Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act

not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, 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 (including the information described in subsection (b)); and

make publicly available through the Internet a searchable database of the information described in subsection (b).

the case name and number of each covered suit, and a hyperlink to the record or decision for each covered suit (if available);

a description of the claims in each covered suit;

the name of each covered agency whose actions gave rise to a claim in a covered suit;

funds expended by each covered agency (disaggregated by agency account) to receive and respond to notices referred to in section 11(g)(2) or to prepare for litigation of, litigate, negotiate a settlement agreement or consent decree in, or provide material, technical, or other assistance in relation to, a covered suit;

the number of full-time equivalent employees that participated in the activities described in paragraph (4); and

attorneys fees and other expenses (disaggregated by agency account) awarded in covered suits, including any consent decrees or settlement agreements (regardless of whether a decree or settlement agreement is sealed or otherwise subject to nondisclosure provisions), including the bases for such awards.

Covered agency

The term covered agency means any agency of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, or the Southeastern Power Administration.

Covered suit

The term covered suit means any civil action containing a claim against the Federal Government, in which the claim arises under this Act and is based on the action of a covered agency.