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S 1872 Passed a chamber

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to study whether products needed for critical infrastructure can be manufactured in the United States instead of imported, and to report the findings to Congress within 18 months.

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
Received 10-NOV-2025
Senate
Introduced 22-MAY-2025
Referred 22-MAY-2025
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2025
Reported 16-OCT-2025
On the calendar 16-OCT-2025
Passed 04-NOV-2025
Key points
  • Directs the Secretary of Commerce to finish a study within 1 year of enactment identifying imported products used in the 16 critical infrastructure sectors that face supply constraints
  • Requires analysis of costs, benefits, jobs, and product prices from U.S. manufacturing, including feasibility in rural areas and industrial parks
  • Requires identification of federal policies or regulations that create barriers to domestic manufacture of those products
  • Requires an unclassified report to Congress within 18 months, posted on the Department of Commerce website, and bars the Secretary from using this section to compel private parties to provide information
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor Joni Ernst (R-IA) Cosponsors · 2
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