The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA
or the Act), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., was
signed into law on October 17, 1988. The Act established the
National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission) and set out a
comprehensive framework for the regulation of gaming on Indian
lands. The Act sets standards for the regulation of Indian gaming,
including the requirement that Indian tribes that conduct class II
and/or class III gaming activities must pay annual fees to the
Commission on the basis of their respective assessable gross gaming
revenues, using rates established by the Commission. 25 U.S.C.
2717. These fees are used to fund the Commission’s performance of
its statutory duties. 25 U.S.C. 2717a.
US Code:
25
USC 2701 Name of Law: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Commission has made the
following adjustments to its estimated burdens: (a) the Commission
has increased the number of estimated annual responses from 71,375
to 74,706. The increase is largely due to the fact that, over the
past three years, there has been a steady increase in the number of
fingerprint submissions. Secondarily, there has also been a slight
year over year increase in fee worksheet submissions; (b) the
Commission has increased the number of the estimated burden hours
from 38,292.5 to 47,498. This increase is primarily due to the fact
that, according to tribal feedback, the average hours per response
for fee worksheets has tripled from 2 to 6. Secondarily, this
increase is a logical outcome of the increase noted in (a) above.
(c) Despite the increases noted above, the Commission has decreased
the estimated annual cost burden from $500,000 to $379,480. This is
directly attributable to the fact that, since the previous renewal
cycle, the Commission has decreased the fee that it charges tribes
for processing fingerprint cards The fee has been reduced from
$21/card to $18/card. This fee decrease, applicable to tens of
thousands of processed cards, offsets the above-mentioned increases
in responses and burden hours.
$143,924
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Tim Osumi 202 632-7054
tim_osumi@nigc.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2018.09.17 _FR_30Day_ICRenew.pdf
Fees FY Change Notice 514.7