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Union Calendar No. 418 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4857 

[Report No. 109–693] 

To better inform consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for 

protecting endangered and threatened species under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2006 

Miss MCMORRIS (for herself, Mr. DICKS, Mr. OTTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Washington, and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PEARCE, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 

RENZI, Mr. HERGER, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. HAYWORTH, 

Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. 

NUNES, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, 

and Mr. JONES of North Carolina 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To better inform consumers regarding costs associated with 

compliance for protecting endangered and threatened 

species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered Species 

5 Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT COMPLIANCE ESTI7 MATION AND REPORTING. 

8 (a) CUSTOMER INFORMATION.—To better inform 

9 consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for 

10 protecting endangered and threatened species under the 

11 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

12 the Administrators of the Bonneville Power Administra13 tion, the Western Area Power Administration, the South14 western Power Administration, and the Southeastern 

15 Power Administration shall each include in monthly bil16 lings sent to each firm’s power customer information esti17 mating and reporting the costs of each customer’s share 

18 of the direct and indirect costs incurred by each adminis19 tration related to compliance with the Endangered Species 

20 Act and activities related to such Act. 

21 (b) DIRECT COSTS.—Direct costs shall include Fed22 eral agency obligations related to study-related costs, cap23 ital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, and 

24 staffing costs. 


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1 (c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Indirect costs shall include 

2 foregone generation and replacement power costs, includ3 ing the net costs of any transmission. 

4 (d) COORDINATION.—The Bureau of Reclamation 

5 and any other affected Federal agencies shall assist the 

6 Administrators with the identification of the costs. 

7 SEC. 3. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT COMPLIANCE REPORT. 

8 No later than January 30 of each year, each Admin9 istrator, in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation 

10 and other affected Federal agencies, shall provide an an11 nual report to the Committee on Resources of the House 

12 of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 

13 and Public Works of the Senate estimating direct and in14 direct costs associated with compliance with the Endan15 gered Species Act of 1973 on a project-by-project basis 

16 for the Western Area Power Administration and on a sys17 tem-wide basis for each of the other power marketing ad18 ministrations. 


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Union Calendar No. 418 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4857 

[Report No. 109

–693] 

A BILL 

To better inform consumers regarding costs associSpecies Act of 1973. and threatened species under the Endangered ated with compliance for protecting endangered 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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