diff --git a/.annotation_safe_list.yml b/.annotation_safe_list.yml
index a410180..2465ff8 100644
--- a/.annotation_safe_list.yml
+++ b/.annotation_safe_list.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ contenttypes.ContentType:
   ".. no_pii:": "This model has no PII"
 sanctions.SanctionsCheckFailure:
   ".. no_pii:": "This model has no PII"
+sanctions.SanctionsFallbackMetadata:
+  ".. no_pii:": "This model has no PII"
+sanctions.SanctionsFallbackData:
+  ".. no_pii:": "This model has no PII"
 sessions.Session:
   ".. no_pii:": "This model has no PII"
 social_django.Association:
diff --git a/sanctions/apps/api/models.py b/sanctions/apps/api/models.py
index 4566b3b..8fdadd3 100644
--- a/sanctions/apps/api/models.py
+++ b/sanctions/apps/api/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from simple_history.models import HistoricalRecords
 
+from django.core.validators import MinLengthValidator
 from django.db import models
 from django_extensions.db.models import TimeStampedModel
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -28,3 +29,57 @@ def __str__(self):
         return 'Sanctions check failure [{username}]'.format(
             username=self.username
         )
+
+class SanctionsFallbackMetadata(TimeStampedModel):
+    """
+    Record metadata about the SDN fallback CSV file download. This table is used to track the state of the SDN CSV file data that are currently
+    being used or about to be updated/deprecated. This table does not keep track of the SDN files over time.
+    """
+    history = HistoricalRecords()
+    file_checksum = models.CharField(max_length=255, validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)])
+    download_timestamp = models.DateTimeField()
+    import_timestamp = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+
+    IMPORT_STATES = [
+        ('New', 'New'),
+        ('Current', 'Current'),
+        ('Discard', 'Discard'),
+    ]
+
+    import_state = models.CharField(
+        max_length=255,
+        validators=[MinLengthValidator(1)],
+        unique=True,
+        choices=IMPORT_STATES,
+        default='New',
+    )
+
+class SanctionsFallbackData(models.Model):
+    """
+    Model used to record and process one row received from SanctionsFallbackMetadata.
+
+    Fields:
+        sanctions_fallback_metadata (ForeignKey): Foreign Key field with the CSV import Primary Key
+            referenced in SanctionsFallbackMetadata.
+        source (CharField): Origin of where the data comes from, since the CSV consolidates
+            export screening lists of the Departments of Commerce, State and the Treasury.
+        sdn_type (CharField): For a person with source 'Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)
+            - Treasury Department', the type is 'Individual'. Other options include 'Entity' and
+            'Vessel'. Other lists do not have a type.
+        names (TextField): A space separated list of all lowercased names and alt names with
+            punctuation also replaced by spaces.
+        addresses (TextField): A space separated list of all lowercased addresses combined into one
+            string. There are records that don't have an address, but because city is a required field
+            in the Payment MFE, those records would not be matched in the API/fallback.
+        countries (CharField): A space separated list of all countries combined into one string.
+            Countries are extracted from the addresses field and in some instances the ID field in their
+            2 letter abbreviation. There are records that don't have a country, but because country is a
+            required field in billing information form, those records would not be matched in the API/fallback.
+    """
+    history = HistoricalRecords()
+    sanctions_fallback_metadata = models.ForeignKey('sanctions.SanctionsFallbackMetadata', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    source = models.CharField(default='', max_length=255, db_index=True)
+    sdn_type = models.CharField(default='', max_length=255, db_index=True)
+    names = models.TextField(default='')
+    addresses = models.TextField(default='')
+    countries = models.CharField(default='', max_length=255)