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, 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.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 208 (Monday, October 28, 2024)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85556-85557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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]
BILLING CODE 7565-01-P
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