Sec. 9002. LAB PARTNERING SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM
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## SEC. 9002 LAB PARTNERING SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM **[**[42 U.S.C. 16391 note](/us/usc/t42/s16391)**]** ###
(a)Pilot Program ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Energy (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Chief Commercialization Officer established in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), shall establish a Lab Partnering Service Pilot Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “pilot program”). ####
(2)Purposes The purposes of the pilot program are to provide services that encourage and support partnerships between the National Laboratories and public and private sector entities, and to improve communication of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application projects and opportunities at the National Laboratories to potential partners through the development of a website and the provision of services, in collaboration with relevant external entities, and to identify and develop metrics regarding the effectiveness of such partnerships. ####
(3)Activities In carrying out this pilot program, the Secretary shall— #####
(A)conduct outreach to and engage with relevant public and private entities; #####
(B)identify and disseminate best practices for strengthening connections between the National Laboratories and public and private sector entities; and #####
(C)develop a website to disseminate information on— ######
(i)different partnering mechanisms for working with the National Laboratories; ######
(ii)National Laboratory experts and research areas; and ######
(iii)National Laboratory facilities and user facilities. ###
(b)Metrics The Secretary shall support the development of metrics, including conversion metrics, to determine the effectiveness of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection
(a)and the number and types of partnerships established between public and private sector entities and the National Laboratories compared to baseline data. ###
(c)Coordination In carrying out the activities authorized in this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Directors of (and dedicated technology transfer staff at) the National Laboratories, in particular for matchmaking services for individual projects, which should be led by the National Laboratories. ###
(d)Funding Employee Partnering Activities The Secretary shall delegate to the Directors of each National Laboratory and single-purpose research facility of the Department the authority to compensate National Laboratory employees providing services under this section. ###
(e)Duration Subject to the availability of appropriations, the pilot program established in this section shall operate for not less than 3 years and may be built off an existing program. ###
(f)Evaluation Not later than 6 months after the completion of this pilot program, the Secretary shall support the evaluation of the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection
(a)and shall submit the evaluation to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The assessment shall include analyses of the performance of the pilot program based on the metrics developed under subsection (b). ###
(g)Definition In this section, the term “National Laboratory” has the meaning given such term in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801(3)). ###
(h)Authorization of Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 to carry out subsections (a), (b), and (c), and $1,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for National Laboratory employees to provide services under subsection (d).
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