; and (2) make this data available as an input to the Department of Energy’s National Energy-Water Nexus Data System. (b) State partnerships The Director shall enter into cooperative agreements with States to carry out this section. (c) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each fiscal year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 2018. 1224. Innovations at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (a) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the National Science Foundation-wide investment in Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems $62,180,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021. (b) Small business consultation The Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems program may inform and consult with the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program and Small Business Technology Transfer program to determine criteria for innovative projects that consider the nexus between food, energy, and water systems. 1225. USDA and DOI coordinated water conservation efforts (a) Coordination The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior to improve the efficiency of agricultural water use in a manner that is also protective of wildlife, including through coordination of grant programs, best known methods for water management, drought resilience guidelines, education, technical assistance, irrigation technology development, water application system maintenance, research into practices that improve soil health and safe and appropriate uses for recycled water on crops, evaluations of water delivery systems, and recommendations for improvements needed to meet the needs of efficient water application systems. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report regarding the implementation