---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 56.5"
title: "32"
number: "56.5"
heading: "Responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/56.5"
---

# §56.5. Responsibilities.

- (a) The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics) (ASD(MRA&L)), or designee, shall monitor compliance with this part. In discharging this responsibility, the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, shall:
  - (1) **Coordinate efforts of DoD Components to enforce this part.**
  - (2) Assist in the development of standards and procedures promulgated pursuant to [§ 56.9](/cfr/32/56.9.md).
  - (3) Perform the responsibilities assigned to the ASD(MRA&L) in § [56.8](/cfr/32/56.8.md), [9](/cfr/32/9.md), and [10](/cfr/32/10.md).
  - (4) **Otherwise assist DoD Components in implementing this part.**
- (b) The Heads of DoD Components shall comply with this part. In discharging this responsibility, they shall:
  - (1) Designate a policy-level official to ensure compliance with this part receive and investigate complaints filed under this part and otherwise manage DoD Component responsibilities under this part.
  - (2) Notify the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, of the name, position, location, and telephone number of persons selected by them to be policy-level officials within 15 calendar days of such a selection.
  - (3) Issue guidelines pursuant to [§ 56.9](/cfr/32/56.9.md).
  - (4) Cooperate fully with the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, in that official's performance of the responsibilities assigned herein, including furnishing to the ASD(MRA&L), or designee, in a timely fashion any requested reports and information.
  - (5) **Assign sufficient personnel to implement and to ensure effective enforcement of this part.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 93-112, sec. 504 29 U.S.C. 794, as amended by Pub. L. 95-602, 92 Stat. 2982; Pub. L. 93-112, sec. 7, 29 U.S.C. 706, as amended by Pub. L. 93-516, 88 Stat. 1619; Executive Order 12250; Executive Order 12291; Executive Order 12067.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 15124, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.