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    <CFRTITLE>31</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Money and Finance: Treasury</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2006-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2006-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Exemptions</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>E</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Subpart E</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 31" SEQ="3">Money and Finance: Treasury</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle A" SEQ="2">Office of the Secretary of the Treasury</PARENT>
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      <PARENT HEADING="PART 21" SEQ="0">NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING</PARENT>
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    <HD SOURCE="HED">Subpart E—Exemptions</HD>
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      <SECTNO>§ 21.500</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Secretary of Defense.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of each such written exemption to Congress immediately after making such a determination.</P>
      <P>(b) The Department of Defense may issue supplemental regulations to implement paragraph (a) of this section.</P>
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