; (v) provide a forum for exchanging information among agencies regarding resources, programs, projects, and activities being conducted, including obstacles or efficiencies found, during Puget Sound recovery and protection activities; (vi) ensure that the science necessary for recovery and protection of Puget Sound is coordinated, planned, and implemented efficiently across the Federal Government; (vii) provide advice and support on scientific and technical issues and act as a forum for the exchange of scientific information about Puget Sound; (viii) identify and inventory Federal environmental research and monitoring programs related to Puget Sound, and provide such inventory to the Puget Sound National Estuary Program Management Conference; (ix) ensure that Puget Sound recovery and protection projects, programs, and studies are consistent with ongoing recovery and protection and related efforts in the Salish Sea that are being conducted by Canadian authorities, the Pacific Salmon Commission, and the International Joint Commission; (x) establish any necessary working groups or advisory committees necessary to assist the Task Force in its duties, including public policy and scientific issues; (xi) work with the Office of Management and Budget to give necessary input on the crosscut budget to be developed under subsection (g); and (xii) develop a biennial report on progress made towards the Action Plan, as described in subsection (d), to be submitted to the President, Congress, and the Governor of Washington. (C) Feedback by Federal agencies The feedback given by Federal agencies under subparagraph (B)(iii) shall consider, at a minimum, possible Federal actions designed to— (i) further the goals, targets, and actions of the Action Agenda, Salmon Recovery Plans, Treaty Rights at Risk Initiative, and the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program