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‘‘(d) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ACTIVI-
TIES.—Concurrent with the President’s submission to 
Congress of the President’s request for appropriations for 
the Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report describing the individual activities proposed for 
funding under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 2024. COORDINATION AND SCHEDULING OF FEDERAL, 
STATE, AND LOCAL ACTIONS. 
(a) NOTICE OF INTENT.—Upon request of the non- 
Federal interest in the form of a written notice of intent 
to construct or modify a non-Federal water supply, waste-
water infrastructure, flood damage reduction, storm dam-
age reduction, ecosystem restoration, or navigation project 
that requires the approval of the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall initiate, subject to subsection (g)(1), procedures to 
establish a schedule for consolidating Federal, State, and 
local agency and Indian tribe environmental assessments, 
project reviews, and issuance of all permits for the con-
struction or modification of the project. The non-Federal 
interest shall submit to the Secretary, with the notice of 
intent, studies and documentation, including environ-
mental reviews, that may be required by Federal law for
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decisionmaking on the proposed project. All States and In-
dian tribes having jurisdiction over the proposed project 
shall be invited by the Secretary, but shall not be required, 
to participate in carrying out this section with respect to 
the project. 
(b) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—Within 15 days 
after receipt of notice under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall publish such notice in the Federal Register. The Sec-
retary also shall provide written notification of the receipt 
of a notice under subsection (a) to all State and local 
agencies and Indian tribes that may be required to issue 
permits for the construction of the project or related ac-
tivities. The Secretary shall solicit the cooperation of those 
agencies and request their entry into a memorandum of 
agreement described in subsection (c) with respect to the 
project. Within 30 days after publication of the notice in 
the Federal Register, State and local agencies and Indian 
tribes that intend to enter into the memorandum of agree-
ment with respect to the project shall notify the Secretary 
of their intent in writing. 
(c) SCHEDULING
AGREEMENT.—Within 90 days 
after the date of receipt of notice under subsection (a) 
with respect to a project, the Secretary of the Interior, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, as necessary, and any
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State or local agencies that have notified the Secretary 
under subsection (b) shall enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary establishing a schedule of decisionmaking 
for approval of the project and permits associated with 
the project and with related activities. 
(d) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement en-
tered into under subsection (c) with respect to a project, 
to the extent practicable, shall consolidate hearing and 
comment periods, procedures for data collection and re-
port preparation, and the environmental review and per-
mitting processes associated with the project and related 
activities. The agreement shall detail, to the extent pos-
sible, the non-Federal interest’s responsibilities for data 
development and information that may be necessary to 
process each permit required for the project, including a 
schedule when the information and data will be provided 
to the appropriate Federal, State, or local agency or In-
dian tribe. 
(e) REVISION OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
revise an agreement entered into under subsection (c) with 
respect to a project once to extend the schedule to allow 
the non-Federal interest the minimum amount of addi-
tional time necessary to revise its original application to 
meet the objections of a Federal, State, or local agency 
or Indian tribe that is a party to the agreement.