I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3363 
To implement reforms to the Federal land management agency fire programs 
in order to address the complexities of 21st century wildfires in a more 
cost-effective and efficient manner. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. STEWART, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. DEGETTE, and Ms. SINEMA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To implement reforms to the Federal land management agen-
cy fire programs in order to address the complexities 
of 21st century wildfires in a more cost-effective and 
efficient manner. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Wildland Fire-
fighter Recognition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
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(1) the term ‘‘wildland firefighter’’ means an 
employee of a Federal land management agency, the 
duties of whose position are primarily to perform 
work directly related to the prevention, control, sup-
pression, and management of wildfires, including an 
employee who is transferred to a supervisory or ad-
ministrative position from a position of wildland fire-
fighter (as defined by the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph); 
(2) the term ‘‘Federal land management agen-
cy’’ means— 
(A) within the Department of the Interior: 
the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs, the National Park Service, 
and the Fish and Wildlife Service; and 
(B) within the Department of Agriculture: 
the Forest Service; and 
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 2105 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 3. CLASSIFICATION OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Per-
sonnel Management in the administration of chapter 
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51 of title 5, United States Code, and in cooperation 
with the Federal land management agencies, shall 
commence development of a separate and distinct 
Wildland Firefighter occupational series that will 
more accurately reflect the variety of duties per-
formed by wildland firefighters. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The Office of Personnel 
Management shall ensure that the official title as-
signed to any occupational series established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall include ‘‘wildland fire-
fighter’’, with appropriate subtitles such as hand 
crew, 
hotshot, 
smokejumper, 
battalion 
chief, 
helitack, fuels, and engine module. 
(3) POSITIONS DESCRIBED.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies with respect to any class or other category of 
positions that consists primarily or exclusively of for-
estry technician positions, range technician posi-
tions, or any other positions the duties and respon-
sibilities of which include— 
(A) significant wildfire preparedness, sup-
pression, and hazardous fuels reduction activi-
ties; or 
(B) activities necessary to meet any other 
emergency incident to which such employee may 
be assigned. 
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