PAYMENT FOR MARITIME SECURITY FLEET VESSELS.

SEC. 3504. PAYMENT FOR MARITIME SECURITY FLEET VESSELS. (a) Per-Vessel Authorization.—Notwithstanding section 53106(a)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, and subject to the availability of appropriations, there is authorized to be paid to each contractor for an operating agreement (as those terms are used in that section) for fiscal year 2016, $3,500,000 for each vessel that is covered by the operating agreement. (b) Repeal of Other Authorization.—Section 53111(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking “2016,”.