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(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Response and Readiness Act. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Division A—RESILIENT LANDSCAPES Title I—NATIONAL PRESCRIBED FIRE PROGRAM Sec. 11001. Definitions. Subtitle A—Uses of Funds Sec. 11101. Definition of prescribed fire. Sec. 11102. Prescribed fire funding. Sec. 11103. Policies and practices. Sec. 11104. Collaborative prescribed fire program. Subtitle B—Facilitating Implementation and Outreach Sec. 11201. Cooperative agreements and contracts. Sec. 11202. Human resources. Sec. 11203. Liability of prescribed fire managers. Sec. 11204. Environmental review. Sec. 11205. Prescribed fire education program. Subtitle C—Reporting Sec. 11301. Annual reports to National Fire Planning and Operations Database. Sec. 11302. Annual implementation report. Title II—RESTORATION, RECOVERY, AND REFORESTATION Subtitle A—Landscape restoration Sec. 12101. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program reauthorization. Sec. 12102. Joint Chiefs landscape restoration partnership program. Sec. 12103. Contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out certain ecosystem restoration activities. Sec. 12104. Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Program. Sec. 12105. Emergency forest watershed program. Sec. 12106. Nursery and seed orchard support. Sec. 12107. Requirements related to payment timing for certain programs addressing wildfire damages. Sec. 12108. Permits and agreements with electrical utilities. Sec. 12109. Post-fire management and recovery. Sec. 12110. Long-term burned area rehabilitation account. Sec. 12111. Prize for wildfire-related invasive species reduction. Sec. 12112. Protection of inventoried roadless areas. Subtitle B—10-Year Wildfire Plan Sec. 12201. Definitions. Sec. 12202. Implementation of 10-year national wildfire plan. Sec. 12203. Selection and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects. Sec. 12204. Youth and conservation corps assistance with projects under the plan. Sec. 12205. Ecosystem restoration grant fund through national fish and wildlife foundation. Sec. 12206. Report on 10-year national wildfire plan implementation. Division B—FIRE-ADAPTED COMMUNITIES Title I—COMMUNITY PROTECTION AND HOME HARDENING Subtitle A—Grant programs for wildfire resilience Sec. 21101. Updating list of at-risk communities. Sec. 21102. Amendment to community wildfire defense grant program to allow structure hardening. Sec. 21103. Additional amounts for community wildfire defense grant program. Sec. 21104. Improvements to grant programs for community wildfire risk reduction and postfire recovery efforts. Sec. 21105. Improvements to FEMA programs. Sec. 21106. Individual household disaster mitigation program. Subtitle B—Reports Sec. 21201. Community protection and resilience report. Sec. 21202. Community wildfire resilience and insurance coverage study. Sec. 21203. Shrubland wildfire mitigation study. Sec. 21204. Emergency authorities report. Sec. 21205. Wildland fire performance metrics. Title II—EFFECTIVE WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 22001. Monitoring wildfires by satellite. Sec. 22002. Requirements relating to certain fire suppression cost share agreements. Sec. 22003. Wildfire Science and Technology Advisory Board. Sec. 22004. Improvements to wildfire forage loss programs. Sec. 22005. Joint Office of the Fire Environment Center. Sec. 22006. Interagency data collaboration environment. Sec. 22007. Study on wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries. Sec. 22008. Quadrennial fire review. Sec. 22009. The Wildland Dynamic Risk Mapping Program. Sec. 22010. Report on radio communications. Sec. 22011. Resilience accelerator demonstration program. Sec. 22012. Wildfire detection equipment. Sec. 22013. Research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applications. Title III—WILDFIRE SMOKE AND PUBLIC HEALTH Sec. 23001. National smoke monitoring and alert system. Sec. 23002. Health risk assessment for wildfire smoke exposure. Division C—AGENCY MODERNIZATION AND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY Title I—WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Sec. 31001. Middle Fire Leaders Academy. Sec. 31002. Wildfire workforce grant program. Sec. 31003. Civilian conservation centers. Sec. 31004. Pilot program to employ veterans in positions relating to Federal wildland firefighting activities. Title II—STAFF SAFETY AND SUPPORT Subtitle A—Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Support Sec. 32101. Special limitations on pay for wildland firefighters. Sec. 32102. Rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting. Sec. 32103. Health provisions. Sec. 32104. Retirement for firefighters. Sec. 32105. Pay parity for Federal structural firefighters. Sec. 32106. Pay adjustments and other matters. Sec. 32107. Wildland fire management casualty assistance program. Sec. 32108. Continuing accrual of service for firefighters. Subtitle B—Federal Workforce Stability Sec. 32201. Prohibition on reductions in force and involuntary separations at Department of the Interior and United States Forest Service. Sec. 32202. Prohibition on closure of forest service research and development facilities.