1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flood Reduction, Wildlife Habitat, and Water Quality Improvement Act of 2019 . 2. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in the third sentence, by striking The Administrator and inserting the following: (5) Findings The Administrator ; (B) in the second sentence, by striking Before making such determination and inserting the following: (4) Consultation Before making a determination under paragraph (1) ; (C) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through The Administrator in the first sentence and inserting the following: (c) Prohibition of specification of areas as disposal sites (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator ; (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so designated) the following: (2) Limitations The Administrator may not prohibit the specification of a defined area as a disposal site, or otherwise deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a disposal site— (A) if the area is or contains a project of the Secretary for flood control; (B) before an application for a permit under this section for the area has been filed; or (C) after a permit under this section for the area has been issued by the Secretary. (3) Requirements A regional office of the Administrator shall— (A) before considering a determination under paragraph (1), obtain the approval of the Administrator; and (B) before publishing notice of a proposed determination under paragraph (1) for the area of a project, review, consider, and adequately refute the findings of an environmental impact statement for the project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).