1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Permitting Modernization Act of 2023 . 2. Federal permitting modernization (a) Permitting process improvement Section 41003 of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m–2 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking or (C) and inserting or (D) ; and (2) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting subparagraph (D) ; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), respectively; (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) Notice of intent and scoping (i) In general The permitting timetable under subparagraph (A) shall require that not later than 5 business days after the Coordinated Project Plan is required to be established under paragraph (1)(A), the lead agency shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of intent to prepare the relevant environmental document required by NEPA. (ii) Environmental impact statements If the relevant environmental document required by NEPA is an environmental impact statement, the notice of intent required under clause (i) and the permitting timetable under subparagraph (A) shall provide for a public scoping period of not longer than 60 days, which shall begin not later than 30 days after the date on which the notice of intent is published. ; (D) in clause (i)(IV) of subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting subparagraph (C) ; (E) in clause (i) of subparagraph (G) (as so redesignated), by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting subparagraph (E) ; and (F) in clause (iii) of subparagraph (H) (as so redesignated), by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting subparagraph (G) . (b) Coordination of required reviews Section 41005 of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m–4 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively