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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 24, 2016
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,
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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.
People & committees
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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