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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7518 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7518

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 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

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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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