[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1656.1]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.1  Purpose; definitions.




Sec.
1656.1 Purpose; definitions.
1656.2 Order to perform alternative service.
1656.3 Responsibility for administration.
1656.4 Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority.
1656.5 Eligible employment.
1656.6 Overseas assignments.
1656.7 Employer responsibilities.
1656.8 Employment agreements.
1656.9 Alternative service worker's responsibilities.
1656.10 Job placement.
1656.11 Job performance standards and sanctions.
1656.12 Job reassignment.
1656.13 Review of alternative service job assignments.
1656.14 Postponement of reporting date.
1656.15 Suspension of order to perform alternative service because of 
          hardship to dependents.
1656.16 Early release--grounds and procedures.
1656.17 Administrative complaint process.
1656.18 Computation of creditable time.
1656.19 Completion of alternative service.
1656.20 Expenses for emergency medical care.

    Authority: Sec. 6(j) Military Selective Service Act; 50 U.S.C. App. 
456(j).

    Source: 48 FR 16676, Apr. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The provisions of this part govern the administration of 
registrants in Class 1-W and the Alternative Service Program.
    (b) The definitions of this paragraph shall apply in the 
interpretation of the provisions of this part:
    (1) Alternative Service (AS). Civilian work performed in lieu of 
military service by a registrant who has been classified in Class 1-W.
    (2) Alternative Service Office (ASO). An office to administer the 
Alternative Service Program in a specified geographical area.
    (3) Alternative Service Office Manager (ASOM). The head of the ASO.
    (4) Alternative Service Work. Civilian work which contributes to the 
maintenance of the national health, safety or interest, as the Director 
may deem appropriate.
    (5) Alternative Service Worker (ASW). A registrant who has been 
found to be qualified for service and has been ordered to perform 
alternative service (Class 1-W).
    (6) Creditable Time. Time that is counted toward an ASWs fulfillment 
of his alternative service obligation.
    (7) Director. The Director of Selective Service, unless used with a 
modifier.

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    (8) Employer. Any institution, firm, agency or corporation engaged 
in lawful activity in the United States, its territories or possessions, 
or in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, that has been approved by 
Selective Service to employ ASWs.
    (9) Job Assignment. A job with an eligible employer to which an ASW 
is assigned to perform his alternative service.
    (10) Job Bank. A current inventory of alternative service job 
openings.
    (11) Job Matching. A comparison of the ASW's work experience, 
education, training, special skills, and work preferences with the 
requirements of the positions in the job bank.
    (12) Job Placement. Assignment of the ASW to alternative service 
work.
    (13) Open Placement. The assignment of ASWs without employer 
interview to employers who have agreed to employ all ASWs assigned to 
them up to an agreed number.

[48 FR 16676, Apr. 19, 1983, as amended at 69 FR 20544, Apr. 16, 2004]