House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Briefing pack

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Chair Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Chair and Ranking Member, House Science, Space, and Technology
U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Recent work

Lucas (R-OK) directs the committee's DOE oversight with a technology-neutral energy-security frame. Lofgren advocates robust federal funding for clean energy R&D including carbon management (March 2023 DOE S&T priorities hearing). Subcommittee on Energy: Chair Brandon Williams (R-NY), Ranking Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). Envi

Signals the recipient responds to

Lucas favours 'all-of-the-above' energy; open to CCUS
Lofgren wants rigorous R&D funding
Williams/Bowman subcommittee = front line for Carbon Negative Shot oversight

Organisational context

Positions

Committee oversees DOE research, NSF Earth sciences, NASA Earth observation, NIST standards — all the federal measurement-science authorities relevant to proof-pack disclosure.

Active initiatives

Carbon Negative Shot oversight; NIST standards authorisation; NSF programme oversight.

Pressures

Bipartisan interest in scientific-integrity of federal CDR claims.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: A Lucas-Lofgren joint hearing framed as 'measurement standards for federally-funded carbon removal' engages the committee's natural DOE + NIST + NSF jurisdiction. Williams and Bowman run the subcommittee hearings on Carbon Negative Shot with witnesses from Wilcox's successor, COMET-Farm (Paustian), and Woodwell (Sanderman).

Why now: Appropriations cycle; Carbon Negative Shot awardee milestones.

The ask: Committee-staff briefing via established lobbying contacts. Witness list, schema spec, and NIST measurement-standards proposal provided.

Committee: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Target members: Chair and Ranking Member; Energy Subcommittee; Environment Subcommittee.

Jurisdictional frame

DOE research authorities (FECM, Carbon Negative Shot); NSF Earth sciences; NASA Earth observation; NIST standards.

Framing

Per-tonne evidentiary disclosure as a measurement-science question under DOE, NSF, and NIST authorities.

Specific asks

Hearing: 'Measurement, reporting, and verification standards for federally-funded carbon removal.' Witnesses: Wilcox (DOE FECM), Paustian (CSU COMET-Farm), Sanderman (Woodwell), Reinhard, NIST.
Report language directing DOE FECM to require proof-pack-equivalent disclosure from Carbon Negative Shot awardees.
NIST measurement-standard authorisation language for CDR MRV standards with public-comment periods that include Trellison's schema as one submission.
NSF programme-solicitation language encouraging open-data CDR research with proof-pack-equivalent outputs.

Briefing appendix materials

Proof-pack schema specification. Reinhard & Planavsky 2026 paper summary. DOE FECM procurement pipeline overview.