S. 3851: 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.

119th Congress · introduced 2026-02-11 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: 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.

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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.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3851.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3851.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s3851 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills