COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.

SEC. 3508. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. Section 109 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking the headline for subsection (h) and inserting the following:“(h) Contracts, Cooperative Agreements, and Audits.—”;(2) by striking the heading for paragraph (1) of subsection (h) and inserting the following:“(1) Contracts and cooperative agreements.—”;(3) by striking “make contracts” in subsection (h)(1) and inserting “make contracts and cooperative agreements”;(4) by striking “section and” in subsection (h)(1)(A) and inserting “section,”;(5) by striking “title 46;” in subsection (h)(1)(A) and insert “title 46, and all other Maritime Administration programs;”; and(6) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) and inserting after subsection (h) the following:“(i) Grant Administrative Expenses.—Except as otherwise provided by law, the administrative and related expenses for the administration of any grant programs by the Maritime Administrator may not exceed 3 percent.”.