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U.S. Restricted Party Lists

UPDATE

The DOD updated the 1286 List on June 24, 2025, and added several new universities and organizations. If you have active collaborations with China, including Hong Kong, or with Iran, North Korea, or Russia, please carefully review this list for updates. You can also query the Consolidated Screening List for other key U.S. government restricted lists. Note that this list of newly added restricted entities is not exhaustive. Please contact the Export Controls & International Compliance team to conduct Restricted Party Screenings on your active or future international partners.

Federal restricted party lists are lists of people, companies, institutions or foreign agencies that the U.S. Government has identified as being of concern to U.S. national security. The federal government maintains several lists of restricted parties, which it routinely updates. Some examples are the Department of Defense (DOD) 1286 List, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Denied Persons list, BIS Entity List and the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.

The DOD 1286 List is published by the Department of Defense in response to Section 1286 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019, to “Counter Unwanted Foreign Influence on DOD-Funded Research at Institutes of Higher Education.” 

  • The list includes foreign institutions and some foreign talent programs that have been confirmed as engaging in problematic activity or posing a threat to the national security interests of the U.S. as described in the same provision. 
  • Entities on the 1286 List are considered military end users, and U.S. law requires a federal license to collaborate with or share (ship, mail, or transfer) anything with a 1286-listed entity, with a presumption of denial, i.e. the U.S. government will almost certainly deny the license.

BIS Entity List:  The Bureau of Industry and Security publishes the names of certain foreign entities (businesses, research institutions, government, and private organizations) and individuals that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport, and/or transfer (in-country) of specified items. 

  • You must have a federal license to share (ship, mail, or transfer) anything with a denied entity. There is also a presumption of denial – the U.S. government will almost certainly deny the license.

Collaborating, or even co-authoring, with a person associated with an entity on the 1286 List or the BIS Entity List poses a very high compliance risk from a foreign influence and export controls perspective. It may negatively impact your federal funding, particularly with the DOD and DOE (Reference:  Federal Agency Risk Assessments).  You should properly disclose any affiliations with these entities, as well as activities considered foreign talent recruitment programs. Under-reporting this information can be problematic and violate federal law. See our disclosure guidance and refer to each federal agency for guidance.

Contact the Export Controls & International Compliance team with any questions!

See our FAQ and other resources on our Export Controls website.