---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 3.805"
title: "48"
number: "3.805"
heading: "Exemption."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/3.805"
---

# §3.805. Exemption.


The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibitions of this subpart whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall transmit a copy of the exemption to Congress immediately after making the determination.


## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 46330, Aug. 17, 2007]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 3190, Jan. 30, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42108, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 46330, Aug. 17, 2007]