1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2024 . 2. Emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks Section 407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2206 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Emergency measures in response to pine beetle outbreaks (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Eligible itemized costs The term eligible itemized costs means expenses incurred by a timber service business in carrying out contractual services associated with outbreak response measures, including— (i) labor or hours for truck drivers or equipment operators; (ii) mileage or hours for use of equipment, such as transports, bulldozers, and skidders; and (iii) materials, such as gravel, grass seed, culverts, and mats. (B) Outbreak response measures The term outbreak response measures means measures necessary to address pine beetle outbreaks on nonindustrial private forest land, including— (i) timber harvesting or thinning; (ii) prescribed burning; (iii) debris removal; (iv) insecticide treatment; (v) establishment of buffer areas; and (vi) such other measures as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. (C) Timber service business The term timber service business means a business that derives gross revenue from— (i) cutting or transporting timber from forest land