H.R. 5316: Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-05-24 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-05-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

Plain 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.

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Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5316.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5316 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114