1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act . 2. Special limitations on pay for wildland fire responders (a) In general Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 5541(2)(xi), by inserting , 5547a(h), after section 5544 ; and (2) by inserting after section 5547 the following: 5547a. Special limitations on premium pay for employees engaged in wildland firefighting (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered employee means an employee of the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, or the National Weather Service who— (A) is a wildland firefighter; (B) is an incident meteorologist accompanying a crew of wildland firefighters; (C) is serving on an incident management team or at a wildland fire operations center; or (D) is otherwise certified by the applicable agency to perform wildland fire incident related duties during the period that employee is assigned to a qualifying incident; (2) the term covered services means services performed by an employee that are determined by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of Commerce, as applicable, to primarily involve emergency wildfire suppression activities; (3) the term emergency wildland fire suppression activities — (A) means initial-response and extended-response activities that directly relate to suppression of a wildfire; (B) includes activities associated with a severity incident; and (C) does not include activities associated with a prescribed fire incident; (4) the term firefighter means an employee who— (A) is a firefighter within the meaning of section 8331(21) or section 8401(14)