US HB4038

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior to establish wildfire response time standards within 90 days of enactment, with a goal of initial response within 30 minutes and fire suppression asset deployment within 3 hours

Defines "response time" as the period between wildfire ignition and on-ground or aerial evaluation for suppression by federal, state, local, or volunteer public safety personnel

Applies to federal lands managed by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Mandates a joint report to Congress within 1 year that must identify a single federal point of contact for wildfire response, provide a unified budget request, and establish key performance indicators for each agency

Report must assess current aviation and ground firefighting fleet composition, estimate fleet size needed to meet the 30-minute response standard, and recommend streamlined contracting mechanisms for year-round, nationwide availability of firefighting assets