The Under Secretary may contribute in kind on a contract or other agreement
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The Under Secretary may contribute in kind on a contract or other agreement
The document says “can”Who acts: the Under SecretaryHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“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.”
A new paragraph (7), In-kind contributions, added at the end of section 101(d) of the Marine Debris Act. Where a project is carried out under a contract or other agreement that is not a cooperative agreement and not a grant, the Under Secretary may contribute in kind the share of the project's costs that the Under Secretary determines matches the benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets from the project.
What the document actually says
“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.”
That sentence, in plain words
NOAA can pay a share of a job in kind. In kind means work or goods, not cash. It pays for the part that helps NOAA.
What this is about
A grant is one kind of deal. A contract is a different kind. This rule covers the second kind only. Part 5 says where the words Under Secretary get their meaning.
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Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, Public Law 119-65, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1986 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ65/html/PLAW-119publ65.htm
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“The Under Secretary may contribute in kind on a contract or other agreement,” Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-our-seas-2-0-amendments-act/proposal/sec02-in-kind-contributions/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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