the form of databases that may be searched by the 
variables included in the reports.’’. 
SEC. 16. 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. 17. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
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: 
‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 17. (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. 
‘‘(b) CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out section 8A(e) such sums as are necessary for 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’. 
SEC. 18. CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents in the first section is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 5 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5. Recovery plans and land acquisition.’’
; and 
(2) by striking the items relating to sections 13 
through 17 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 13. Private property conservation. 
‘‘Sec. 14. Public accessibility and accountability. 
‘‘Sec. 15. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. 
‘‘Sec. 16. Annual cost analysis by United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
‘‘Sec. 17. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 19. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—Section 8 (16 
U.S.C. 1537) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘any endangered species or threatened spe-
cies listed’’ and inserting ‘‘any species determined to 
be an endangered species or a threatened species’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b) in paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘endangered species and threatened species list-
ed’’ and inserting ‘‘species determined to be endan-
gered species and threatened species’’. 
(b) MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND SCIENTIFIC AU-
THORITY.—Section 8A (16 U.S.C. 1537a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of the Inte-
rior (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
‘Secretary’)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries’’ and inserting ‘‘Resources’’; 
and
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the 
Interior (hereinafter in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘Secretary’)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(c) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 9 (16 U.S.C. 1538) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of this 
Act, with respect to any endangered species of 
fish or wildlife listed pursuant to section 4 of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, with respect to any 
species of fish or wildlife determined to be an 
endangered species under section 4’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(G), by striking 
‘‘threatened species of fish or wildlife listed pur-
suant to section 4 of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘species of fish or wildlife determined to be a 
threatened species under section 4’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘of this 
Act, with respect to any endangered species of 
plants listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act’’