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To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure adequate staffing and resources for the Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure adequate staffing and resources for the Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Summary
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure adequate staffing and resources for two forestry research institutes. The bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a minimum staff of 50 individuals at the Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico. The bill also requires the Secretary to maintain a minimum staff of 30 individuals at the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Both institutes must have adequate resources to advance science, research, demonstration, and knowledge exchange related to tropical and Pacific Islands forestry activities. The bill establishes minimum staffing levels and resource requirements to support these research institutions.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
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Actions (3)
- Mar 20, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. · house
- Feb 11, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 11, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2026
Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Hernandez, and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure adequate staffing and resources for the Institute of Tropical Forestry and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INSTITUTES OF TROPICAL FORESTRY AND PACIFIC ISLANDS FORESTRY.
Section 2407 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6706) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting “and pacific islands forestry” after “tropical forestry”;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking “The Institutes” and inserting the following:
“(b) Activities.—The Institutes”;
(3) in the matter preceding subsection (b) (as so designated), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following:
“(a) In General.—The Secretary”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Staffing and Resources.—The Secretary shall ensure that—
“(1) the Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico has a staff of not fewer than 50 individuals and adequate resources to credibly and substantially advance the science, research, demonstration, and knowledge exchange relating to the activities described in subsection (b); and
“(2) the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry has a staff of not fewer than 30 individuals and adequate resources to credibly and substantially advance the science, research, demonstration, and knowledge exchange relating to the activities described in subsection (b).”. <all>
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