; and (B) energy and related infrastructure; and (5) plan for— (A) the sustainment of the supply of recycled materials for energy and related technologies; and (B) required infrastructure to recycle materials for energy and related technologies. (b) Financial assistance The Secretaries may provide loans, loan guarantees, other financial assistance, and assistance in the form of an equity interest to carry out the activities under the program. (c) Funding There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this section $200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 6. North American energy security cooperation (a) Covered energy source defined In this section, the term covered energy source means any of the following: (1) Solar energy. (2) Biomass energy. (3) Energy efficiency technology. (4) Wind energy. (5) Geothermal energy. (6) Wave and tidal energy. (7) Advanced battery technology. (8) Hydrogen technology. (9) Nuclear energy. (10) Carbon capture, utilization, and storage technology. (11) Natural gas energy, including conventional and unconventional natural gas technologies and other associated technologies, and natural gas projects. (12) Water technologies, including water desalination, wastewater treatment and reclamation, and other water treatment refining. (13) Petroleum, petroleum derivatives, and petroleum products. (14) Critical materials (as defined in section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 ( 30 U.S.C. 1606(a) )) necessary for use of any of the energy sources described in paragraphs (1) through (13). (b) Sense of Congress on United States-Mexico-Canada Cooperation Agreement It is the sense of Congress that— (1) it is in the highest economic and national security interests of the United States to develop covered energy sources in the United States; (2) the states of Mexico and provinces of Canada are steadfast allies of the United States and have the capacity to produce energy and mineral resources that contribute to economic and national security