; and (iii) National Laboratory facilities and user facilities. (b) Metrics The Secretary shall support the development of metrics, including conversion metrics, to determine the effectiveness of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection (a) and the number and types of partnerships established between public and private sector entities and the National Laboratories compared to baseline data. (c) Coordination In carrying out the activities authorized in this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Directors and dedicated technology transfer staff at the National Laboratories, in particular for matchmaking services for individual projects, which should be led by the National Laboratories. (d) Funding employee partnering activities The Secretary shall delegate to the Directors the authority to compensate National Laboratory employees providing services under this section. (e) Duration Subject to the availability of appropriations, the pilot program established in this section shall operate for not less than 3 years and may be built off an existing program. (f) Evaluation Not later than 6 months after the completion of this pilot program, the Secretary shall support the evaluation of the success of the pilot program in achieving the purposes in subsection (a) and shall submit the evaluation to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The assessment shall include analyses of the performance of the pilot program based on the metrics developed under subsection (b). (g) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) and $1,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 for national laboratory employees to provide services under subsection (d). 202. Lab-embedded entrepreneurship program (a) In general The Secretary shall competitively award