MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. (a) In General.—The Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449) is amended— (1) by inserting before section 3 the following: “Subtitle A—NOAA And Coast Guard Programs” ; and (2) [33 U.S.C. 1952-1955] by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as sections 101 through 104, respectively. (b) Grants, Cooperative Agreements, Contracts, and Other Agreements.—Section 101(d) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1952(d)), as redesignated by this Act, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading by striking “AND CONTRACTS” and inserting “CONTRACTS, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS”; (2) in paragraph (1) by striking “and contracts” and inserting “, contracts, and other agreements”; (3) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking “part of the” and inserting “part of a”; and (ii) by inserting “or (C)” after “subparagraph (A)”; and (B) in subparagraph (C) in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting “and except as provided in subparagraph (B)” after “subparagraph (A)”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(7) In-kind contributions.—With respect to any project carried out pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) that is not a cooperative agreement or an agreement to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant, the Under Secretary may contribute on an in-kind basis the portion of the costs of the project that the Under Secretary determines represents the amount of benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration derives from the project.” .