; and (C) support efforts to develop valorization of coproducts for— (i) feed; (ii) fuel; and (iii) other uses. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 ; 119 Stat. 600) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 977 the following: Sec. 977A. Biological carbon dioxide conversion programs. . B Geological carbon removal 111. Carbon mineralization pilot projects (a) In general The Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by inserting after section 963 ( 42 U.S.C. 16293 ) the following: 963A. Carbon mineralization pilot projects (a) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall conduct field experiments of ex situ and in situ carbon mineralization approaches for the purposes of advancing carbon removal technologies or approaches (as defined in section 2 of the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act of 2023 ). (b) Activities In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) conduct field experiments of ex situ carbon mineralization— (A) using desalination brine treatment; and (B) through the broadcast of reactive minerals on— (i) soils; (ii) beaches; and (iii) shallow oceans; and (2) conduct field experiments of in situ carbon mineralization, including through drilling and injection in reactive formations for— (A) mantle peridotite; (B) basalt