diff --git a/format_checker/common_checks.py b/format_checker/common_checks.py
index a656a3e10..44fb23e03 100644
--- a/format_checker/common_checks.py
+++ b/format_checker/common_checks.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import re
 import csv
 import subprocess
+import requests
 from utils import (
     get_committed_lines,
     get_uncommitted_lines,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 
 # Contains regexes for columns that are commmon to pr-data and tic-fic-data
 common_data = {
-    "Project URL": re.compile(r"(https:\/\/github.com)(\/(\w|\.|-)+){2}"),
+    "Project URL": re.compile(r"(https:\/\/github.com\/([\w|\.|-]+)\/([\w|\.|-]+))"),
     "SHA": re.compile(r"\b[0-9a-f]{40}\b"),
     "Module Path": re.compile(r"((\w|\.|-)+(\/|\w|\.|-)*)|^$"),
     "Fully-Qualified Name": re.compile(
@@ -23,6 +24,27 @@
 }
 
 
+def check_repo_sanity(checked_projects, filename, row, i, log):
+    project_url = row["Project URL"]
+    if project_url in checked_projects:
+        return
+    checked_projects.add(project_url)
+
+    match = common_data["Project URL"].fullmatch(project_url)
+    author = match.group(2)
+    repo = match.group(3)
+
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}".format(author, repo)
+    try:
+        resp = requests.get(url).json()
+        # Determine if it is a forked project
+        if resp.get("fork"):
+            log_esp_error(filename, log, f"{author}/{repo} is a forked repo")
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+        # handle(e)
+        pass
+
+
 def check_header(header, valid_dict, filename, log):
     """Validates that the header is correct."""
 
@@ -108,6 +130,7 @@ def run_checks(file, data_dict, log, commit_range, checks):
         if "1" in uncommitted_lines or "1" in committed_lines:
             check_header(list(header.values()), data_dict, file, log)
         if uncommitted_lines != [] or committed_lines != []:
+            checked_projects = set()
             for i, row in enumerate(info):
                 i += 2
                 line = str(i)
@@ -123,6 +146,9 @@ def run_checks(file, data_dict, log, commit_range, checks):
                         if check_rule.__name__ == check_row_length.__name__:
                             check_rule(len(header), *params)
                             continue
+                        if check_rule.__name__ == check_repo_sanity.__name__:
+                            check_rule(checked_projects, *params)
+                            continue
                         check_rule(*params)
         else:
             log_info(file, log, "There are no changes to be checked")
diff --git a/format_checker/pr_checker.py b/format_checker/pr_checker.py
index 4f3be9339..947f319c3 100644
--- a/format_checker/pr_checker.py
+++ b/format_checker/pr_checker.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     check_row_length,
     check_sort,
     run_checks,
+    check_repo_sanity
 )
 
 
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ def run_checks_pr(log, commit_range):
         check_category,
         check_status,
         check_status_consistency,
+        check_repo_sanity
     ]
     run_checks(filename, pr_data, log, commit_range, checks)
     check_sort(filename, log)
diff --git a/format_checker/requirements.txt b/format_checker/requirements.txt
index 556ccd5aa..253f6b014 100644
--- a/format_checker/requirements.txt
+++ b/format_checker/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 errorhandler==2.0.1
+requests==2.18.4
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