---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 601.500"
title: "10"
number: "601.500"
heading: "Secretary of Defense."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/601.500"
---

# §601.500. Secretary of Defense.

- (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.
- (b) The Department of Defense may issue supplemental regulations to implement [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 1352; 42 U.S.C. 7254 and 7256; 31 U.S.C. 6301-6308; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 6737, 6746, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted.