Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on whether implementation should continue beyond the pilot stage.
Requires the Secretary to direct the Laboratory Operations Board to study and report on improvements to mission effectiveness, partnerships, and technology transfer at National Laboratories.
Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Secretary, in addition to specified authorities already granted, to enter into other transactions with public and private entities for research projects.
Mandates that, with respect to National Laboratories and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facilities, all actions taken by the Secretary in implementing this Act shall be through the Administrator for Nuclear Security in conformance with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.
Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to reflect the provisions of this Act with respect to strategic plans, experimental Federal waivers, and time required for approval.
States that it shall be an objective of the Administrator of NNSA each fiscal year, for cooperative research and development agreements or similar cooperative, cost-shared research partnerships with non-Federal organizations, to obligate funds in an amount at least equal to the percentage of the total amount appropriated for the NNSA for such fiscal year.