[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67056-67057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24134]


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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, 2022 and will remain in effect 
until new rates are adopted. The National Indian Gaming Commission has 
also adopted its fingerprint processing fee of $45 per card which 
represents an increase of

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$10 per card. The fingerprint processing fee is effective November 1, 
2022 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. Even though the industry's 
Gross Gaming Revenues showed a significant increase in FY21 (basis for 
FY23's fee calculation), 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 as the gaming 
industry continues to emerge from the pandemic. 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 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 number of fingerprint 
cards submitted to the NIGC for processing has decreased significantly 
during the pandemic. The fingerprint processing fee increase is a 
result of spreading the fixed costs allocated to fingerprint processing 
over less number of cards processed. In addition, FY23 costs reflects 
the Commission's continued commitment to take necessary measures to 
comply with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice 
Information Services (FBI CJIS) requirements. These measures are not 
only required, but critical to ensure the NIGC and participating tribes 
can continue to use the FBI criminal history report information (CHRI) 
to determine a key employee or primary management official's 
eligibility for a gaming license.

     Dated: November 1, 2022.
Edward Simermeyer,
Chairman.
    Dated: November 1, 2022.
Jean Hovland,
Vice Chair.
[FR Doc. 2022-24134 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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