Introduced:
Feb 27, 2025
Policy Area:
Commerce
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15
Actions
2
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
4
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Latest Action
Apr 29, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2025
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<p><strong>Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on products that are in high demand across the critical infrastructure sectors. Critical infrastructure sectors are those whose assets, systems, and networks are vital to national security, the economy, public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.</p> <p>The study must (1) identify the products in high demand across those sectors that are being imported due to manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints; and (2) analyze the costs, benefits, and feasibility of manufacturing those products in the United States.</p>
Actions (15)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Apr 29, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Type: Floor
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H38310
Apr 28, 2025
3:52 PM
3:52 PM
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1651)
Type: Floor
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H37300
Apr 28, 2025
3:52 PM
3:52 PM
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1651)
Type: Floor
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 8000
Apr 28, 2025
3:52 PM
3:52 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1721.
Type: Floor
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H8D000
Apr 28, 2025
3:44 PM
3:44 PM
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1651-1652: 1)
Type: Floor
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H30000
Apr 28, 2025
3:44 PM
3:44 PM
Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Type: Floor
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H30300
Apr 28, 2025
3:44 PM
3:44 PM
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
Type: Calendars
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H12410
Apr 24, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-76.
Type: Committee
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H12200
Apr 24, 2025
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-76.
Type: Committee
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 5000
Apr 24, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H19000
Mar 4, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H15001
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 27, 2025
Subjects (5)
Commerce
(Policy Area)
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Infrastructure development
Rural conditions and development
Cosponsors (2)
(R-IN)
Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025
(D-WA)
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
Text Versions (4)
Full Bill Text
Length: 3,039 characters
Version: Referred in Senate
Version Date: Apr 29, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 21, 2025 2:24 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1721 Referred in Senate
(RFS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1721
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1721 Referred in Senate
(RFS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1721
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Infrastructure
Manufacturing Feasibility Act''.
SEC. 2.
STATES.
(a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to--
(1) identify, within each critical infrastructure sector,
any product 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; and
(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.
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) submit to Congress a report containing the results of
the study required by subsection
(a) , with recommendations
relating to manufacturing in the United States products
identified under subsection
(a)
(3) ; and
(2) make the report available to the public on the website
of the Department of Commerce.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 (Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience).
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2025.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.
(a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to--
(1) identify, within each critical infrastructure sector,
any product 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; and
(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.
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(1) submit to Congress a report containing the results of
the study required by subsection
(a) , with recommendations
relating to manufacturing in the United States products
identified under subsection
(a)
(3) ; and
(2) make the report available to the public on the website
of the Department of Commerce.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 (Critical Infrastructure Security and
Resilience).
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2025.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.