32 CFR § 1656.6 - Overseas assignments.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1656.6"
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title: "32 CFR § 1656.6 - Overseas assignments."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1656.6"
section_name: "Overseas assignments."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1656"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVE SERVICE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 1656.6 Overseas assignments.

Alternative Service job assignments outside the United States, its territories or possessions or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, will be allowed when:

(a) The employer is deemed eligible to employ ASWs and is based in the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;

(b) The job meets the criteria listed in § 1656.5(a);

(c) The ASW and the employer submit a joint application to Selective Service for the ASW to be employed in a specific job;

(d) The employer satisfies Selective Service that the employer has the capability to supervise and monitor the overseas work of the ASW; and

(e) International travel is provided without expense to Selective Service.