123STA T . 1 4 4 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .3 0, 200 9‘ ‘ (A)DEFIN I T I O NOF ADM INI S T R ATI V EE XP ENSE .—Inthispar a g raph , th e ter m ‘a d ministrati v ee x pense ’ means, ex c ept as pr o vided in s ub paragraph ( B )(iii)(II), an y expenditure re l ating to— ‘‘(i) sta f fing and overhead, such as the rental of office space and the ac q uisition of office equipment
and ‘‘(ii) the revie w , processing, and provision of applications for funding under the P rogram. ‘‘(B) L IMITATION.— ‘‘(i) IN G ENERA L .— N ot more than 6 percent of amounts made available to carry out this Act for each fiscal year may be used for F ederal and S tate adminis - trative expenses of carrying out this Act. ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL AND STATE S H ARES.— T o the max- imum extent practicable, of the amounts made avail- able for administrative expenses under clause (i)— ‘‘(I) 50 percent shall be provided to the State agencies provided assistance under the Program; and ‘‘(II) an amount equal to the cost of 1 full- time equivalent Federal employee, as determined by the Secretary, shall be provided to the Federal agency carrying out the Program. ‘‘(iii) STATE EXPENSES.—Amounts made available to States for administrative expenses under clause (i)— ‘‘(I) shall be divided evenly among all States provided assistance under the Program; and ‘‘(II) may be used by a State to provide tech- nical assistance relating to the program, including any staffing expenditures (including staff travel expenses) associated with— ‘‘(aa) arranging meetings to promote the Program to potential applicants; ‘‘(bb) assisting applicants with the preparation of applications for funding under the Program; and ‘‘(cc) visiting construction sites to provide technical assistance, if requested by the applicant.’’. SEC.130 03. AM E ND MEN T ST O T H EA L AS K A NAT UR AL G AS PI PELINE ACT. Section 10 7 (a) of the Alas k a Natural G as Pipeline Act (15 U .S. C .7 2 0e(a)) is amended by striking paragraph ( 3 ) and inserting the following
‘‘(3) the validity of any determination, permit, approval, authori z ation, review, or other related action taken under any provision of law relating to a gas transportation pro j ect con- structed and operated in accordance with section 103, including— ‘‘(A) subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Administrative Procedure Act’); ‘‘(B) the E ndangered Species Act of 1 9 73 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
