Commission Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees
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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, 2022 and will remain in effect until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $45 per card which represents an increase of $10 per card. The fingerprint processing fee is effective November 1, 2022 and will remain in effect until the Commission adopts a new rate.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67056-67057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24134]
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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, 2022 and will remain in effect
until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has
also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $45 per card which
represents an increase of
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$10 per card. The fingerprint processing fee is effective November 1,
2022 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 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 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. Even though the industry's
Gross Gaming Revenues showed a significant increase in FY21 (basis for
FY23's fee calculation), 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 as the gaming
industry continues to emerge from the pandemic. 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 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 number of fingerprint
cards submitted to the NIGC for processing has decreased significantly
during the pandemic. The fingerprint processing fee increase is a
result of spreading the fixed costs allocated to fingerprint processing
over less number of cards processed. In addition, FY23 costs reflects
the Commission's continued commitment to take necessary measures to
comply with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice
Information Services (FBI CJIS) requirements. These measures are not
only required, but critical to ensure the NIGC and participating tribes
can continue to use the FBI criminal history report information (CHRI)
to determine a key employee or primary management official's
eligibility for a gaming license.
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Edward Simermeyer,
Chairman.
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Jean Hovland,
Vice Chair.
[FR Doc. 2022-24134 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7565-01-P
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