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, 2023, and will remain in effect until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $53 per card which represents an increase of $8 per card. The fingerprint processing fee is effective November 1, 2023, and will remain in effect until the Commission adopts a new rate.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77362-77363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24780]
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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, 2023, and will remain in effect
until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has
also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $53 per card which
represents an increase of $8 per card. The fingerprint processing fee
is effective November 1, 2023, 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. 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 significantly decreased
since the pandemic. The fingerprint processing fee increase is a result
of spreading the fixed costs allocated to fingerprint processing over a
smaller number of cards processed. In addition, the FY24 fingerprint
processing fee includes the cost allocation from the one-time capital
investments associated with the Washington, DC headquarters office
relocation and the Agency's hardware refresh of core networking and
server computing devices required to support the Agency's
infrastructure operations. Maintaining valid support agreements and
replacing aging hardware when needed is vital to ensure maximum uptime
for IT operations while
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minimizing disruptions to business processes, including the Tribal
fingerprint services. In FY24 the Commission will also continue its
commitment to take necessary measures to comply with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services (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: November 1, 2023.
Edward Simermeyer,
Chairman.
Dated: November 1, 2023.
Jean Hovland,
Vice Chair.
[FR Doc. 2023-24780 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7565-01-P
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