; (4) to provide technical support and capacity building, on request of a community or an Indian Tribe, to enhance the ability of communities or Indian Tribes to engage constructively in Federal agency decision making; and (5) to assist in developing and negotiating community benefits agreements consistent with section 611. (c) Application Notwithstanding any other provision of law, chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act ), shall not apply to stakeholder engagement processes or public comment activities that are required under or proceeding from a Federal environmental permitting process and led by an SCO, a TEO, or a regional community engagement officer appointed under subsection (b). (d) FAST 41 (1) Definition of agency SCO Section 41001 of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m ) (as amended by section 201(a)(2)(A)) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (18) as paragraphs (3) through (19), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Agency SCO The term agency SCO means the senior community engagement officer of an agency, as designated by the head of the agency under section 617(a)(1)(A) of the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 . . (2) Dispute resolution Section 41003(c)(2)(C)(i) of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m–2(c)(2)(C)(i) ) is amended by striking agency CERPOs and inserting agency CERPOs, agency SCOs, . (3) Environmental review improvement fund Section 41009(d)(3) of the FAST Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4370m–8(d)(3) ) is amended— (A) by striking facilitate timely and inserting facilitate early, meaningful community engagement and timely