[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
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[Pages 4067-4069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32460]


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NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT COUNCIL


Fingerprint Submission Requirements

AGENCY: National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council.

ACTION: Notice of approval of a U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Indian Affairs proposal requesting access to the Interstate 
Identification Index with delayed fingerprint submission.

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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 14616.

SUMMARY: The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council 
(Compact Council) approves a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) proposal 
requesting access to the Interstate Identification Index (III) System 
on a delayed fingerprint submission basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary S. Barron, FBI CJIS Division, 
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Module D3, Clarksburg, WV 26306; Telephone 
(304) 625-2803; email [email protected]; Fax number (304) 625-
2868.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 
part 901, specifically Sec.  901.3, gives authority to the Compact 
Council, established by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy 
Compact Act of 1998 (Compact), to approve proposals for delayed 
submission of fingerprints supporting requests for III records. The 
proposals must fully describe the emergency nature of the situation, 
the risk to the health and safety of those involved, and the reasons 
why contemporaneous fingerprint submission with the search request is 
not feasible. The BIA proposal makes such an request when conducting 
criminal history record checks on behalf of federally-recognized 
tribes, in connection with the placement of children with temporary 
custodians on an emergency basis. (See BIA's proposal, attached.) 
Federally-recognized tribes that receive funds under the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25, United States Code 
[U.S.C.], 450, et. seq) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act (25 
U.S.C. 2501, et. seq) are authorized access to criminal history record 
information pursuant to Public Law 101-630 (25 U.S.C. 3205 and 3207).
    The BIA's proposal was submitted by letter dated February 11, 2015, 
and approved by the Compact Council on May 13, 2015, pursuant to 28 CFR 
901.2 and 901.3. Access to the III System to conduct name-based 
criminal history record checks, followed by fingerprint submissions, 
provides a responsive and timely avenue to determine whether an 
applicant presents a risk to children during exigent circumstances when 
time is of the essence. Such name-based checks will be followed by 
submission of the applicant's fingerprints to the FBI within 15 
calendar days.

    Dated: December 10, 2015.
Dawn A. Peck,
Compact Council Chairman.
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