and (F) to ensure that an officer within the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has the authority necessary to be responsible for ensuring the development and implementa- tion of common and interoperable standards for the collec- tion, storage, and use of biometrics data by all commanders of the combatant commands and their commands; and (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (1). SEC. 122. SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN AND MATRIX FOR THE F–35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (1) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech- nology, and Logistics, shall establish a management plan for the F–35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program under which decisions to commit to specified levels of production are linked to progress in meeting specified program milestones, including design, manufacturing, testing, and fielding milestones for crit- ical system maturity elements. (2) NATURE OF PLAN.—The plan under paragraph (1) shall align technical progress milestones with acquisition milestones in a system maturity matrix. The matrix shall provide criteria and conditions for comparing expected levels of demonstrated system maturity with annual production commitments, starting with the fiscal year 2012 production program, and continuing over the remaining life of the system development and dem- onstration program. The matrix and criteria shall include ele- ments such as the following: (A) Manufacturing maturity, including on-time deliv- eries, manufacturing process control, quality rates, and labor efficiency rates. (B) Engineering maturity, including metrics for the number of new design actions and number of design changes in a given period. Reports.