Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

The review will identify opportunities and barriers to reducing reliance on imported products across 16 critical infrastructure sectors.

What the law does ​

• Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete a feasibility study within one year.
• Requires analysis of costs, benefits, supply constraints, possible manufacturing locations, jobs, labor conditions, and product prices.
• Identifies imported products facing U.S. manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints and products that could feasibly be made domestically.
• Examines manufacturing barriers in rural areas and industrial parks.
• Requires recommendations to Congress and online publication of the report within 18 months.
• Bars the Secretary from compelling anyone to provide study information.

Who it affects ​

• Manufacturers and workers serving the 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
• Importers and supply-chain businesses handling high-demand infrastructure products.
• Rural communities and industrial parks being evaluated as manufacturing locations.

Context ​

The law requires a study and recommendations but does not itself fund or mandate domestic production.

Breakdown ​

Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act ​

This law directs the Secretary of Commerce to study whether high-demand products for the 16 critical infrastructure sectors could feasibly be manufactured in the United States. The study must assess costs, benefits, supply constraints, and potential manufacturing locations, and its findings and recommendations must be reported to Congress and published online.

Key takeaways

• The Commerce Department must complete the study within one year of the law’s enactment.
• The study must identify high-demand critical infrastructure products that are imported because of U.S. manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints.
• The study must examine the effects of domestic manufacturing on jobs, employment rates, labor conditions, and product costs.
• The study must identify products that could feasibly be made in the United States and assess manufacturing barriers in rural areas and industrial parks.
• Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary must submit recommendations to Congress and publish the report on the Commerce Department’s website.
• The law does not authorize the Secretary to compel anyone to provide information for the study.