[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85556-85557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Indian Gaming


Commission Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Indian Gaming 
Commission has adopted its annual fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 
0.08% (.0008) for tier 2, which maintain the current fee rates. These 
rates shall apply to all assessable gross revenues from each gaming 
operation under the jurisdiction of the Commission. If a tribe has a 
certificate of self-regulation, the fee rate on Class II revenues shall 
be 0.04% (.0004) which is one-half of the annual fee rate. The annual 
fee rates are effective November 1, 2024, and will remain in effect 
until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has 
also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $44 per card which 
represents a decrease of $9 per card. The fingerprint processing fee is 
effective November 1, 2024, and will remain in effect until the 
Commission adopts a new rate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Lee, National Indian Gaming 
Commission, 1849 C Street NW, Mail

[[Page 85557]]

Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 632-7003; fax (202) 
632-7066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 
established the National Indian Gaming Commission, which is charged 
with regulating gaming on Indian lands.
    Commission regulations (25 CFR part 514) provide for a system of 
fee assessment and payment that is self-administered by gaming 
operations.
    Pursuant to those regulations, the Commission is required to adopt 
and communicate assessment rates and the gaming operations are required 
to apply those rates to their revenues, compute the fees to be paid, 
report the revenues, and remit the fees to the Commission. All gaming 
operations within the jurisdiction of the Commission are required to 
self-administer the provisions of these regulations, and report and pay 
any fees that are due to the Commission. It is necessary for the 
Commission to maintain the fee rate to ensure that the agency has 
sufficient funding to fully meet its statutory and regulatory 
responsibilities. In addition, it is critical for the Commission to 
maintain constantly an adequate transition carryover balance to cover 
any cash flow variations.
    Pursuant to 25 CFR part 514, the Commission must also review 
annually the costs involved in processing fingerprint cards and set a 
fee based on fees charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
costs incurred by the Commission. Commission costs include Commission 
personnel, supplies, equipment & infrastructure costs, and postage to 
submit the results to the requesting tribe. The decrease in FY25 
fingerprint processing fee is attributable largely to the completion of 
the Agency's hardware refresh of core networking and server computing 
devices in FY24 which has reduced the support time for on-premises 
systems and infrastructure supporting fingerprint processing. In 
addition, the successful establishment of the CJIS Audit Unit (CAU) 
within the Division of Technology has significantly decreased the 
cross-divisional resources previously required to ensure compliance 
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information 
Services (FBI CJIS) requirements. FY25 fingerprint processing fee's 
decrease also reflects the cost savings resulting from the completion 
of one-time capital investments associated with the Washington, DC 
headquarters office relocation in FY24. In FY25 the Commission will 
also continue its commitment to take necessary measures to comply with 
the FBI CJIS requirements which ensure the NIGC and participating 
tribes can continue to use FBI criminal history report information 
(CHRI) to assist in determining a key employee or primary management 
official's eligibility for a gaming license.

     Dated: October 23, 2024.
Sharon M. Avery,
Acting Chair.
     Dated: October 23, 2024.
Jean Hovland,
Vice Chair.
[FR Doc. 2024-24968 Filed 10-25-24; 8:45 am]
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