a position within the Aviation Management Specialist Series, GS–2101, or any successor series. (6) Such a position as an Engineering Equipment Operator, WG, WL, or WS–5716, or any successor series, if the position supports firefighting and is eligible for primary or secondary firefighter retirement coverage. (7) Such a position within the Dispatching Series, GS–2151, if the position supports firefighting and is eligible for primary or secondary firefighter retirement coverage. (8) Such a position as an Equipment Specialist, GS–1670, or any successor series. (9) Such a position within any additional occupational series developed specifically for wildland firefighting. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 96 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 9602 the following: 9603. Direct hire authority to appoint individuals to Federal wildland firefighting and firefighting support positions in Forest Service and Department of the Interior. . 3. Streamlining and transparency in Federal wildland firefighting hiring at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency means— (A) the Forest Service, with respect to National Forest System land