Screening Persons and Entities

When to Screen?

The UPRM must verify that our stakeholders (faculty, staff, students, vendors, consultants and subawardees) are not in one of U.S. list of prohibited people or entities. When you are:

Hiring of Regular and Contract Faculty and Staff

• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Accepting a Regular Student

• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Awards: Faculty, Staff and Students

(This includes Visiting Students from programs such as the Institute of International Education - IIE)

• System for Award Management (SAM) (http://www.sam.gov)
• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Vendors and Consultants

• System for Award Management (SAM) (http://www.sam.gov)
• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Awards: Subawardees

• System for Award Management (SAM) (http://www.sam.gov)
• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
• Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Export Restriction Lookup Guide

In the process of exporting, the government provides users various ways avoiding a problem with export regulators by providing various restriction list. There are many lists that are found in various websites of various federal agencies, however, there are four major lists that need to be checked before working with any foreign entity or national:

• Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
• Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State
• Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744

The Export Restriction Lookup Guide is a step-by-step guide on how to easily search the above lists. Click here to download the file.