S 1872 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on U.S. manufacturing of critical infrastructure products. It requires identifying imported goods that U.S. factories can't produce due to supply chain gaps, analyzing job impacts and product costs, and assessing feasibility for manufacturing in rural areas or industrial parks. The study must be completed within 18 months, with a public report to Congress containing findings and recommendations. This bill affects the Department of Commerce (as the study lead) and will inform future policy decisions about domestic manufacturing, but does not create new regulations or funding. It is a procedural study bill with no direct impact on businesses or consumers until recommendations are implemented.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Oct 2025

Senate Passage

Nov 2025

House Passage

President

Introduced May 22, 2025 Last action Nov 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced in Senate → Engrossed in Senate · 4 edits · Nov 4, 2025

MODERATE

The engrossed version narrows the scope of products covered by requiring they be necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, or restoration of a critical infrastructure sector, adds a new requirement to identify federal policies and regulations that may inhibit domestic manufacturing, and allows the report to include a classified annex. These changes make the study more targeted and add a regulatory barrier analysis component.

SCOPE

The product identification criteria were narrowed: products must now be both (A) necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, or restoration of the critical infrastructure sector AND (B) in high demand and imported due to domestic constraints. Previously only the high-demand/imported criterion applied.

REQUIREMENT

A new paragraph (5) requires the study to identify any Federal policies, regulations, or guidance that may inhibit, create barriers to, or increase the cost of manufacturing identified products in the United States. This adds a regulatory barrier analysis that was not in the original bill.

ENFORCEMENT

The report to Congress is now specified as an unclassified report that may include a classified annex. The public availability requirement on the Commerce website now applies only to the unclassified portion. The original had no classification distinction.

DEFINITION

The definition of critical infrastructure sector was moved from subsection (d) to a new subsection (a), making it the first definitional provision of the section. The full title of Presidential Policy Directive 21 was also added for clarity.

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Nov 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904; text: CR S7904)

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Nov 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Oct 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-81.

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Jun 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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May 22, 2025

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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May 22, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors