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H.R. 1719: Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2011

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H.R. 1719: Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-04 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2011

Plain summary

Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of each of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to: (1) include in monthly billing statements sent to customers estimates of each customer's share of such Administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973; and (2) submit 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 Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 10 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tom McClintock (R-CA), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1719 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112