as in effect immediately before the enactment of the 
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 
2005; 
‘‘(5) all reports required under sections 5(e) 
and 16, and all reports required under sections 
4(f)(3) and 18 of this Act as in effect immediately 
before the enactment of the Threatened and Endan-
gered Species Recovery Act of 2005; and 
‘‘(6) data contained in the reports referred to in 
paragraph (5) of this section, and that were pro-
duced after the date of enactment of the Threatened 
and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005, in 
the form of databases that may be searched by the 
variables included in the reports.’’. 
SEC. 15. ANNUAL COST ANALYSES. 
(a) ANNUAL
COST
ANALYSES.—Section 18 (16 
U.S.C. 1544) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ANNUAL COST ANALYSIS BY UNITED STATES FISH AND 
WILDLIFE SERVICE 
‘‘SEC. 18. (a) IN GENERAL.—On or before January 
15 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress an annual report covering the preceding fiscal year 
that contains an accounting of all reasonably identifiable 
expenditures made primarily for the conservation of spe-
cies included on lists published and in effect under section 
4(c).
‘‘(b) SPECIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—Each re-
port under this section shall specify—
‘‘(1) expenditures of Federal funds on a spe-
cies-by-species basis, and expenditures of Federal 
funds that are not attributable to a specific species; 
‘‘(2) expenditures by States for the fiscal year 
covered by the report on a species-by-species basis, 
and expenditures by States that are not attributable 
to a specific species; and 
‘‘(3) based on data submitted pursuant to sub-
section (c), expenditures voluntarily reported by local 
governmental entities on a species-by-species basis, 
and such expenditures that are not attributable to a 
specific species. 
‘‘(c) ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION 
OF DATA BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
provide a means by which local governmental entities 
may—
‘‘(1) voluntarily submit electronic data regard-
ing their expenditures for conservation of species 
listed under section 4(c); and 
‘‘(2) attest to the accuracy of such data.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF STATES FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 6(d) (16 U.S.C. 1535(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) A State shall not be eligible for financial assist-
ance under this section for a fiscal year unless the State 
has provided to the Secretary for the preceding fiscal year 
information regarding the expenditures referred to in sec-
tion 16(b)(2).’’. 
SEC. 16. REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEPREDATION OF LIVE-
STOCK BY REINTRODUCED SPECIES. 
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is further 
amended—
(1) by striking sections 15 and 16; 
(2) by redesignating sections 17 and 18 as sec-
tions 15 and 16, respectively; and 
(3) by adding after section 16, as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEPREDATION OF LIVESTOCK BY 
REINTRODUCED SPECIES 
‘‘SEC. 17. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, may reimburse the owner of 
livestock for any loss of livestock resulting from depreda-
tion by any population of a species if the population is 
listed under section 4(c) and includes or derives from 
members of the species that were reintroduced into the 
wild. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR AND AMOUNT.—Eligibility for, 
and the amount of, reimbursement under this section shall
not be conditioned on the presentation of the body of any 
animal for which reimbursement is sought. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON REQUIREMENT TO PRESENT 
BODY.—The Secretary may not require the owner of live-
stock to present the body of individual livestock as a condi-
tion of payment of reimbursement under this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Pay-
ments under this section are subject to appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 17. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 18. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this Act, other than section 
8A(e)—
‘‘(1) to the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
out functions and responsibilities of the Department 
of the Interior under this Act, such sums as are nec-
essary for fiscal years 2006 through 2010; and 
‘‘(2) to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry 
out functions and responsibilities of the Department 
of the Interior with respect to the enforcement of 
this Act and the convention which pertain the impor-
tation of plants, such sums as are necessary for fis-
cal year 2006 through 2010.