[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70206-70207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19086]


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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 takes effect 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

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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 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    Revised fee   Revised fee
                                             in effect      CBSPs \1\     fee amount                  for CBSPs
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Fingerprint-based Submission..............       $13.25          $11.25      ($1.25)        $12.00    \2\ $10.00
Fingerprint-based Volunteer Submission \3\        11.25            9.25       (1.25)         10.00      \4\ 8.00
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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 in    Change in fee
                          Service                                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. 2024-19086 Filed 8-28-24; 8:45 am]
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