[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: 32CFR1656.13]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.13  Review of alternative service job assignments.

    (a) Review of ASW job assignments will be accomplished in accordance 
with the provisions of this subsection.
    (b) Whenever the ASW believes that his job assignment violates his 
religious, moral or ethical beliefs or convictions as to participation 
in war that led to his classification as a conscientious objector or is 
in violation of the provisions of this part he may request

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a reassignment by the ASOM, as provided for in Sec. 1656.12.
    (c) The ASOM shall reassign the ASW if the ASOM concludes that the 
ASW's work assignment violates his religious, moral or ethical beliefs 
or convictions as to participation in war which led to his 
classification as a CO or is in violation of the provisions of this 
part.
    (d) If the ASOM does not reassign the ASW, the ASW may, within 15 
days after the date of mailing of the decision of the ASOM, request a 
review of his job assignment by a District Appeal Board.
    (e) It shall be the function of the District Appeal Board to 
determine whether or not an ASW's job assignment violates the ASW's 
religious, moral, or ethical beliefs of convictions as to participation 
in war which led to his classification as a conscientious objector or is 
in violation of the provisions Sec. 1656.5(a) of this part. In making 
the former determination, the Review Board must be convinced by the ASW 
that if the ASW performed the job, his convictions as to participation 
in war would be violated in a similar way as if the ASW had participated 
in war.
    (f) The District Appeal Board may affirm the assignment or order the 
reassignment of the ASW in any matter considered by it.
    (g) Procedures of the District Appeal Board are:
    (1) Appeals to the Board shall be in writing, stating as clearly as 
possible the ground for the appeal.
    (2) The ASW may appear before the Board at his request. He may not 
be represented by counsel or present witnesses. The ASOM or his 
representative may represent the Selective Service System at the hearing 
and present evidence.
    (3) The Board's determination will be based on all documents in the 
ASW's file folder and statements made at the hearing.
    (4) The decision of the Board will be binding only in the case 
before it. A decision of a Board will not be relied upon by a Board in 
any other case.
    (5) A decision of the Board is not subject to review within the 
Selective Service System.

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