---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 296.1"
title: "44"
number: "296.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/296.1"
---

# §296.1. Purpose.


This part implements the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (Act), Division G of Public Law 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168, which requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Office of Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims (“Claims Office”) to receive, evaluate, process, and pay actual compensatory damages for injuries resulting from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 117-180, 136 Stat. 2114, 2168; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 59777, Aug. 29, 2023, unless otherwise noted.