# 119-s-1872: Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

119-s-1872, Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA); status passed_senate; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1872
- Congress: 119
- Title: Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-05-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Study on making critical goods in U.S.: mixed, low. 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…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1872 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1872)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1872 (as of 2026-10-24).