[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: 32CFR1656.15]

[Page 351]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.15  Suspension of order to perform alternative service because 
of hardship to dependents.

    (a) Whenever, after an ASW has begun work, a condition develops that 
results in hardship to his dependent as contemplated by Sec. 1630.30(a) 
of this chapter which cannot be alleviated by his reassignment under 
Sec. 1656.12 (a)(3) of this part, the ASW may request a suspension of 
Order to Perform Alternative Service. If the local board that ordered 
the ASW to report for Alternative Service determines he would be 
entitled to classification in Class 3-A, assuming that the ASW were 
eligible to file a claim for that class, further compliance with his 
order shall be suspended for a period not to exceed 365 days, as the 
local board specifies. Extensions of not more than 365 days each may be 
granted by the local board so long as the hardship continues until the 
ASW's liability for training and service under the Military Selective 
Service Act terminates.
    (b) An ASW may file a request for the suspension of his Order to 
Perform Alternative Service with the ASO. This request must be in 
writing, state as clearly as possible the basis for the request, and be 
signed and dated by the ASW. The ASW must continue working in his 
assigned job until his request for the suspension of his Order to 
Perform Alternative Service has been approved.
    (c) Local boards shall follow the procedures established in parts 
1642 and 1648 of this chapter to the extent they are applicable in 
considering a request for the suspension of an Order to Perform 
Alternative Service.