S1872
Held at the desk
Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced May 22, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ESThis Act may be cited as the Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act.
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 entitled Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to—
identify, within each critical infrastructure sector, any product—
necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, or restoration of the critical infrastructure sector; and
that is in high demand and is being imported due to a manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraint in the United States;
analyze the costs and benefits of manufacturing in the United States any product identified under paragraph (1), including any effects on—
jobs, employment rates, and labor conditions in the United States; and
the cost of the product;
identify any product identified under paragraph (1) that feasibly may be manufactured in the United States;
analyze the feasibility of, and any impediments to, manufacturing any product identified under paragraph (3) in—
a rural area;
an industrial park; or
an industrial park in a rural area; and
identify any Federal policies, regulations, or guidance in effect that may inhibit, create barriers to, or increase the cost of manufacturing a product identified under paragraph (1) in the United States.
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—
submit to Congress an unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, containing the results of the study required by subsection (b), with recommendations relating to manufacturing in the United States products identified under subsection (b)(3); and
make the unclassified report available to the public on the website of the Department of Commerce.
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.
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 entitled Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to—
identify, within each critical infrastructure sector, any product—
necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, or restoration of the critical infrastructure sector; and
that is in high demand and is being imported due to a manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraint in the United States;
analyze the costs and benefits of manufacturing in the United States any product identified under paragraph (1), including any effects on—
jobs, employment rates, and labor conditions in the United States; and
the cost of the product;
identify any product identified under paragraph (1) that feasibly may be manufactured in the United States;
analyze the feasibility of, and any impediments to, manufacturing any product identified under paragraph (3) in—
a rural area;
an industrial park; or
an industrial park in a rural area; and
identify any Federal policies, regulations, or guidance in effect that may inhibit, create barriers to, or increase the cost of manufacturing a product identified under paragraph (1) in the United States.
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—
submit to Congress an unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, containing the results of the study required by subsection (b), with recommendations relating to manufacturing in the United States products identified under subsection (b)(3); and
make the unclassified report available to the public on the website of the Department of Commerce.
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.
Legislative Timeline
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Received in the House.
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Held at the desk.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904; text: CR S7904)
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-81.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-81.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.