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
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Committees of jurisdiction
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