The Act exempted from the draft men who owned fifteen or more slaves.

The act specifically exempts Federal, state and local governments.

The act also exempts all food sold in restaurants, including fast-food vendors.

Several studies have concluded that the Act exempts around 70% of eating and drinking establishments.

The act specifically exempted peaceful, often characterized as "defensive", biological weapons research.

The act exempts compounding from agency rules for new drugs, as long as the practice meets certain conditions.

The Act also specifically exempts the Minister from the requirement to ensure his decisions comply with the principles of natural justice.

The act exempts professional, administrative and executive employees, but the White House wants to revise the exemption criteria.

This act exempts companies that compete in the marketplace from antitrust actions when they cooperate in the university laboratory.

As presently enacted, the act exempts or partially exempts some cemeteries from its requirements.