Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Briefing pack

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Senate ENR leadership (119th Congress — projection)
Chair (projected Mike Lee R-UT) and Ranking Member (projected Martin Heinrich D-NM)
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Recent work

Manchin (D-WV) did not seek re-election; top Democratic spot is open. Heinrich is a senior Democrat on ENR and chairs the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining — strong candidate for Ranking. Barrasso (R-WY, former Ranking) likely moving to Senate Republican Whip; Chair may fall to Lee or Daines (R-MT) or M

Signals the recipient responds to

Leadership in flux — confirm post-seating
Heinrich is the most stable projected contact
NM bioeconomy + tribal-lands CDR interest

Organisational context

Positions

ENR is the Senate companion to House Science for federal-procurement and public-lands CDR oversight.

Active initiatives

Public-land enhanced weathering and afforestation; DOE authorisations.

Pressures

Tribal and Western-states interests in CDR project-siting; DOE procurement integrity.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: A Heinrich-led minority engagement on proof-pack disclosure as federal-procurement integrity protects the framing across the majority transition. Heinrich's NM bioeconomy track and tribal-lands focus intersect directly with farmer-facing proof-pack tooling.

Why now: Post-seating of 119th Congress; confirm leadership assignments before outreach.

The ask: After committee seating: staff briefing, hearing witness roster, GAO scope proposal, energy-policy amendment language.

Committee: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Target members: Chair and Ranking Member; Energy Subcommittee; Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee.

Jurisdictional frame

DOE authorities; federal lands CDR; federal procurement of carbon removal; public-land enhanced rock weathering and afforestation.

Framing

Senate companion to House Science. Per-tonne evidentiary disclosure as a federal-procurement integrity question.

Specific asks

Hearing: 'Federal procurement of carbon removal — what does a credible tonne look like?' Witnesses: Wilcox, Reinhard, Planavsky, GAO staff.
Report language directing DOE to require proof-pack-equivalent disclosure from Carbon Negative Shot awardees and the DAC Hubs programme.
GAO study authorisation on per-tonne evidentiary standards for federal CDR procurement.
Energy Policy amendment language for property-based disclosure in DOE procurement.

Briefing appendix materials

DOE FECM procurement pipeline. Carbon Negative Shot award criteria comparison. GAO scope recommendation.