and 18 of this Act as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Threatened and Endangered Species 
Recovery Act of 2005; and 
‘‘(6) data contained in the reports referred to in 
paragraph (5) of this section, and that were produced 
after the date of enactment of the Threatened and En-
dangered Species Recovery Act of 2005, in the form 
of databases that may be searched by the variables in-
cluded 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 Congress an 
annual report covering the preceding fiscal year that con-
tains an accounting of all reasonably identifiable expendi-
tures made primarily for the conservation of species in-
cluded on lists published and in effect under section 4(c). 
‘‘(b) SPECIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—Each report 
under this section shall specify— 
‘‘(1) expenditures of Federal funds on a species- 
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 pro-
vide a means by which local governmental entities may— 
‘‘(1) voluntarily submit electronic data regard-
ing their expenditures for conservation of species list-
ed 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 amend-
ed— 
(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 In-
terior, 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 depredation by any 
population of a species if the population is listed under sec-
tion 4(c) and includes or derives from members of the spe-
cies 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) USE OF DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept 
and use donations of funds to pay reimbursement under 
this section. 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The require-
ment to pay reimbursement under this section is subject to 
the availability of funds for such payments.’’. 
SEC. 17. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Endangered Species Act of 
1973 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘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 importation of 
plants, such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 
2006 through 2010. 
‘‘(b) CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior