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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109-693
ENDANGERED SPECIES COMPLIANCE AND
TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2006
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4857]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4857) to better inform consumers regarding costs associated
with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4857 is to better inform consumers regard-
ing costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In response to concerns that various species had become or were
in danger of becoming extinct, Congress passed the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) in 1973. Under the ESA, the Secretary of the In-
terior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), has re-
sponsibility for plants, wildlife and inland fishes. The Secretary of
Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration (NOAA), is responsible for implementing the ESA with re-
spect to mostly marine and anadromous species. Each agency fol-
lows a regulatory process to list a species as endangered or
threatened based on the best available scientific and commercial
data. More than 1800 species have been listed under the ESA, with
1300 being domestic species. If federal actions, including approval
or funding actions, may affect a listed species, Section 7 of the ESA
requires federal agencies to consult with the FWS or NOAA to in-
sure that any action authorized, funded or carried out by such
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