Sec. 4. Department of Defense firefighting personnel
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon request from a qualified agency head, the Secretary of Defense may authorize firefighters in the Department of Defense to conduct operations, or to assist the qualified agency head in conducting operations, in response to incidents of wildfire or fire in the wildland-urban interface. A qualified agency head who makes a request to the Secretary of Defense under subsection
(a)shall reimburse the Secretary for the costs of the services provided by the Secretary pursuant to the request, at rates determined, and agreed to, by the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on any financial and logistical barriers to conducting the operations, or providing the assistance, described in subsection (a). In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The term qualified agency head means any of the following: The Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of the Interior. The head of any other relevant agency, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.