{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-418.500","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 418.500","heading":"Secretary of Defense.","body":"(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 must transmit a copy of each such written exemption to Congress immediately after making such a determination.\n(b) The Department of Defense may issue supplemental regulations to implement paragraph (a) of this section.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle B—Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements","CHAPTER IV—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 418—NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING","Subpart E—Exemptions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-2.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:42Z","sha256":"966bc772ba1c980d3f80552e184b0ef5419daa4c3ad939c82ecf6e99410aa224","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-418.410","next":"us/2-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-418"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}