Membership Eligibility
Membership in YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably SourcedTM YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably SourcedTM shall not be granted to any entity(ies), or entities that are sourcing from suppliers, that are restricted under any of the laws of the United States, including, but not limited to the following:
1. The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List (https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/regulationsdocs/2326-supplement-no-4-to-part-744-entity-list-4/file);
2. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf);
3. The scope of a Withhold Release Order issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (https://www.cbp.gov/trade/forced-labor/withhold-release-orders-and-findings);
4. Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other list promulgated pursuant to Section 307 (19 U.S.C. § 1307) (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title19/pdf/USCODE-2011-title19-chap4-subtitleII-partI-sec1307.pdf); and
5. Any entity named per the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act - UFLPA Entity List (https://www.dhs.gov/uflpa-entity-list).