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HR 5316 114th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Climate change and greenhouse gases Land use and conservation Parks, recreation areas, trails Soil pollution Solid waste and recycling

Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

Introduced: May 24, 2016 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jun 1, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 24, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 24, 2016
Introduced in House
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Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to owners or operators of qualified public lands, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or Indian tribes for projects for sequestering carbon through:

  • grazing practices,
  • restoring degraded qualified public lands,
  • application of compost on qualified public lands, or
  • using biochar (carbonized biomass) as an amendment on qualified public lands.

Interior shall establish a science advisory board to furnish analysis and recommendations regarding:

  • the selection of such eligible entities and activities to receive grants based on the best available science, and
  • appropriate monitoring requirements to quantify project performance and communicate results.

Interior shall make grants, through a challenge competition, to eligible entities for projects to carry out innovative approaches to eligible activities.

Interior:

  • may furnish technical assistance for eligible activities, and
  • shall expand outreach and education respecting carbon sequestration and best practices related to those activities.
What's happening now June 1, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5316: Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5316/
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"H.R. 5316: Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5316/.
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