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(f) FINAL DECISION.—Not later than the final day 
of a schedule established by an agreement entered into 
under subsection (c) with respect to a project, the Sec-
retary shall notify the non-Federal interest of the final de-
cision on the project and whether the permit or permits 
have been issued. 
(g) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) COSTS OF COORDINATION.—The costs in-
curred by the Secretary to establish and carry out 
a schedule to consolidate Federal, State, and local 
agency and Indian tribe environmental assessments, 
project reviews, and permit issuance for a project 
under this section shall be paid by the non-Federal 
interest. 
(2) COSTS INCURRED TO EXPEDITE PERMITS 
AND REVIEWS.— 
(A) 
ACCEPTANCE
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—The Secretary may accept funds from 
the non-Federal interest to hire additional staff 
or obtain the services of consultants, or to pro-
vide financial, technical, and administrative 
support to agencies that have entered into an 
agreement with the Secretary under subsection 
(c) with respect to a project in order to facili-
tate the timely processing, review, and comple-
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tion of applicable Federal, State, and local 
agency and Indian tribe environmental assess-
ments, project reviews, and permits for the 
project. 
(B) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds accepted 
under this paragraph shall be used to supple-
ment existing resources of the Secretary or a 
participating agency. 
(C) ASSURANCE
OF
LEVEL
OF
SERVICE 
AND
IMPARTIALITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the Department of the Army and any 
participating agency that accepts funds under 
this paragraph shall continue to provide the 
same level of service to other projects and other 
responsibilities not covered by this section as it 
would provide, notwithstanding any activities 
carried out under this section, and that accept-
ance of such funds will not impact impartial de-
cisionmaking either substantively or proce-
durally. 
(h) REPORT ON TIMESAVINGS METHODS.—Not later 
than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to Congress a 
report estimating the time required for the issuance of all 
Federal, State, local, and tribal permits for the construc-
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tion of non-Federal projects for water supply, wastewater 
infrastructure, flood damage reduction, storm damage re-
duction, ecosystem restoration, and navigation. The Sec-
retary shall include in that report recommendations for 
further reducing the amount of time required for the 
issuance of those permits, including any proposed changes 
in existing law. 
SEC. 2025. PROJECT STREAMLINING. 
(a) POLICY.—The benefits of water resources 
projects are important to the Nation’s economy and envi-
ronment, and recommendations to Congress regarding 
such projects should not be delayed due to uncoordinated 
and sequential environmental reviews or the failure to 
timely resolve disputes during the development of water 
resources projects. 
(b) SCOPE.—This section shall apply to each study 
initiated after the date of enactment of this Act to develop 
a feasibility report under section 905 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282), or 
a reevaluation report, for a water resources project if the 
Secretary determines that such study requires an environ-
mental impact statement under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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(c) WATER RESOURCES PROJECT REVIEW PROC-
ESS.—The Secretary shall develop and implement a co-
ordinated review process for water resources projects. 
(d) COORDINATED REVIEWS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The coordinated review proc-
ess under this section shall provide that all environ-
mental reviews, analyses, opinions, permits, licenses, 
and approvals that must be issued or made by a 
Federal, State, or local government agency or Indian 
tribe for a water resources project will be conducted 
concurrently, to the maximum extent practicable, 
and completed within a time period established by 
the Secretary, in cooperation with the agencies iden-
tified under subsection (e) with respect to the 
project. 
(2) AGENCY
PARTICIPATION.—Each Federal 
agency identified under subsection (e) shall formu-
late and implement administrative, policy, and pro-
cedural mechanisms to enable the agency to ensure 
completion of environmental reviews, analyses, opin-
ions, permits, licenses, and approvals described in 
paragraph (1) in a timely and environmentally re-
sponsible manner. 
(e) IDENTIFICATION
OF
JURISDICTIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.—With respect to each water resources project, the
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Secretary shall identify, as soon as practicable, all Fed-
eral, State, and local government agencies and Indian 
tribes that may have jurisdiction over environmental-re-
lated matters that may be affected by the project or may 
be required by law to conduct an environmental-related 
review or analysis of the project or determine whether to 
issue an environmental-related permit, license, or approval 
for the project. 
(f) STATE AUTHORITY.—If a coordinated review 
process is being implemented under this section by the 
Secretary with respect to a water resources project within 
the boundaries of a State, the State, consistent with State 
law, may choose to participate in such process and provide 
that all State agencies that have jurisdiction over environ-
mental-related matters that may be affected by the project 
or may be required by law to conduct an environmental- 
related review or analysis of the project or determine 
whether to issue an environmental-related permit, license, 
or approval for the project, be subject to the process. 
(g) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The co-
ordinated review process developed under this section may 
be incorporated into a memorandum of understanding for 
a project between the Secretary and the heads of other 
Federal, State, and local government agencies and Indian