[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3851 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3851

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.


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                   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

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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.

    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).''.
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