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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">222.7404</ph> Waiver.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  The Secretary of Defense may waive, in accordance with paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section, the applicability of paragraphs (a) or (b) of 
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            , to a particular contract or subcontract, if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary personally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid harm to national security interests of the United States, and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not longer than necessary to avoid such harm.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  The waiver determination shall set forth the grounds for the waiver with specificity, stating any alternatives considered, and explain why each of the alternatives would not avoid harm to national security interests.</p>
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            (c).</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(d)  The Secretary of Defense will transmit the determination to Congress and simultaneously publish it in the Federal Register, not less than 15 business days before the contract or subcontract addressed in the determination may be awarded. </p>
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