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.

This bill changes a 1990 federal farm and conservation law that covers two U.S. Forest Service research institutes. It would require the Secretary of Agriculture to make sure the Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico has a staff of at least 50 people. It would require the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry to have a staff of at least 30 people. Both institutes would also have to be given resources to advance science, research, demonstration, and knowledge sharing on their assigned activities. The bill also renames the section to include Pacific Islands forestry and reorganizes its text into subsections.

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Sponsors

• Mazie K. Hirono Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors