; or (3) use their position at a National Laboratory to provide an unfair competitive advantage to an outside employer or start-up activity. (d) Federal ethics Nothing in this section shall affect existing Federal ethics rules applicable to Federal personnel. 206. Technology commercialization fund Section 1001(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16391(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) Technology commercialization fund (1) Establishment The Secretary, acting through the Technology Transfer Coordinator established in section 1001(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16391(a) ), shall establish a Technology Commercialization Fund (hereafter referred to as the Fund ), using nine-tenths of one percent of the amount of appropriations made available to the Department for applied energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for each fiscal year, to be used to provide, in accordance with the cost-sharing requirements under section 988, funds to national laboratories to promote promising energy technologies for commercial purposes. (2) Applications (A) Considerations The Secretary shall develop criteria for evaluating applications for funding under this section, which may include— (i) the potential that a proposed technology will result in a commercially successful product within a reasonable timeframe; and (ii) the relative maturity of a proposed technology for commercial application. (B) Selections In awarding funds under this section, the Secretary may give special consideration to applications that involve at least one applicant that has participated in an entrepreneurial or commercialization training program, such as Energy Innovation Corps. (3) Annual report The Secretary shall include in the annual report required under subsection (h)(2)— (A) a description of the projects carried out with awards from the Fund for that fiscal year; (B) each project’s cost-share for that fiscal year