[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 62841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24697]


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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. 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 being adopted here are 
effective November 1, 2021 and will remain in effect until new rates 
are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has also adopted its 
fingerprint processing fee of $35 per card which represents a decrease 
of $10 per card from the current fee of $45. The fingerprint processing 
fee being adopted here is effective November 1, 2021 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. Based on the Commission's fee 
calculation structure, FY20's gaming revenue will be the basis for the 
tribes to calculate their FY22 quarterly fee payment to the NIGC. As a 
result of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on FY20's gaming revenue, 
raising the fee rate to 0.08% is necessary to ensure the continuous 
funding of the agency's operations throughout FY22.
    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 costs, and postage to submit the results 
to the requesting tribe. The fingerprint processing fee decrease this 
year is a result of the one-time capital investment on updating the 
NIGC's fingerprint system and network for which the fund has been 
committed in FY21 and the system is currently in its design stage. FY22 
costs allocated for processing fingerprint continue to reflect the 
Commission's commitment on taking additional measures necessary to 
ensure compliance with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
requirements including funding compliance efforts by hiring new 
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Auditors/Officers in FY22 
to meet FBI CJIS requirements and to remediate findings from an FBI 
CJIS audit. Taking these necessary measures are not only required but 
critical to ensure the NIGC and participating tribes can continue to 
utilize the FBI's criminal history report information (CHRI) to 
determine a key employee or primary management official's eligibility 
for a gaming license.

    Dated: November 1, 2021.
E. Sequoyah Simermeyer,
Chairman.
    Dated: November 1, 2021.
Jeannie Hovland,
Vice Chair.
[FR Doc. 2021-24697 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
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