[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56604-56605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21674]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

[Docket No. FBI 153]


FBI National Name Check Program; New User Fee Schedule

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice establishes a new user fee schedule for federal 
agencies requesting name-based background checks of the FBI's Central 
Records System through the National Name Check Program for noncriminal 
justice purposes. The total resource costs associated with providing 
these name check services have been calculated to ensure full 
reimbursement to the FBI.

DATES: This fee schedule is effective October 15, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FBI, RMD. National Name Check Program 
Section, 170 Marcel Drive, Winchester, Virginia 27602, Attention: 
Edward W. Reinhold, (540) 868-4400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority in Public Law 101-
515 as amended, the FBI has established user fees for federal agencies 
requesting noncriminal name-based background checks of the Central 
Records System (CRS) through the National Name Check Program (NNCP) of 
the Records Management Division (RMD). The regulations governing the 
revision of these user fees are set out at 28 CFR 20.31(e) and (f). In 
accordance with 28 CFR 20.31(e), the FBI is required to periodically 
review the amount of the fees it collects for the NNCP to determine the 
current cost of processing name checks for noncriminal justice

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purposes and publish any resulting fee adjustments in the Federal 
Register. Accordingly, the FBI conducted a fee study using FY 2012 cost 
information applied to the FY 2014 name check projections to assess the 
current cost to the FBI of processing name checks. The methodology for 
this new fee study is the same as the FBI has used previously, 
employing the Activity Based Cost (ABC) accounting method detailed in 
the Final Rule establishing the process for setting fees (75 FR 24796 
(May 6, 2010)). The ABC methodology is consistent with widely accepted 
accounting principles in addition to the provisions of 31 9701 and 
other applicable federal law. The fee study identified all direct and 
indirect costs associated with the name-based background checks 
incurred by the FBI in fiscal year 2012.
    These costs were analyzed by the ABC model to project the total 
reimbursable costs, by fee category, for fiscal year 2014. The fee 
study recommended several adjustments to the current user fees, which 
have been in effect since March 4, 2011. The following table details 
the fee amounts for federal agencies requesting name-based background 
checks of the FBI's CRS through the NNCP for noncriminal justice 
purposes.

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                                                                   Fee currently   Change in fee
                             Service                                 in effect        amount        Revised fee
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Electronic Submission:
Batch Process Only..............................................           $2.00           $0.50           $2.50
Batch + File Review.............................................           38.50            3.50           42.00
Manual Submission...............................................           50.75           15.75           66.50
Expedited Submission............................................           50.75           15.75           66.50
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    The higher Batch Fee is based on the increase of certain direct 
costs, such as those related to information technology acquisition. 
Manual and Expedited Fees, which only accounted for .027% of all 
reimbursable submissions in FY 2013, increased due to fixed costs 
remaining constant while submissions decreased.
    This new fee schedule will become effective on October 15, 2014.

Janies B. Comey, Jr.,
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
[FR Doc. 2014-21674 Filed 9-19-14; 8:45 am]
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