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HR 1721 Passed a chamber

Requires the Commerce Department to study which products critical infrastructure sectors import because of supply shortages, and whether those products could be made in the United States, including in rural areas and industrial parks.

Official title: Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 27-FEB-2025
Referred 27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 04-MAR-2025
Reported 24-APR-2025
On the calendar 24-APR-2025
Passed 28-APR-2025
Senate
Received 29-APR-2025
Passed 23-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within 1 year of enactment, to identify high-demand products imported due to U.S. manufacturing or supply chain constraints across the 16 critical infrastructure sectors
  • Requires analysis of the costs and benefits of domestic manufacturing, including effects on U.S. jobs, labor conditions, and product prices
  • Requires a report to Congress within 18 months of enactment, with recommendations, posted publicly on the Department of Commerce website
  • Prohibits the section from giving the Secretary authority to compel anyone to provide information
AI-generated from the Referred in Senate text of 29-APR-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (27-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 28-APR-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) Cosponsors · 2
■ 1 R■ 1 D
1 Republican
1 Democrat