Commerce Department studies what critical infrastructure the U.S. imports.
S. 1872 — Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act · Filed by Joni Ernst (R-IA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced May 22, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the Commerce Department to study critical infrastructure products. The U.S. buys these products from other countries because we do not make them here. The study must look at costs and benefits of making them in America. It must find federal rules that might stop or make production harder. The study must finish in 18 months and be shared with Congress and the public. No company or person must give information if they do not want to.
Who it affects
This bill affects the Commerce Department, which must do the study. It may help manufacturing workers and people who care about supply chains.
One thing to notice
This bill only asks for a study. It does not make new rules, spend money, or force anyone to do anything.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.
- May 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 22, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Jun 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of…”
- Nov 4, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904; text: CR S7904)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- critical infrastructure — Systems and products that are very important to how America works, like power, water, and communications.
- Commerce Department — The U.S. government agency that helps American business and trade.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,229 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-19.
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