Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

This bill tells the Department of Commerce to study which important, high‑demand products we currently import could instead be made in the United States. It focuses on “critical infrastructure” items—the kinds of systems and services that are essential to national security, the economy, and public health and safety. There are 16 of these sectors. The study must look at which products are imported because U.S. factories, materials, or supply chains can’t meet the need; weigh the pros and cons of making them here (including effects on jobs and prices); and decide which ones could realistically be produced in the U.S. It also asks whether these products could be made in rural areas or industrial parks, and what obstacles might get in the way .

The study must be finished within 1 year after the bill becomes law, and a report must be sent to Congress and posted online within 18 months. The bill also says the Commerce Department cannot force anyone to share information for this work.

Key points

• Who is affected: Workers, manufacturers, rural communities, and people who buy products used in critical infrastructure.
• What changes: A federal study to identify high‑demand imported products, analyze the impact of making them in the U.S., and explore siting in rural areas and industrial parks; results must be published. The department cannot compel companies to provide information.
• When: Study due within 1 year; public report due within 18 months of the bill becoming law.