(b)
EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.-The Board may,on a case by case basis,exempt any person,issuer,public accounting firm,or transaction from the prohibition on the provision of services under section 10A(g)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(as added by this section),to the extent that such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and is consistent with the protection of investors,and subject to review by the Commission in the same manner as for rules of the Board under section 107.