; and (B) shall oversee the compliance of the Commissioner with this subsection. (d) Special pay authority In addition to the circumstances described in subsection (b) of section 5305, the Director may establish special rates of pay in accordance with that section if the Director finds that the recruitment or retention efforts of the Commissioner with respect to positions for covered CBP employees in one or more areas or locations are, or are likely to become, significantly handicapped because the positions are located in a rural or remote area. (e) Allowance based on duty at remote worksites (1) In general Section 5942(a) shall be applied, with respect to a covered CBP employee, as if of not to exceed $10 a day and all that follows were replaced with for the cost of the commute at a mileage reimbursement rate determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management . (2) OPM determination For purposes of section 5942(a), as applied in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Director shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of a mileage reimbursement rate that is equivalent, to the maximum extent practicable, to the mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned automobiles prescribed by the Administrator of General Services under section 5707(b)(2). (3) Non-commuting factors (A) In general A covered CBP employee who is assigned to duty, except temporary duty, at a location in a rural or remote area is eligible for, in addition to pay otherwise due the employee, an allowance in an amount not to exceed the necessary amount per day, as determined by the Commissioner in accordance with subparagraph (C). (B) Exception The Commissioner shall not be required to pay the allowance under subparagraph (A) if the covered CBP employee does not routinely operate the personal vehicle of the employee for transportation between the duty station and place of residence of the employee. (C) Determination of necessary amount