---
kind: "unit"
title: "32"
title_heading: "National Defense"
key: "subtB/chXVI/part1656"
level: "part"
label: "Part 1656"
heading: "Alternative Service"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/subtB-chXVI-part1656"
sections_count: 20
---

# Part 1656 — Alternative Service

Title 32 C.F.R. — National Defense › Subtitle B — Other Regulations Relating to National Defense › Chapter XVI — Selective Service System

## Sections

- [§1656.1. Purpose; definitions.](/cfr/32/1656.1.md)
- [§1656.2. Order to perform alternative service.](/cfr/32/1656.2.md)
- [§1656.3. Responsibility for administration.](/cfr/32/1656.3.md)
- [§1656.4. Alternative Service Office: jurisdiction and authority.](/cfr/32/1656.4.md)
- [§1656.5. Eligible employment.](/cfr/32/1656.5.md)
- [§1656.6. Overseas assignments.](/cfr/32/1656.6.md)
- [§1656.7. Employer responsibilities.](/cfr/32/1656.7.md)
- [§1656.8. Employment agreements.](/cfr/32/1656.8.md)
- [§1656.9. Alternative service worker's responsibilities.](/cfr/32/1656.9.md)
- [§1656.10. Job placement.](/cfr/32/1656.10.md)
- [§1656.11. Job performance standards and sanctions.](/cfr/32/1656.11.md)
- [§1656.12. Job reassignment.](/cfr/32/1656.12.md)
- [§1656.13. Review of alternative service job assignments.](/cfr/32/1656.13.md)
- [§1656.14. Postponement of reporting date.](/cfr/32/1656.14.md)
- [§1656.15. Suspension of order to perform alternative service because of hardship to dependents.](/cfr/32/1656.15.md)
- [§1656.16. Early release—grounds and procedures.](/cfr/32/1656.16.md)
- [§1656.17. Administrative complaint process.](/cfr/32/1656.17.md)
- [§1656.18. Computation of creditable time.](/cfr/32/1656.18.md)
- [§1656.19. Completion of alternative service.](/cfr/32/1656.19.md)
- [§1656.20. Expenses for emergency medical care.](/cfr/32/1656.20.md)