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A list of companies whose products and/or services are excluded from procurement by acts of Congress
This dataset lists entities named in legislation passed by the U.S. Congress to be excluded from procurement in specific circumstances.
Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115 - 232) lists a number of entities from whom specific goods or services may not be procured by executive agencies. The same restrictions apply to to their subsidiaries and affiliates.
Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115 - 232) required the DoD to publish lists of those foreign institutions that have been confirmed as engaging in problematic activity as described in Section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the law. These lists are included in the FY22, FY23, and FY24 versions.
Section 5949 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) lists a number of entities from whom specific goods or services may not be procured by executive agencies for use in critical systems. The same restrictions apply to to their subsidiaries, successors, and affiliates.
Section 353 of the Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors Report: 2023 reports Foreign Persons who have Knowingly Engaged in Actions that Undermine Democratic Processes or Institutions, Significant Corruption, or Obstruction of Investigations Into Such Acts of Corruption in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Since the December 2023 expiration of the Section 353 sanctions authority, individuals designated under the act have been eligible to apply for new visas. Source: Congressional Research Service
Section 154 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) prohibits the Department of Defense, beginning October 1, 2027, from obligating or expending funds to procure batteries produced by specified foreign entities or their successors.
Additional pieces of legislation may be added to this dataset from time to time.
This dataset is manually maintained and not automatically updated with new legislation.
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| Publisher: | United States Congress (Congress) · United States The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. | ||||||||
| Collections: | in Consolidated Sanctions · Debarred Companies and Individuals · OpenSanctions Default · Regulatory Watchlists · Sanctioned Securities · United States Sanctions · Warrants and Criminal Entities | ||||||||
| Information: | docs.google.com | ||||||||
| Source data: | docs.google.com · CSV | ||||||||
| Tags: | list.debarment | ||||||||
| Coverage: | added · current until · frequency: not automated | ||||||||
| Last processed: | 2025-08-14 16:05:53 · v. 20250814160553-oef | ||||||||
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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.
| File name | Export type | Size | |
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entities.ftm.json | FollowTheMoney entities | 645.79 KB | |
names.txt | Target names text file | 19.71 KB | |
senzing.json | Senzing entity format | 239.13 KB | |
targets.nested.json | Targets as nested JSON | 361.51 KB | |
targets.simple.csv | Targets as simplified CSV | 58.95 KB |
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This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:
| ID | Title | Issuer | Target countries |
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[US-5949LIST] | James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (5949 List) | Congress United States | China |
[US-MCCAIN-889] | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (889 List) | Congress United States | China |
[US-MCCAIN-1286] | Section 1286 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115 - 232) | Congress United States | China Russia |
[US-NDAA-154] | Section 154 of the United States National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Congress United States | |
[US-CORRUPT-353] | Section 353 of the Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors Report | State United States |
The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
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