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.

Key Points

• This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to maintain a minimum number of employees at two specific research centers. The Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico must have at least 50 staff members, and the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry must have at least 30.
• These institutes study tropical forests and share their findings with the public. The goal of this bill is to make sure these centers have enough people and money to do high-quality scientific research and help protect island environments.
• By setting these staffing rules into law, the bill prevents these offices from being underfunded or understaffed in the future. This helps ensure that important work on forest conservation and climate science in these regions can continue reliably.

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