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119-s-1872119th CongressWALLET

Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

Sponsored By: Senator Ernst, Joni [R-IA]

Passed Senate

Summary

This bill would require the Secretary of Commerce to study whether the United States can manufacture the products needed to build and maintain the nation's critical infrastructure. The study centers on domestic manufacturing for critical infrastructure and on identifying which high-demand items the U.S. currently imports.

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  • It would identify high-demand, import-reliant products across the 16 critical infrastructure sectors and analyze costs, job effects, employment rates, labor conditions, and product price. The study must be completed within 1 year.
  • It would assess which identified products feasibly may be manufactured in the United States and analyze impediments to doing so in rural areas, industrial parks, and industrial parks in rural areas.
  • It would require an unclassified report to Congress with recommendations within 18 months, allow a classified annex, and require the Commerce Department to publish the unclassified report online. The Secretary would not have authority to compel private parties to provide information.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Study on making critical goods in U.S.

If enacted, the Commerce Department would study whether the U.S. can make key products for 16 critical infrastructure sectors named in a 2013 policy. Within 1 year, it would find high-demand items now imported because of U.S. manufacturing, material, or supply chain limits. It would decide which of those products could be made in the U.S. and weigh costs and benefits, including jobs, labor conditions, and product prices. It would review making those products in rural areas, in industrial parks, and in industrial parks in rural areas, and list any federal rules that add barriers or costs. The Secretary would not be able to force anyone to share information. Within 18 months, Commerce would send an unclassified report with recommendations to Congress, post the unclassified report on its website, and include an optional classified annex.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ernst, Joni [R-IA]

IA • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 10/30/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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