,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjad    
,mrs4 ,lummis 7for herself1 ,mr4        
,hastings of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,amodei1 
,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,collins of 
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,huizenga  
of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4      
,luetkemeyer1 ,mr4 ,neugebauer1 ,mr4    
,southerland1 ,mr4 ,thompson of         
,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4 ,valadao7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc to   
improve the disclosure of certain       
expenditures under that ,act1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,endangered    
,species ,recovery ,transparency ,act4  
#b4 ,disclosure of expenditures under   
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc  7a7 
,requirement ,to disclose ,section #ac  
of the ,endangered ,species ,act of     
#aigc 7#hg ,stat4 #ijb2 relating to     

conforming amendments which have        
executed7 is amended to read as follows3
  #ac4 ,disclosure of expenditures  7a7 
,requirement ,the ,secretary of the     
,interior1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,commerce1 shall--  7#a7  
not later than #ij days after the end of
 each fiscal year1 submit to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources of the ,senate an annual     
report detailing ,federal ,government   
expenditures for covered suits during   
the preceding fiscal year 7including the
 information described in subsection    
7b772 and  7#b7 make publicly available 
through the ,internet a searchable      
database of the information described in
 subsection 7b74  7b7 ,included         
information ,the report shall include-- 
7#a7 the case name and number of each   
covered suit1 and a hyperlink to the    
record or decision for each covered suit
 7if available72  7#b7 a description of 

the claims in each covered suit2  7#c7  
the name of each covered agency whose   
actions gave rise to a claim in a       
covered suit2  7#d7 funds expended by   
each covered agency 7disaggregated by   
agency account7 to receive and respond  
to notices referred to in section       
#aa7;g77#b7 or to prepare for litigation
 of1 litigate1 negotiate a settlement   
agreement or consent decree in1 or      
provide material1 technical1 or other   
assistance in relation to1 a covered    
suit2  7#e7 the number of full-time     
equivalent employees that participated  
in the activities described in paragraph
 7#d72 and  7#f7 attorneys fees and     
other expenses 7disaggregated by agency 
account7 awarded in covered suits1      
including any consent decrees or        
settlement agreements 7regardless of    
whether a decree or settlement agreement
 is sealed or otherwise subject to      
nondisclosure provisions71 including the
 bases for such awards4  7c7            
,requirement ,to provide information    

,the head of each covered agency shall  
provide to the ,secretary in a timely   
manner all information requested by the 
,secretary to comply with the           
requirements of this section4  7d7      
,limitation on disclosure               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section1 this section shall not    
affect any restriction in a consent     
decree or settlement agreement on the   
disclosure of information that is not   
described in subsection 7b74  7e7       
,definitions  7#a7 ,covered agency ,the 
term covered agency means any agency of 
the ,department of the ,interior1 the   
,forest ,service1 or the ,national      
,marine ,fisheries ,service4  7#b7      
,covered suit ,the term covered suit    
means any civil action containing a     
claim against the ,federal ,government1 
in which the claim arises under this    
,act and is based on the action of a    
covered agency4  4  7b7 ,clerical       
amendment ,the table of contents in the 
first section of such ,act is amended by

 striking the item relating to such     
section and inserting the following3    
,sec4 #ac4 ,disclosure of expenditures4 
4  7c7 ,prior amendments not affected   
,this section shall not be construed to 
affect the amendments made by section   
#ac of such ,act1 as in effect before   
the enactment of this ,act4