; or (B) the commencement of new programs to accomplish those objectives. (c) Updates Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an updated strategic plan in accordance with subsection (b), which shall identify, and provide a justification for, any major deviation from a previous strategic plan submitted under this section. . (2) Table of contents The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 ; 119 Stat. 594) is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 959A the following: Sec. 959B. Nuclear energy strategic plan. . 128. Innovation in carbon removal, utilization, and storage through research, development, and demonstration (a) Carbon removal (1) In general Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 969. Carbon removal (a) Establishment The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a research, development, and demonstration program (referred to in this section as the program ) to test, validate, or improve technologies and strategies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a large scale. (b) Cross-Cutting direction The Secretary shall ensure that the program— (1) is cross-cutting in nature; and (2) includes the coordinated participation of the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of Science, and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. (c) Program activities The program may include research, development, and demonstration activities relating to— (1) direct air capture and storage technologies; (2) bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration; (3) enhanced geological weathering