32 CFR § 1656.4 - Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1656.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 1656.4 - Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1656.4"
section_name: "Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1656"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVE SERVICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 6(j) Military Selective Service Act; 50 U.S.C. App. 456(j)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 16676, Apr. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1656"
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# 1656.4 Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority.

(a) Jurisdiction over the ASW will be transferred from the area office immediately after his classification in Class 1-W to the ASO that administers the Alternative Service Program in the area in which he is assigned to perform alternative service.

(b) The ASO shall:

(1) Evaluate and approve jobs and employers for Alternative Service;

(2) Order the ASW to report for alternative service work;

(3) Issue such orders as are required to schedule the ASW for job interviews;

(4) Issue such orders as are required to schedule the ASW for job placement;

(5) Monitor the ASW's job performance;

(6) Issue a certificate of satisfactory completion of the ASW's Alternative Service obligation;

(7) Return the ASW to the jurisdiction of the area office from which he was directed to perform Alternative Service; and

(8) Perform such other actions the Director may authorize as necessary to administer the Alternative Service Program.