---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 438.500"
title: "20"
number: "438.500"
heading: "Secretary of Defense."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/438.500"
---

# §438.500. 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: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 28745, May 27, 2003, unless otherwise noted.