(d) CO-CHAIRS.—The Task Force representative of
the Office of Special Trustee for Native Hawaiian Affairs
established under the authority of section 4 of this Act
and the Attorney General’s designee under the authority
of section 5 of this Act shall serve as co-chairs of the Task
Force.
(e) DUTIES.—The primary responsibilities of the
Task Force shall be—
(1) the coordination of Federal policies that af-
fect Native Hawaiians or actions by any agency or
agencies of the Federal Government which may sig-
nificantly or uniquely impact on Native Hawaiian re-
sources, rights, or lands;
(2) to assure that each Federal agency develops
a policy on consultation with the Native Hawaiian
people, and upon recognition of the Native Hawaiian
governing body by the United States as provided in
section 7(d) of this Act, consultation with the Native
Hawaiian governing body; and
(3) to assure the participation of each Federal
agency in the development of the report to Congress
authorized in section 4(b)(5) of this Act.
SEC. 7. PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROLL FOR
THE ORGANIZATION OF A NATIVE HAWAIIAN
INTERIM GOVERNING COUNCIL, FOR THE OR-
GANIZATION OF A NATIVE HAWAIIAN IN-
TERIM GOVERNING COUNCIL AND A NATIVE
HAWAIIAN GOVERNING BODY, AND FOR THE
RECOGNITION OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN
GOVERNING BODY.
(a) ROLL.—
(1) PREPARATION OF ROLL.—The adult mem-
bers of the Native Hawaiian community who wish to
participate in the reorganization of a Native Hawai-
ian governing body shall prepare a roll for the pur-
pose of the organization of a Native Hawaiian In-
terim Governing Council. The roll shall include the
names of—
(A) the adult members of the Native Ha-
waiian community who wish to become mem-
bers of a Native Hawaiian governing body and
who are the lineal descendants of the aborigi-
nal, indigenous, native people who resided in
the islands that now comprise the State of Ha-
waii on January 1, 1893, and who occupied and
exercised sovereignty in the Hawaiian archi-
pelago, including the area that now constitutes
the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by (but not
limited to)—
(i) genealogical records;
(ii) Native Hawaiian kupuna (elders)
verification or affidavits;
(iii) church or census records; or
(iv) government birth or death certifi-
cates or other vital statistics records; and
(B) the children of the adult members list-
ed on the roll prepared under this subsection.
(2) CERTIFICATION AND SUBMISSION.—
(A) COMMISSION.—There is authorized to
be established a Commission to be composed of
9 members for the purpose of certifying that
the adult members of the Native Hawaiian com-
munity on the roll meet the definition of Native
Hawaiian, as defined in section 2(6)(A) of this
Act. The members of the Commission shall have
expertise in the certification of Native Hawaiian
ancestry.
(B) 
CERTIFICATION.—The 
Commission
shall certify to the Secretary that the individ-
uals listed on the roll developed under the au-
thority of this subsection are Native Hawaiians,
as defined in section 2(6)(A) of this Act, and
shall submit such roll to the Secretary.
(3) NOTIFICATION.—The Commission shall
promptly provide notice to the Secretary if any of
the individuals listed on the roll should be removed
from the roll on account of death.
(4) PUBLICATION.—Within 45 days of the re-
ceipt by the Secretary of the roll developed under
the authority of this subsection and certified by the
Commission under the authority of paragraph (2),
the Secretary shall certify that the roll is consistent
with applicable Federal law by publishing the roll in
the Federal Register.
(5) EFFECT OF PUBLICATION.—The publication
of the roll developed under the authority of this sub-
section shall be for the purpose of providing any
member of the public with an opportunity to—
(A) petition the Secretary to add to the
roll the name of an individual who meets the
definition of Native Hawaiian, as defined in
section 2(6)(A) of this Act, and who is not list-
ed on the roll; or
(B) petition the Secretary to remove from
the roll the name of an individual who does not
meet such definition.