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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[Docket No. FBI]
FBI Criminal Justice Information
Services Division; User Fee Schedule
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 namebased 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).
The notice explains the methodology
used to calculate revised fees and
provides the revised fee schedule.
APPLICABLE DATE: This revised fee
schedule is effective January 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John A. Traxler, Section Chief,
SUMMARY:
Resources Management Section,
Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division, FBI, 1000 Custer Hollow
Road, Module D–3, Clarksburg, WV
26306. Telephone number 304–625–
3700.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Pursuant to
the authority in Public Law 101–515, as
amended, the FBI has established user
fees for authorized agencies requesting
noncriminal justice fingerprint-based
and name-based CHRI checks. 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 namebased 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). The fee study
results recommend an increase in the
fingerprint-based CHRI checks from the
current user fees published in the
Federal Register on July 14, 2016,
which have been in effect since October
1, 2016. 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 the cost
reimbursement portion of the fee were
reasonable and in consonance with the
underlying legal authorities.
For the automation portion of the FBI
CJIS user fee rate, the current
methodology has been in place since
2008. This method used the
depreciation value of select capital
information technology assets as the
basis for the calculation. Given the
considerable transformation in the
business and operational environments
within the FBI CJIS Division, to include
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changes in technology and workload,
the FBI conducted an extensive business
review of the automation portion of the
FBI CJIS user fee rate. As a result of the
review, an updated methodology for the
calculation of the automation portion of
the FBI CJIS user fee rate has been
adopted.
The FBI is implementing a flat rate
methodology for the automation portion
of the FBI CJIS user fee rate. The initial
flat rate is based on historical
automation fund usage divided by
historical volume for the same time
period. The resulting per unit cost is
rounded to the nearest whole dollar to
arrive at a flat rate. Each time the FBI
conducts a user fee study under 28 CFR
20.31 (e)(2), the amount of the flat rate
will be re-evaluated to determine if an
adjustment is warranted. In making this
determination, consideration will be
given to the following factors: Program
fluctuations, available funding levels,
and/or changes in legal authority. This
methodology achieves the FBI’s
overarching objectives for program
solvency, rate stability, and predictable
revenue with regard to the automation
portion of the fee.
Pursuant to the recommendations of
the study and the revised automation
methodology, the fees for fingerprintbased CHRI checks will be increased
and the fee for name-based CHRI checks
will remain the same for federal
agencies specifically authorized by
statute, e.g., pursuant to the Security
Clearance Information Act, Title 5,
United States Code, Section 9101.
The following tables detail the new
fee amounts for authorized users
requesting fingerprint-based and namebased CHRI checks for noncriminal
justice purposes, including the
difference from the fee schedule
currently in effect.
FINGERPRINT-BASED CHRI CHECKS
Fee currently
in effect
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Fingerprint-based Volunteer Submission (See e.g., 75 FR
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Fee currently
in effect for
CBSPs 1
Change in
fee amount
$10.00
$1.25
$13.25
2 $11.25
10.75
8.75
.50
11.25
4 9.25
Billing Service Providers, see 75 FR 18753.
Recovery = $5.25; Automation = $6.
3 Volunteers providing care for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
4 Cost Recovery = $5.25; Automation = $4.
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NAME-BASED CHRI CHECKS
Fee currently
in effect
Service
Name-based Submission .............................................................................................................
Dated: September 14, 2018.
Christopher A. Wray,
Director.
countries under section 607 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 7706).
This document explains how the
Board of Directors (Board) of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) will identify, evaluate, and select
eligible countries for fiscal year (FY)
2019. The statutory basis for this report
is set forth in Appendix A. Specifically,
this document discusses the following:
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CORPORATION
[MCC FR 18–12]
Report on the Criteria and
Methodology for Determining the
Eligibility of Candidate Countries for
Millennium Challenge Account
Assistance for Fiscal Year 2019
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This report to Congress is
provided in accordance with section
608(b) of the Millennium Challenge Act
of 2003, as amended (Act). Section
608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act
of 2003 requires the Millennium
Challenge Corporation to publish a
report that identifies countries that are
‘‘candidate countries’’ for Millennium
Challenge Account assistance during FY
2018. The report is set forth in full
below.
SUMMARY:
Dated: September 13, 2018.
Jeanne M. Hauch,
Vice President/General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary.
Report on the Criteria and Methodology
for Determining the Eligibility of
Candidate Countries for Millennium
Challenge Account Assistance in Fiscal
Year 2019
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Summary
In accordance with section 608(b)(2)
of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(b)(2)), the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) is submitting the enclosed report.
This report identifies the criteria and
methodology that MCC intends to use to
determine which candidate countries
may be eligible to be considered for
assistance under the Act for fiscal year
2019.
Under section 608(c)(1) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 7707(c)(1)), MCC will, for a
thirty-day period following publication,
accept and consider public comment for
purposes of determining eligible
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I. Which countries MCC will evaluate
II. How the Board evaluates these countries
A. Overall
B. For selection of an eligible country for
a first compact
C. For selection of an eligible country for
a second or subsequent compact
D. For selection of an eligible country for
a concurrent compact
E. For threshold program assistance
F. A note on potential transition to upper
middle income country status after
initial selection
I. Which countries are evaluated?
For scorecard evaluation purposes for
FY 2019, MCC evaluates all candidate
countries and statutorily-prohibited
countries according to the following
income groups:1
• Countries whose gross national
income (GNI) per capita is $1,875 or
less; and
• Countries whose GNI per capita is
between $1,876 and $3,895.
Appendix B lists all candidate
countries and statutorily-prohibited
countries for scorecard evaluation
purposes.
