1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2017 . 2. Energy Technology Maturation Program (a) In general Title X of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 1012. Energy technology maturation program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Department facility The term Department facility includes— (A) a National Laboratory; (B) any plant or site of the Department (such as the Kansas City National Security Campus, the Nevada National Security Site, the Pantex Plant, and the Y–12 National Security Complex); and (C) any partnership of entities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B). (2) Program The term program means the Energy Technology Maturation Program established under subsection (b). (b) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the Energy Technology Maturation Program , under which the Secretary shall provide funding to Department facilities to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies that— (1) exhibit promising commercial potential; and (2) are developed at Department facilities. (c) Use of funds A Department facility shall use funding provided under the program— (1) to carry out additional development activities on any technology developed at the Department facility to advance the state of the technology to the degree that a private sector partner would be interested in supporting commercialization of the technology