[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5964 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5964

 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

Mrs. McMorris Rodgers introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2010''.

SEC. 2. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT COMPLIANCE ESTIMATION 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 Administrator of each of the Bonneville Power 
Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern 
Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration shall 
include in monthly billings sent to each of the firm's power customers 
information estimating and reporting the costs of the customer's share 
of the direct and indirect costs incurred by the administration related 
to compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and activities 
related to such Act.
    (b) Direct Costs.--Direct costs reported under subsection (a) shall 
include Federal agency obligations related to costs of studies; 
capital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; and staffing 
costs.
    (c) Indirect Costs.--Indirect costs reported under subsection (a) 
shall include foregone generation and replacement power costs, 
including the net costs of any transmission.
    (d) Coordination.--The Director of the Bureau of Reclamation and 
the head of any other affected Federal agency shall assist the 
Administrators with the identification of the costs.

SEC. 3. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 COMPLIANCE REPORT.

    No later than January 30 of each year, each of the Administrators 
referred to in section 2(a), in coordination with the Bureau of 
Reclamation and other affected Federal agencies, shall provide an 
annual report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate estimating direct and indirect costs associated with 
compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973--
            (1) on a project-by-project basis, for the Western Area 
        Power Administration; and
            (2) on a systemwide basis, for each of the other power 
        marketing administrations.
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