3.0.0 5316 2023-01-11T13:33:00Z 2023-01-11T13:33:00Z House HR 2016-05-24 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUFFMAN:H.R. 5316.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United StatesConstitution: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of andmake all needful Rules and Regulations respecting theTerritory or other Property belonging to the United States;and nothing in this Constitution shall be son construed as toPrejudice any Claims of the United States, or of anyparticular State.[Page H3094]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2016-06-01T21:24:32Z Referred to 2016-05-24T14:01:35Z 2016-06-01 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2016-05-24 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2016-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-05-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 N 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 Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-05-24 Introduced in House 2016-06-06T13:54:41Z 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.
]]> Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act Display Title Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a carbon sequestration pilot program under which the Secretary of the Interior may make grants for projects to evaluate methods to increase the amount of carbon captured on qualified public lands in order to achieve a wide range of benefits, including reductions in greenhouse gases, increased water retention and water quality in watersheds, nutrient cycling, reduced erosion, and forage quality. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act Introduced in House 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5316ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5316ih.xml 2016-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.