Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
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Would direct the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of manufacturing, within the United States, high-demand products currently being imported due to supply chain or material constraints in critical infrastructure sectors.
What this bill would do
What it would do
The bill would require the Secretary of Commerce to complete, within one year of enactment, a study covering the 16 critical infrastructure sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 — sectors whose assets, systems, and networks are vital to national security, the economy, or public health and safety. The study would identify high-demand products in those sectors that are being imported because of manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints in the United States; analyze the costs and benefits of domestic production including effects on jobs and product cost; and assess the feasibility of manufacturing those products domestically, with particular attention to rural areas and industrial parks.
Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary would be required to submit the resulting report to Congress with recommendations and post it publicly on the Department of Commerce website. The bill explicitly prohibits the Secretary from compelling any person to provide information for the study.
Key provisions
- 1Would require the Secretary of Commerce to identify, in each critical infrastructure sector, high-demand products being imported due to manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints.
- 2Would require analysis of the costs and benefits of domestic manufacturing of identified products, including effects on jobs, employment rates, labor conditions, and product cost.
- 3Would require assessment of the feasibility of manufacturing identified products in rural areas, industrial parks, or industrial parks in rural areas.
- 4Would require the Secretary to submit a report to Congress with recommendations within 18 months of enactment and post it publicly on the Department of Commerce website.
- 5Would prohibit interpreting the section as giving the Secretary authority to compel any person to provide information.
Who would be affected
The Department of Commerce, which would conduct and publish the study. Domestic manufacturers, industrial park operators, and rural communities that could eventually benefit from or inform the findings. Businesses operating in any of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors — such as energy, transportation, water, and communications — whose imported products would be the subject of the analysis.
Why it matters
The study's findings and recommendations could shape future legislative or executive action aimed at reshoring production of goods that critical U.S. infrastructure depends on. Rural areas and industrial parks receive specific analytical attention, meaning the results could inform targeted economic development policy. However, the bill itself only mandates a study — it would not compel any manufacturing investment or policy change on its own.
What would change
Agencies directed to act
Effective dates
- Study on critical infrastructure manufacturing feasibility must be completed
- Report to Congress with recommendations must be submitted and posted publicly
Funding and costs
Congressional Budget Office estimate
CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1721 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2025–2030 period, with no significant effect on the federal deficit.
H.R. 1721 would direct the Department of Commerce to identify high-demand products in each critical infrastructure sector that are imported due to manufacturing, material, or supply-chain constraints, analyze the feasibility, costs, and benefits of domestic production, and report the findings to Congress. CBO estimates that carrying out these study and reporting requirements would have a negligible budgetary effect, costing less than $500,000 over the 2025–2030 period, to be funded through discretionary appropriations (funds that Congress must separately approve each year). The bill would impose no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
How implementation would work
The Secretary of Commerce would conduct the study using voluntarily provided information — the bill bars compelling disclosures. The study's scope tracks the 16 sectors in Presidential Policy Directive 21. Within one year of enactment, the study must be complete; within 18 months, the Secretary must transmit a report with recommendations to Congress and post it on the Department of Commerce website. No rulemaking, grant cycles, or ongoing reporting beyond the single report are required.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Official CRS summary
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This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on products that are in high demand across the critical infrastructure sectors. Critical infrastructure sectors are those whose assets, systems, and networks are vital to national security, the economy, public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
The study must (1) identify the products in high demand across those sectors that are being imported due to manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints; and (2) analyze the costs, benefits, and feasibility of manufacturing those products in the United States.
Legislative subjects
Commerce; Government studies and investigations; Industrial policy and productivity; Infrastructure development; Rural conditions and development
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-76