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This bill, the Interactive Federal Review Act, aims to improve the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects by encouraging the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms. The key provisions include: 1) the Secretary of Transportation publishing guidance to encourage project sponsors to use these digital platforms when conducting environmental impact analyses and community engagement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); 2) the selection of at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of these digital platforms; and 3) the Secretary submitting a report to Congress on the efficacy of using these platforms, including metrics on achieved efficiencies and examples of digital workflows enabled. The overall goal is to expedite the environmental review process and facilitate interactive public engagement for highway projects.