Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

Bill: 119-s-1872
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2025-05-22
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government studies and investigations

Industrial policy and productivity

Infrastructure development

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1872 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2025 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Ms. Blunt Rochester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for critical infrastructure sectors, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act . 2. Study on critical infrastructure manufacturing in the United States (a) Study Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to— (1) identify, within each critical infrastructure sector, any product that is in high demand and is being imported due to a manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraint in the United States; (2) analyze the costs and benefits of manufacturing in the United States any product identified under paragraph (1), including any effects on— (A) jobs, employment rates, and labor conditions in the United States; and (B) the cost of the product; (3) identify any product identified under paragraph (1) that feasibly may be manufactured in the United States; and (4) analyze the feasibility of, and any impediments to, manufacturing any product identified under paragraph (3) in— (A) a rural area; (B) an industrial park; or (C) an industrial park in a rural area. (b) Report to Congress Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— (1) submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a), with recommendations relating to manufacturing in the United States products identified under subsection (a)(3); and (2) make the report available to the public on the website of the Department of Commerce. (c) Limitation on authority This section may not be construed to provide the Secretary of Commerce with authority to compel a person to provide information described in this section. (d) Definition of critical infrastructure sector In this section, the term critical infrastructure sector means each of the 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience).