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In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (C) any other committee of Congress with the authority to facilitate the development of wildland fire research. (2) Board The term Board means the National Center Coordination Board established by section 3(c)(1). (3) Career pathway The term career pathway has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). (4) Chief The term Chief means the Chief of the Forest Service. (5) Federal science agency The term Federal science agency has the meaning given that term in section 103(f) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6623(f)). (6) Indian Tribe The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). (7) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). (8) Land-grant colleges and universities The term land-grant colleges and universities has the meaning given that term in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103). (9) Minority-serving institution The term minority-serving institution means an institution defined in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). (10) National Laboratory The term National Laboratory has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801). (11) Regional center The term regional center means a regional wildland fire research center established under section 3. (12) Secretaries The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. (13) Tribal organization The term Tribal organization has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). (14) Wildland fire The term wildland fire means any non-structure fire that occurs in vegetation or natural fuels and includes wildfires originating from an unplanned ignition or prescribed fire. (15) Wildland fire management agencies The term wildland fire management agencies means— (A) the Forest Service; (B) the Bureau of Land Management; (C) the National Park Service; (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (16) Wildland fire research The term wildland fire research means research to better understand— (A) the causes and consequences of wildland fires, including antecedent and contemporaneous factors that increase the risk of catastrophic events; (B) the spread and behavior of wildland fires, including fires in the wildland-urban interface; (C) the efficacy of mitigation strategies for wildland fires; (D) the impact of wildland fires on public health, safety, and the environment; (E) the rehabilitation and restoration of affected ecosystems after wildland fires; and (F) the development of mitigation strategies and techniques to improve the safety of wildland fire managers and firefighters.