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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.
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 establish minimum staffing and resource requirements for two forestry research institutes. The bill requires the Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico to maintain a staff of at least 50 individuals with adequate resources for research and knowledge exchange. The bill requires the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to maintain a staff of at least 30 individuals with adequate resources for research and knowledge exchange. Both institutes must have sufficient resources to advance science, research, demonstration, and knowledge exchange activities related to tropical and Pacific islands forestry. The Secretary of Agriculture is responsible for ensuring these staffing and resource requirements are met.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
Actions (2)
- Feb 11, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Feb 11, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 11, 2026
Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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