S. 1872 – Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

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The Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act requires the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to study whether products essential to the nation’s 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors could be made in the United States. The study must identify high‑demand imported items, evaluate the economic and job impacts of domestic production, and look at where manufacturing could occur, especially in rural or industrial‑park settings. A report with findings and recommendations is to be delivered to Congress and posted publicly.

Key Provisions

Within one year, the Secretary of Commerce must identify, for each critical infrastructure sector, any product that is essential, in high demand, and currently imported because of U.S. manufacturing or supply‑chain constraints.
The study must analyze the costs, benefits, job effects, and price implications of producing those products domestically.
It must assess which identified products could feasibly be manufactured in the United States and examine the practicality of doing so in rural areas, industrial parks, or industrial parks located in rural areas.
The study must also pinpoint any federal policies, regulations, or guidance that create barriers or increase costs for domestic manufacturing of those products.
An unclassified report (with a possible classified annex) containing the study’s results and recommendations must be submitted to Congress within 18 months and made publicly available on the Commerce Department’s website.
The Act does not give the Secretary authority to compel anyone to provide information for the study.

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Introduced in Senate

May 22, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

May 22, 2025

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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

June 25, 2025

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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.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

October 16, 2025

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.

October 16, 2025

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904; text: CR S7904)

November 4, 2025

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November 7, 2025

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Received in the House.

November 10, 2025 • 12:02 PM

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November 10, 2025 • 12:03 PM

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Sen. Cynthia M. LummisR-WY · Nov 4, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 192, S. 1872. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued November 4, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1872

AN ACT

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)

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 entitled Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience.

(b)

Study

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to—

(1)

identify, within each critical infrastructure sector, any product—

(A)

necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, or restoration of the critical infrastructure sector; and

(B)

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;

(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; and

(5)

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.

(c)

Report to Congress

Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—

(1)

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

(2)

make the unclassified report available to the public on the website of the Department of Commerce.

(d)

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.

Passed the Senate November 4, 2025.

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