; (B) consumers and well-functioning and competitive energy and mineral markets in the United States; and (C) the national security of the United States; and (4) identification of means to strengthen domestic production while standardizing a system to support projects with ally or partner nations to establish resilient and responsible energy and mineral supply chains. (b) Consultation In developing the report under subsection (a), the Secretaries may consult with relevant Federal, State, private sector, and other entities, as the Secretaries determine appropriate. 5. Energy and related infrastructure supply chain reliability assurance program (a) In general The Secretaries shall establish a supply chain reliability assurance program (referred to in this section as the program ), under which the Secretaries shall— (1) prioritize, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic activities that ensure the establishment of secure supply chains, including energy production, mining, mineral processing, and manufacturing; (2) facilitate collaboration with Federal agencies, industrial partners, Mexico, and Canada to establish, grow, and maintain a reliable domestic supplier base of critical energy materials and technologies by establishing government-to-government partnerships and public-private partnerships— (A) to procure materials (as defined in section 2(b) of the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 ( 30 U.S.C. 1601(b) )) to meet the engineering and performance requirements of the Department of Energy (referred to in this section as the Department ) and private and public entities; and (B) that may relate to— (i) high-performance computing; (ii) carbon capture materials; (iii) the electric grid, including transformers and high voltage direct current; (iv) energy storage; (v) hydropower and pumped storage hydropower; (vi) nuclear energy; (vii) catalysts; (viii) semiconductors; (ix) solar photovoltaics; (x) wind; (xi) isotopes; (xii) oil and gas; (xiii) advanced materials