Sec. 7. Unified interagency data system
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To the maximum extent practicable, the Chair of the Council of Environmental Quality and the head of each Federal agency responsible for environmental reviews or authorizations shall iteratively develop and maintain a unified interagency data system consisting of interconnected Federal agency systems and shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations. The shared services developed and maintained under paragraph
(1)shall include a common interactive, digital, cloud-based authorization portal, which shall— be designed in a manner consistent with— the recommendations of the Council on Environmental Quality included in the study submitted pursuant to section 110 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4336d ) titled Council on Environmental Quality Report to Congress on the Potential for Online and Digital Technologies to Address Delays in Reviews and Improve Public Accessibility and Transparency under ; and 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) the minimum functional requirements described in section 5(a)(2); serve as a centralized platform for tracking and displaying real-time data on environmental reviews and authorizations made available through application programming interfaces or other reporting mechanisms from Federal agency systems that are compliant with the data standards and data architecture described in this Act; include a mechanism for the dissemination of relevant information (such as a notice of intent for public comment, public meetings, project statuses, or a notice of intent to begin an environmental review) to local communities, as applicable; allow a project sponsor to submit all necessary documentation for environmental reviews and authorizations in one unified and secure portal; support interactive, digital, and cloud-based tools enabling applicants to edit documents and collaborate with relevant Federal agencies in real time; support visual features, including video, animation, geographic information system displays, interactive maps, and three-dimensional renderings; provide for the exchange of information to and from Federal agency data systems via an application programming interface or another reporting mechanisms; allow for the submission of geospatial data associated with project location, footprint, and impact; support automatic documentation of submission and process timelines; and allow the following metrics to be tracked over time— estimates of achieved efficiencies, such as reductions in the time between receipt of applications and final authorization decisions; comparisons of authorization timelines before and after the implementation of this Act; usage of the authorization portal and other statistics from the Digital Analytics Program; metrics on the number of public comments received, responses provided, and community meetings held; the number of projects subject to litigation based on authorization deficiencies or inefficiencies; a list of Federal agencies that are not yet fully compliant with the data standards published under section 3 and the minimum functional requirements described in section 5(a)(2), along with their progress toward compliance; and examples or repositories of Federal agency-developed digital workflows enabled by the implementation of this Act, including visualizations of data sharing, authorizations and decision logic, and environmental reviews. The Administrator of General Services shall host the authorization portal as a shared service for Congress, Federal agencies, and the public. The authorization portal shall be accessible to Congress, Federal agencies, and the public, with appropriate safeguards to protect sensitive or classified information and information restricted by user type as appropriate. To the extent practicable and consistent with other law, the authorization portal shall provide public access to non-sensitive data, including authorization timelines, location, project type, environmental reviews, and mitigation measures. The authorization portal shall provide Congress with direct access to aggregated performance data and other analytics to enable real-time oversight of Federal agencies. The Council on Environmental Quality shall provide to Congress technical assistance upon request to ensure effective use of the authorization portal for oversight purposes. The authorization portal shall be designed to promote interoperability, reduce redundancy, and ensure compliance and coordination with other laws, including— section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Privacy Act of 1974), and subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code; the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program established under section 3608 of title 44, United States Code; and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, for a case in which the project is in coordination with a Federal agency with stringent security requirements. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council on Environmental Quality shall oversee piloting of shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including the authorization portal under subsection (a)(2). To the maximum extent practicable, not later than December 1, 2027, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality shall develop and implement the unified interagency data system required under subsection (a)(1). Not less frequently than annually, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, in consultation with the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, the Chief Information Officers Council, and other relevant stakeholders and Federal agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the Council on Environmental Quality’s progress on developing a unified interagency data system under subsection (a). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2032, to remain available until expended.
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