a governmentwide effort to develop secure methods for Federal, State, and local agencies to validate identity attributes to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors. (c) Director The Task Force shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the President. (d) Membership The Task Force shall include the following individuals or the designees of such individuals: (1) Federal Government membership (A) The Secretary of the Treasury. (B) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (C) The Secretary of State. (D) The Secretary of Education. (E) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (F) The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (G) The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (H) The Administrator of General Services. (I) The heads of other Federal agencies and offices who the President may designate or invite. (2) State government membership The Task Force shall include 5 State government officials who represent State agencies that issue identity credentials and who have knowledge of the systems used to provide such credentials. Such officials shall include the following: (A) A member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. (B) A member appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. (C) A member appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. (D) A member appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, in consultation with the Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and