(A) encourage commercial evaluation and
development of the science and technology base
of the contractor-operated facilities; and
(B) provide technical assistance to small
businesses.
SEC. 4. CONTRACT RESEARCH SERVICES.
Section 31a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2051(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) areas of technology within the mission of
the Department of Energy as authorized by law.’’.
SEC. 5. COST RECOVERY.
Section 33 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2053) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 33. RESEARCH FOR OTH-
ERS.—Where’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 33. RESEARCH FOR OTHERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Where’’; and
(2) by striking the last sentence and inserting
the following:
‘‘(b) COST RECOVERY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection
(a), the Secretary of Energy shall not recover more
than the full cost of work incurred at contractor-op-
erated facilities of the Department of Energy.
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Any costs in-
curred by the Department of Energy in connection
with work performed by contractor-operated facilities
of the Department of Energy shall be funded from
departmental administration accounts of the Depart-
ment of Energy.
‘‘(3) CHARGES.—For work performed for a per-
son other than the Department of Energy (including
non-Federal entities and Federal agencies other than
the Department of Energy) (referred to in this para-
graph as an ‘external customer’), a contractor-oper-
ated facility may assess a charge in an amount that
does not exceed the sum of—
‘‘(A) the direct cost to the contractor in
performing the work for the external customer;
and
‘‘(B) a pro rata share of overhead charges
for overhead-funded services directly required
for performance of the specific work for exter-
nal customers as a whole or to a category of ex-
ternal customers that includes the external cus-
tomer.’’.
SEC. 6. PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND INDUS-
TRY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title I of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 34. CONTRACTOR-OPERATED FACILITIES OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF ENERGY.
‘‘(a) METRICS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
METRICS.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘metrics’ means a system of meas-
urements to determine levels of specific areas of per-
formance.
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN CONTRACTS.—Metrics—
‘‘(A) shall be developed jointly by the Sec-
retary of Energy and each contractor operating
a facility of the Department of Energy to en-
sure that realistic goals are established that are
directly supportive of the mission and respon-
sibilities of the contractor-operated facility;
‘‘(B) shall be specified in the contract for
operation of the facility; and
‘‘(C) shall be used to evaluate the effective-
ness of partnership development by the facility.
‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS AND INTERACTIONS.—
‘‘(1) ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND
INTERACTIONS.—The Secretary of Energy shall en-
courage partnerships and interactions with univer-
sities and private industry at each contractor-oper-
ated facility.
‘‘(2) COMPONENT OF PERFORMANCE EVALUA-
TIONS.—The development and expansion of partner-
ships and interactions with universities and private
industry shall be a component in evaluating the an-
nual performance of each contractor-operated facil-
ity.
‘‘(c) SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy
shall require that each contractor operating a facility
of the Department of Energy create a small business
technology partnership program at each contractor-
operated facility.
‘‘(2) FUNDING
LEVEL.—A contractor may
spend not more than 0.25 percent of the total oper-
ating budget of a contractor-operated facility on the
program.
‘‘(3) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall annu-
ally evaluate the effectiveness of the program with
each contractor to ensure that the program is pro-
viding opportunities for small businesses to interact
with and use the resources of each contractor-oper-
ated facility.
‘‘(4) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds from the pro-
gram—
‘‘(A) shall be used to cover a contractor-
operated facility’s costs of interactions with
small businesses; and
‘‘(B) shall not be used for direct monetary
grants to small businesses.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. prec.
2011) is amended by adding at the end of the items relat-
ing to chapter 4 of title I the following:
‘‘Sec. 34. Contractor-operated facilities of the Department of Energy.’’.
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