44 CFR § 296.20 - Prerequisite to compensation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s296.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 296.20 - Prerequisite to compensation."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "296.20"
section_name: "Prerequisite to compensation."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FIRE ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "296"
part_name: "HERMIT'S PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101"
regulatory_source: "88 FR 59777, Aug. 29, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "296"
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# 296.20 Prerequisite to compensation.

In order to receive compensation under the Act, a claimant must be an Injured Person who suffered an injury as a result of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and sustained damages.