; by private grants, contracts, and donations. (3) Contract and grant authority For the purpose of carrying out this section, as directed by the Committee, departments or agencies represented on the Committee may enter into contracts, make grants, including transactions authorized by paragraph (4), and may transfer funds available to the National Oceanographic Partnership Program under paragraph (2) to participating departments and agencies for such purposes. (4) Cooperation with other agencies, states, territories, and political subdivisions The Committee or any participating Federal agency or entity may enter into an agreement to use, with or without reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, District of Columbia, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign government or international organization or individual, for the purpose of carrying out this section. (e) Establishment and forms of partnership projects A partnership project under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program— (1) may be established by any instrument that the Committee considers appropriate