---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1544"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1544"
heading: "Annual cost analysis by Fish and Wildlife Service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1544"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Endangered Species"
---

# §1544. Annual cost analysis by Fish and Wildlife Service


Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law 104–66 ([31 U.S.C. 1113](/usc/31/1113.md) note; 109 Stat. 734), on or before January 15, 1990, and each January 15 thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/1532.md?p=15) of the Interior, acting through the [Fish and Wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) Service, shall submit to the Congress an annual report covering the preceding fiscal year which shall contain—

- (1) an accounting on a [species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=16) by [species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=16) basis of all reasonably identifiable Federal expenditures made primarily for the [conservation](/usc/16/1532.md?p=3) of endangered or [threatened species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=20) pursuant to this chapter; and
- (2) an accounting on a [species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=16) by [species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=16) basis of all reasonably identifiable expenditures made primarily for the [conservation](/usc/16/1532.md?p=3) of endangered or [threatened species](/usc/16/1532.md?p=20) pursuant to this chapter by [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) receiving grants under [section 1535 of this title](/usc/16/1535.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–205, § 18, as added Pub. L. 100–478, title I, § 1012, Oct. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 2314; amended Pub. L. 106–201, § 1(a), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 307.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–205, Dec. 28, 1973, 81 Stat. 884, known as the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1531 of this title and Tables.

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–201, in introductory provisions, substituted “Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law 104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), on” for “On”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–201, § 1(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 307, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] takes effect on the earlier of— the date of enactment of this Act [May 18, 2000]; or December 19, 1999.”