5 U.S.C. § 5942: Allowance based on duty at remote worksites

Notwithstanding section 5536 of this title , an employee of an Executive department or an independent establishment who is assigned to duty, except temporary duty, at a site so remote from the nearest established communities or suitable places of residence as to require an appreciable degree of expense, hardship, and inconvenience, beyond that normally encountered in metropolitan commuting, on the part of the employee in commuting to and from his residence and such worksite, is entitled, in addition to pay otherwise due him, to an allowance of not to exceed $10 a day. The allowance shall be paid under regulations prescribed by the President establishing the rates at which the allowance will be paid and defining and designating those sites, areas, and groups of positions to which the rates apply. Under procedures prescribed by the President, the maximum allowance specified in subsection (a) may be adjusted from time to time in the interest of recruiting and retaining employees for performance of duty at remote worksites. allowances may be paid to employees under section 5942 of title 5 , United States Code, and the regulations prescribed by the President under such section, as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this section [ Jan. 8, 1971 ]; and such regulations may be amended or revoked in accordance with such section 5942 as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this section [ Jan. 8, 1971 ].” Not later than March 31, 2022 , the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall complete an assessment of the remote site pay allowance under section 5942 of title 5 , United States Code, and propose a new rate of such allowance, adjusted for inflation, and submit such assessment and rate to the President and to Congress. Beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning after the date the Director submits the assessment and rate under subsection (a), such rate shall, notwithstanding subsection (a) of such section 5942, be the rate of such allowance.”