# 114-hr-5316: Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act

114-hr-5316, Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5316
- Congress: 114
- Title: Healthy Soils and Rangelands Solutions Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2016-05-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6511: One President at a Time Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6469: Yurok Lands Act
- 114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
- 114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act
- 114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act
- 114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5316 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5316)

## Related
- [114-hr-6511: One President at a Time Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6511)
- [114-hr-6469: Yurok Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6469)
- [114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6452)
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
- [114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6377)
- [114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6340)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5316 (as of 2025-11-18).