[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 42766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17462]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Fee for Electronic Fingerprinting

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the fee for fingerprinting at airports 
at which there is a computerized fingerprint identification system for 
the use of conducting background checks on airline and airport 
employees who require unescorted access to Federal Inspection Service 
areas of an airport. The fee will be $39.00.

EFFECTIVE DATES: July 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Slattery, U. S. Customs Service, 
Office of Field Operations, Passenger Programs, Room 5.4D, 1300 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20029, Tel. (202) 927-4434.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Customs requires fingerprints to conduct background checks for 
various reasons. See, T.D. 93-18 (58 FR 15770, dated March 24, 1993). 
In a Federal Register notice published March 3, 1998 (63 FR 10426) 
Customs announced that the fingerprint fee was $20.70. This fee was for 
manually conducting fingerprinting on fingerprint cards. The manual 
processing of fingerprint cards takes an average of four to seven 
weeks.
    Customs is now implementing, at certain airports, a computerized 
fingerprint identification system for the use of conducting background 
checks on airline and airport employees who require unescorted access 
to Federal Inspection Service areas of an airport. This system employs 
an automated fingerprint reading devise that electronically transmits 
the fingerprint data directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(FBI) where a criminal history background search can be conducted 
within 24 hours, instead of the four to seven weeks it normally takes 
to process fingerprint cards. Where implemented, this computerized 
fingerprinting system will be used in lieu of collecting fingerprints 
on cards.
    The fee for this computerized fingerprinting will be $39.00. This 
fee is based on Customs recovering the FBI user-fee that is charged to 
Customs for conducting fingerprint checks and Customs administrative 
processing costs associated with the collection of fingerprints, which 
include the compensation and/or expenses of Customs officers performing 
the fingerprint service and 15% of that amount to cover Customs 
administrative overhead costs.

    Dated: July 5, 2000.
Charles W. Winwood,
Deputy Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-17462 Filed 7-10-00; 8:45 am]
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