‘‘(16) TREATY RIGHTS AT RISK INITIATIVE.—The 
term ‘Treaty Rights at Risk Initiative’ means the re-
port from the treaty Indian tribes of western Wash-
ington entitled ‘Treaty Rights at Risk: Ongoing 
Habitat Loss, the Decline of the Salmon Resource, 
and Recommendations for Change’ and dated July 
14, 2011, or its successor report, which outlines issues 
and offers solutions for the protection of Tribal treaty 
rights, recovery of salmon habitat, and management 
of sustainable treaty and non-treaty salmon fisheries, 
including through tribal salmon hatchery programs. 
‘‘(b) CONSISTENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—All Federal agencies rep-
resented on the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task 
Force shall act consistently with the protection of 
Tribal, treaty-reserved rights and, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable given such agencies’ existing obliga-
tions under Federal law, act consistently with the ob-
jectives and priorities of the Action Agenda, Salmon 
Recovery Plans, the Treaty Rights at Risk Initiative, 
and the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program, 
when— 
‘‘(A) conducting Federal agency activities 
within or outside Puget Sound that affect any 
land or water use or natural resources of Puget 
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Sound and its tributary waters, including ac-
tivities performed by a contractor for the benefit 
of a Federal agency; 
‘‘(B) interpreting and enforcing regulations 
that impact the restoration and protection of 
Puget Sound; 
‘‘(C) issuing Federal licenses or permits 
that impact the restoration and protection of 
Puget Sound; and 
‘‘(D) granting Federal assistance to State, 
local, and Tribal governments for activities re-
lated to the restoration and protection of Puget 
Sound. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS.—Any Federal agency activity 
necessary for national security, determined by the 
President to be in the paramount interest of the 
United States, or determined by the Puget Sound 
Federal Leadership Task Force, in consultation with 
the State Advisory Committee and the Puget Sound 
Tribal Management Conference, to be necessary to 
complete a project that was approved prior to the 
date of enactment of this section shall be exempt from 
the consistency requirements established in paragraph 
(1). 
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‘‘(c) PUGET SOUND RECOVERY NATIONAL PROGRAM 
OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Environmental Protection Agency a Puget Sound 
Recovery National Program Office to be located in the 
State of Washington. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Program Office shall be a career reserved posi-
tion, as such term is defined in section 
3132(a)(8) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director of the 
Program Office shall have leadership and project 
management experience and shall be highly 
qualified to— 
‘‘(i) direct the integration of multiple 
project planning efforts and programs from 
different agencies and jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(ii) align numerous, and often con-
flicting, needs toward implementing a 
shared Action Agenda with visible and 
measurable outcomes. 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY; STAFFING.— 
The Administrator shall delegate to the Director such 
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authority and provide such staff as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(4) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate and manage the timely exe-
cution of the requirements of this section, includ-
ing the formation and meetings of the Puget 
Sound Federal Leadership Task Force; 
‘‘(B) coordinate activities related to the res-
toration and protection of Puget Sound across 
the Environmental Protection Agency; 
‘‘(C) coordinate and align the activities of 
the Administrator with the Action Agenda, 
Salmon Recovery Plans, the Treaty Rights at 
Risk Initiative, and the Coastal Nonpoint Pollu-
tion Control Program; 
‘‘(D) promote the efficient use of Environ-
mental Protection Agency resources in pursuit of 
Puget Sound restoration and protection; 
‘‘(E) serve on the Puget Sound Federal 
Leadership Task Force and collaborate with, help 
coordinate, and implement activities with other 
Federal agencies that have responsibilities in-
volving Puget Sound restoration and protection; 
‘‘(F) provide or procure such other advice, 
technical assistance, research, assessments, moni-
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toring, or other support as is determined by the 
Director to be necessary or prudent to most effi-
ciently and effectively fulfill the objectives and 
priorities of the Action Agenda, Salmon Recov-
ery Plans, the Treaty Rights at Risk Initiative, 
and the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Pro-
gram consistent with the best available science 
and to ensure the health of the Puget Sound eco-
system; 
‘‘(G) track the progress of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency toward meeting the 
Agency’s specified objectives and priorities with-
in the Action Agenda; 
‘‘(H) implement the recommendations of the 
Comptroller General, set forth in the report enti-
tled ‘Puget Sound Restoration: Additional Ac-
tions Could Improve Assessments of Progress’ 
and dated July 19, 2018; 
‘‘(I) serve as liaison and coordinate activi-
ties for the restoration and protection of the Sa-
lish Sea, with Canadian authorities, the Pacific 
Salmon Commission, and the International 
Joint Commission; and 
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