; (4) promote and encourage private enterprise in the development of an economically sound and stable domestic energy critical elements supply chain; (5) promote and encourage the recycling of energy critical elements, taking into account the logistics, economic viability, environmental sustainability, and research and development needs for completing the recycling process; (6) promote and encourage the development of substitute materials and processes that lower the dependence of the United States on energy critical elements; (7) assess the need for, and make recommendations concerning, the availability and adequacy of the supply of technically trained personnel necessary for energy critical elements research, development, extraction, and industrial production, with a particular focus on the problem of attracting and maintaining high-quality professionals for maintaining an adequate supply of energy critical elements; and (8) report to the appropriate Congressional committees on activities and findings under this section. II National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development 201. Amendments to National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (a) Program plan Section 5 of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 ( 30 U.S.C. 1604 ) is amended— (1) by striking date of enactment of this Act each place it appears and inserting date of enactment of the Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2019 ; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology and inserting National Science and Technology Council ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking the Federal Emergency and all that follows through Agency, and ; and (ii) by striking appropriate shall and inserting appropriate, shall ; (B) by striking paragraph (1); (C) in paragraph (2), by striking in the case and all that follows through subsection,