A new subsection says which wildfires a payment can follow
What the document says“A wildfire that causes damage eligible for a payment under subsection (a) includes-- ``(1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally, if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes; and ``(2) a wildfire that is caused by the Federal Government.”
The whole of the new subsection (c), added at the end of section 401 and headed Wildfire Determination. It states that a wildfire causing damage eligible for a payment under subsection (a) includes two cases: a wildfire not caused naturally, where the damage is caused by the spread of the fire due to natural causes, and a wildfire caused by the Federal Government. The subsection is written with "includes" rather than "means", and the site records the verb as the quotation prints it. What subsection (a) provides is set by section 401, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says“A wildfire that causes damage eligible for a payment under subsection (a) includes-- ``(1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally, if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes; and ``(2) a wildfire that is caused by the Federal Government.”
Some fires can lead to a payment. A fire people started counts, if nature spread it. A fire the Federal Government started counts too.
Not all fires start on their own. A person can set one. So can the government. This rule names two of those cases.
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