[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 105 (Friday, June 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 25617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11434]


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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION


2017 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.2, that the 
National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted its 2017 final annual fee 
rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.062% (.00062) for tier 2, which remain 
the same as the 2017 preliminary fee rates. The tier 2 annual fee rate 
maintains the lowest fee rate adopted by the Commission since 2010. 
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 under 25 CFR part 518, the 2017 
final fee rate on Class II revenues shall be 0.031% (.00031) which is 
one-half of the annual fee rate. The final fee rates being adopted here 
are effective June 1, 2017, and will remain in effect until new rates 
are adopted.
    Pursuant to 25 CFR 514.16, the National Indian Gaming Commission 
has also adopted its 2017 final fingerprint processing fees of $18 per 
card effective June 1, 2017. These fees remain the same as the 2017 
preliminary fingerprint processing fees.

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 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.
    Pursuant to 25 CFR part 514, the Commission must also review 
regularly 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 costs, and postage to submit the results 
to the requesting tribe.

    Dated: May 25, 2017.
Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri,
Chairman.

    Dated: May 25, 2017.
Kathryn C. Isom-Clause,
Vice Chair.

    Dated: May 25, 2017.
E. Sequoyah Simermeyer,
Associate Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2017-11434 Filed 6-1-17; 8:45 am]
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