HR 1719
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1719
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
May 4, 2011
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. MCCLINTOCK,
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. JONES, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mrs.
LUMMIS, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources
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 2011'.
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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