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Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Sep 28, 2006
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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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Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5] · R–WA
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 418.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-693.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-693.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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