riate:
(A) A joint sponsorship arrangement
referred to in subsection (b).
(B) A direct contract between the
Department and the applicable Department of
Energy laboratory or site, subject to
subsection (c).
(C) Any ``work for others'' basis made
available by that laboratory or site.
(D) Any other method provided by law.
(2) Acceptance and Performance by Labs and Sites.--
Notwithstanding any other law governing the
administration, mission, use, or operations of any of
the Department of Energy national laboratories and
sites, such laboratories and sites are authorized to
accept and perform work for the Secretary, consistent
with resources provided, and perform such work on an
equal basis to other missions at the laboratory and not
on a noninterference basis with other missions of such
laboratory or site.
(b) Joint Sponsorship Arrangements.--
(1) Laboratories.--The Department may be a joint
sponsor, under a multiple agency sponsorship
arrangement with the Department of Energy, of 1 or more
Department of Energy national laboratories in the
performance of work.
(2) Sites.--The Department may be a joint sponsor
of a Department of Energy site in the performance of
work as if such site were a federally funded research
and development center and the work were performed
under a multiple agency sponsorship arrangement with
the Department.
(3) Primary sponsor.--The Department of Energy
shall be the primary sponsor under a multiple agency
sponsorship arrangement referred to in paragraph (1) or
(2).
(4) Lead agent.--The Secretary of Energy shall act
as the lead agent in coordinating the formation and
performance of a joint sponsorship arrangement under
this subsection between the Department and a Department
of Energy national laboratory or site.
(5) Federal acquisition regulation.--Any work
performed by a Department of Energy national laboratory
or site under a joint sponsorship arrangement under
this subsection shall comply with the policy on the use
of federally fun