1. Short title; definitions (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act or Tim’s Act . (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (2) Federal wildland firefighter The term Federal wildland firefighter means any temporary, seasonal, or permanent position at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, and Tribal Firefighters, that maintains group, emergency incident management, or fire qualifications, as established annually by the Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications published by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, and primarily engages in or supports wildland fire management activities, including forestry and rangeland technicians and positions concerning aviation, engineering heavy equipment operations, dispatch, or fire and fuels management. (3) Secretaries The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. 2. Special base pay rates for wildland firefighters (a) In general Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5332 the following: 5332a. Special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters (a) In this section— (1) the term firefighter means an employee who— (A) is a firefighter within the meaning of section 8331(21) or section 8401(14); (B) in the case of an employee who holds a supervisory or administrative position and is subject to subchapter III of chapter 83, but who does not qualify to be considered a firefighter within the meaning of section 8331(21), would otherwise qualify if the employee had transferred directly to such position after serving as a firefighter within the meaning of that section