[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68930-68931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19094]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation


FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division User Fee 
Schedule

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FBI is authorized to establish and collect fees for 
providing fingerprint-based and name-based criminal history record 
information (CHRI) checks submitted by authorized users for noncriminal 
justice purposes including employment and licensing. A portion of the 
fee is intended to reimburse the FBI for the cost of providing 
fingerprint-based and name-based CHRI checks (``cost reimbursement 
portion'' of the fee). The FBI is also authorized to charge an 
additional amount to defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 
identification and criminal justice information services and associated 
costs (``automation portion'' of the fee). This notice provides the 
revised fee schedule.

DATES: This revised fee schedule is effective January 1, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cynthia D. Harris, Chief, 
Financial Management Unit, Resources Management Section, Criminal 
Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, FBI, 1000 Custer Hollow 
Road, Module D-3, Clarksburg, WV 26306. Telephone number 304-625-4152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority in Public Law 101-
515, as amended and codified at 34 United States Code (U.S.C.) section 
41104, the FBI has established user fees for authorized agencies 
requesting noncriminal justice fingerprint-based and name-based CHRI 
checks. These noncriminal justice, fingerprint-based CHRI checks are 
performed for noncriminal justice, non-law enforcement employment and 
licensing purposes, and for certain employees of private sector 
contractors with classified government contracts. The noncriminal 
justice, name-based CHRI checks are biographic checks of the biometric 
system limited to those agencies authorized via 5 U.S.C. 9101, Security 
Clearance Information Act of 1985.
    In accordance with the requirements of Title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), section 20.31(e), the FBI periodically reviews the 
process of providing fingerprint-based and name-based CHRI checks to 
determine the proper fee amounts which should be collected, and the FBI 
publishes any resulting fee adjustments in the Federal Register.
    A fee study was conducted in keeping with 28 CFR 20.31(e)(2) and 
employed the methodology detailed in Federal Register notices 75 FR 
18751 and 83 FR 48335. The fee study results recommended a decrease in 
the fingerprint-based and name-based CHRI checks from the current user 
fees published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2022 (87 FR 47794), 
which have been in effect since October 1, 2022. The FBI reviewed the 
results of the independently conducted User Fee

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Study, compared the recommendations to the current fee schedule, and 
determined the revised fee recommendation amounts for both the cost 
reimbursement portion and automation portion of the fee were reasonable 
and in consonance with the underlying legal authorities.
    Pursuant to the recommendations of the study, the fees for 
fingerprint-based CHRI checks will be decreased and the fee for name-
based CHRI checks will also decrease for federal agencies specifically 
authorized by statute, e.g., pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 9101, Security 
Clearance Information Act of 1985.
    The following tables detail the fee amounts for authorized users 
requesting fingerprint-based and name-based CHRI checks for noncriminal 
justice purposes, including the difference from the fee schedule 
currently in effect.

                                          Fingerprint-Based CHRI Checks
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                                         Fee       Fee currently
              Service                 currently    in effect for   Change in fee    Revised fee     Revised fee
                                      in effect      CBSPs \1\        amount                         for CBSPs
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Fingerprint-based Submission.......       $13.25          $11.25         ($1.25)          $12.00      \2\ $10.00
Fingerprint-based Volunteer                11.25            9.25          (1.25)           10.00       \4\ 8.00
 Submission \3\....................
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\1\ Centralized Billing Service Providers, see 75 FR 18753.
\2\ Cost Recovery = $3; Automation = $7.
\3\ Volunteers providing care for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. See e.g., 75 FR
  18752, 83 FR 48335.
\4\ Cost Recovery = $3; Automation = $5.


                                             Name-Based CHRI Checks
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                                                              Fee currently     Change in fee
                          Service                               in effect          amount          Revised fee
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Name-based Submission......................................           $2.00           ($1.00)             $1.00
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    Dated: August 14, 2024.
Christopher A. Wray,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-19094 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
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