1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2017 or the REBUILD Act . 2. Assignment to States of Federal environmental review responsibilities Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 106. Assignment to States of environmental review responsibilities with respect to certain projects in the State (a) Assumption of responsibility (1) In general Subject to the other provisions of this section, with the written agreement of the responsible Federal official and a State, which may be in the form of a memorandum of understanding, the responsible Federal official may assign, and the State may assume, the responsibilities of the responsible Federal official under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to one or more covered Federal projects of the responsible Federal official within the State. (2) Additional responsibility If a State assumes responsibility under paragraph (1) the responsible Federal official may assign to the State, and the State may assume, all or part of the responsibilities of the responsible Federal official for environmental review, consultation, or other action required under any Federal environmental law pertaining to the review or approval of covered projects of the responsible Federal official. (3) Procedural and substantive requirements A State shall assume responsibility under this section subject to the same procedural and substantive requirements as would apply if that responsibility were carried out by the responsible Federal official. (4) Federal responsibility Any responsibility of the responsible Federal official not explicitly assumed by the State by written agreement under this section shall remain the responsibility of the responsible Federal official. (5) No effect on authority Nothing in this section preempts or interferes with any power, jurisdiction,