H.R. 4857: Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-03-02 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 418.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 418. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006 - Requires the Administrators of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to provide: (1) estimates of each customer's share of each Administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in monthly billing statements; and (2) an annual report estimating such costs (on a project-by-project basis for the Western Area Power Administration and on a system-wide basis for the other Administrations) to the House Committee on Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Defines: (1) direct costs to include federal agency obligations related to study-related costs, capital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, and staffing costs; and (2) indirect costs to include foregone generation and replacement power costs, including the net costs of any transmission.

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Official text

Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 22 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4857, Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006 (2006-08-10); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4857, Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006 (2006-08-10)

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Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Ken Calvert (R-CA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr4857.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr4857 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109