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H.R. 1721119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Apr 29, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
Introduced:
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HR 1721 requires Commerce to study whether imported critical infrastructure products could instead be manufactured domestically.
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HR 1721 directs the Secretary of Commerce to study whether products used in 16 critical infrastructure sectors, like energy, water, healthcare, and transportation, could be made in the U.S. instead of imported. The study must identify products currently imported due to domestic manufacturing, material, or supply chain problems, and assess whether they could realistically be produced domestically, including in rural areas or industrial parks.
The Department of Commerce must conduct the study; the findings could later affect manufacturers, workers, and rural communities if Congress acts on the recommendations.
The study could shape future policy on manufacturing, trade, jobs, wages, and product prices, but it does not require any company to change operations or share information now.
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Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.