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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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Endangered Species 
Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT COMPLIANCE ESTI-
MATION AND REPORTING. 
(a) CUSTOMER INFORMATION.—To better inform 
consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for 
protecting endangered and threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
the Administrators of the Bonneville Power Administra-
tion, the Western Area Power Administration, the South-
western Power Administration, and the Southeastern 
Power Administration shall each include in monthly bil-
lings sent to each firm’s power customer information esti-
mating and reporting the costs of each customer’s share 
of the direct and indirect costs incurred by each adminis-
tration related to compliance with the Endangered Species 
Act and activities related to such Act. 
(b) DIRECT COSTS.—Direct costs shall include Fed-
eral agency obligations related to study-related costs, cap-
ital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, and 
staffing costs. 
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(c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Indirect costs shall include 
foregone generation and replacement power costs, includ-
ing the net costs of any transmission. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Bureau of Reclamation 
and any other affected Federal agencies shall assist the 
Administrators with the identification of the costs. 
SEC. 3. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT COMPLIANCE REPORT. 
No later than January 30 of each year, each Admin-
istrator, in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation 
and other affected Federal agencies, shall provide an an-
nual report to the Committee on Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate estimating direct and in-
direct costs associated with compliance with the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 on a project-by-project basis 
for the Western Area Power Administration and on a sys-
tem-wide basis for each of the other power marketing ad-
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 associ-
ated with compliance for protecting endangered 
and threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973. 
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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