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mit to the Secretary, with respect to each agreement 
entered into under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) a summary of information relating to 
the relevant project; 
‘‘(B) the total estimated costs of the 
project; 
‘‘(C) estimated commencement and com-
pletion dates of the project; and 
‘‘(D) other documentation determined to 
be appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall re-
quire the contractor of the affected National Labora-
tory to certify that each activity carried out under 
a project for which an agreement is entered into 
under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) is not in direct competition with the 
private sector; and 
‘‘(B) does not present, or minimizes, any 
apparent conflict of interest, and avoids or neu-
tralizes any actual conflict of interest, as a re-
sult of the agreement under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) EXTENSION.—The pilot program referred 
to in paragraph (1) shall be extended until October 
31, 2017. 
‘‘(7) REPORTS.— 
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‘‘(A) OVERALL
ASSESSMENT.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date described in para-
graph (6), the Secretary, in coordination with 
directors of the National Laboratories, shall 
submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(i) assesses the overall effectiveness 
of the pilot program referred to in para-
graph (1); 
‘‘(ii) identifies opportunities to im-
prove the effectiveness of the pilot pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iii) assesses the potential for pro-
gram activities to interfere with the re-
sponsibilities of the National Laboratories 
to the Department; and 
‘‘(iv) provides a recommendation re-
garding the future of the pilot program. 
‘‘(B) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary, in 
coordination with directors of the National Lab-
oratories, shall submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
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and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual 
report that accounts for all incidences of, and 
provides a justification for, non-Federal entities 
using funds derived from a Federal contract or 
award to carry out agreements pursuant to this 
subsection. 
‘‘(g) INCLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY MATURATION IN 
AUTHORIZED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary shall permit the directors of the National Lab-
oratories to use funds authorized to support technology 
transfer, following the standard practices of the Depart-
ment, to carry out technology maturation activities to 
identify and improve potential commercial application op-
portunities and demonstrate applications of research and 
technologies arising from National Laboratory activities.’’. 
(c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR TECHNOLOGY 
TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall delegate to directors of the National Labora-
tories signature authority for any technology trans-
fer agreement with a total cost of not more than 
$500,000, including both National Laboratory con-
tributions and the project recipient cost share con-
tribution, if such an agreement falls within the scope 
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