II. How does the Board evaluate these
countries?
A. Overall Evaluation
The Board looks at three legislativelymandated factors in its evaluation of
any candidate country for compact
eligibility: (1) Policy performance; (2)
the opportunity to reduce poverty and
generate economic growth; and (3) the
availability of MCC funds.
1 These income groups correspond to the
definitions of low income countries and lower
middle countries using the historic International
Development Association (IDA) threshold
published by the World Bank. MCC has used these
categories to evaluate country performance since FY
2004. Our amended statute no longer uses those
definitions for funding purposes, but we will
continue to use them for evaluation purposes.
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1. Policy Performance
Because of the importance of needing
to evaluate a country’s policy
performance and needing to do so in a
comparable, cross-country way, the
Board relies to the maximum extent
possible upon the best-available
objective and quantifiable indicators of
policy performance. These indicators
act as proxies of the country’s
commitment to just and democratic
governance, economic freedom, and
investing in its people, as laid out in
MCC’s founding legislation. Comprised
of 20 third-party indicators in the
categories of ‘‘encouraging economic
freedom,’’ ‘‘investing in people,’’ and
‘‘ruling justly,’’ MCC ‘‘scorecards’’ are
created for all candidate countries and
statutorily-prohibited countries. To
‘‘pass’’ the indicators on the scorecard,
the country must perform above the
median among its income group (as
defined above for scorecard evaluation
purposes), except in the cases of
inflation, political rights, civil liberties,
and immunization rates (countries
whose GNI per capita is between $1,876
and $3,895 only), where threshold
scores have been established. In
particular, the Board considers whether
the country
• passed at least 10 of the 20
indicators, with at least one in each
category,
• passed either the Political Rights or
Civil Liberties indicator, and
• passed the Control of Corruption
indicator.
While satisfaction of all three aspects
means a country is termed to have
‘‘passed’’ the scorecard, the Board also
considers whether the country
performed ‘‘substantially worse’’ in any
one policy category than it does on the
scorecard overall. Appendix C describes
all 20 indicators, their definitions, what
is required to ‘‘pass,’’ their source, and
their relationship to the legislative
criteria.
The mandatory passing of either the
Political Rights or Civil Liberties
indicators is called the Democratic
Rights ‘‘hard hurdle’’ on the scorecard,
while the mandatory passing of the
Control of Corruption indicator is called
the Control of Corruption ‘‘hard
hurdle.’’ Not passing either ‘‘hard
hurdle’’ results in not passing the
scorecard overall, regardless of whether
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[Docket No. FBI]
FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division; User Fee
Schedule
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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). The notice explains the
methodology used to calculate revised fees and provides the revised fee
schedule.
APPLICABLE DATE: This revised fee schedule is effective January 1,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John A. Traxler, Section Chief,
Resources Management Section, Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division, FBI, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Module D-3, Clarksburg,
WV 26306. Telephone number 304-625-3700.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authority in Public Law 101-
515, as amended, the FBI has established user fees for authorized
agencies requesting noncriminal justice fingerprint-based and name-
based CHRI checks. 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). The
fee study results recommend an increase in the fingerprint-based CHRI
checks from the current user fees published in the Federal Register on
July 14, 2016, which have been in effect since October 1, 2016. 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 the cost
reimbursement portion of the fee were reasonable and in consonance with
the underlying legal authorities.
For the automation portion of the FBI CJIS user fee rate, the
current methodology has been in place since 2008. This method used the
depreciation value of select capital information technology assets as
the basis for the calculation. Given the considerable transformation in
the business and operational environments within the FBI CJIS Division,
to include changes in technology and workload, the FBI conducted an
extensive business review of the automation portion of the FBI CJIS
user fee rate. As a result of the review, an updated methodology for
the calculation of the automation portion of the FBI CJIS user fee rate
has been adopted.
The FBI is implementing a flat rate methodology for the automation
portion of the FBI CJIS user fee rate. The initial flat rate is based
on historical automation fund usage divided by historical volume for
the same time period. The resulting per unit cost is rounded to the
nearest whole dollar to arrive at a flat rate. Each time the FBI
conducts a user fee study under 28 CFR 20.31 (e)(2), the amount of the
flat rate will be re-evaluated to determine if an adjustment is
warranted. In making this determination, consideration will be given to
the following factors: Program fluctuations, available funding levels,
and/or changes in legal authority. This methodology achieves the FBI's
overarching objectives for program solvency, rate stability, and
predictable revenue with regard to the automation portion of the fee.
Pursuant to the recommendations of the study and the revised
automation methodology, the fees for fingerprint-based CHRI checks will
be increased and the fee for name-based CHRI checks will remain the
same for federal agencies specifically authorized by statute, e.g.,
pursuant to the Security Clearance Information Act, Title 5, United
States Code, Section 9101.
The following tables detail the new 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 currently
Service Fee 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.... $12.00 $10.00 $1.25 $13.25 \2\ $11.25
Fingerprint-based Volunteer 10.75 8.75 .50 11.25 \4\ 9.25
Submission (See e.g., 75 FR
18752) \3\.....................
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\1\ Centralized Billing Service Providers, see 75 FR 18753.
\2\ Cost Recovery = $5.25; Automation = $6.
\3\ Volunteers providing care for children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
\4\ Cost Recovery = $5.25; Automation = $4.
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Name-Based CHRI Checks
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Fee currently Change in fee Revised fee
Service in effect amount (no change)
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Name-based Submission........................................... $2.00 $.00 $2.00
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Dated: September 14, 2018.
Christopher A. Wray,
Director.
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