ALLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.

SEC. 10. ALLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS. Paragraph (5) of section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) (as redesignated by section 9 of this Act) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: “(B) Prohibition.—No part of a grant or loan under this subsection may be used for the payment of— “(i) a penalty or fine; “(ii) a Federal cost-share requirement; “(iii) a response cost at a brownfield site for which the recipient of the grant or loan is potentially liable under section 107; or “(iv) a cost of compliance with any Federal law (including a Federal law specified in section 101(39)(B)), excluding the cost of compliance with laws applicable to the cleanup.” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(E) Administrative costs.— “(i) In general.—An eligible entity may use up to 5 percent of the amounts made available under a grant or loan under this subsection for administrative costs. “(ii) Restriction.—For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘administrative costs’ does not include— “(I) investigation and identification of the extent of contamination of a brownfield site; “(II) design and performance of a response action; or “(III) monitoring of a natural resource.” .