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    <CFRTITLE>45</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Public Welfare</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>4</VOL>
    <DATE>2007-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2007-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Secretary of Defense.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>1230.500</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 1230.500</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 45" SEQ="4">Public Welfare</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle B" SEQ="3">Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER XII" SEQ="2">CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 1230" SEQ="1">NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart E" SEQ="0">Exemptions</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 1230.500</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.<PRTPAGE P="74"/>
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    <P>(b) The Department of Defense may issue supplemental regulations to implement paragraph (a) of this section.</P>
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