United StatesCommerce Department must study making key infrastructure products in the US
The Commerce Department must study whether US factories could make high-demand products used in essential systems that are imported because of US production or supply limits.
What it does
Within one year of becoming law, the Commerce Secretary must study high-demand infrastructure products imported because of US production or supply limits. The study must weigh jobs, prices, and possible factory locations.
The Commerce Secretary must send Congress the study results and recommendations about feasible US production and post the report online within 18 months of becoming law.
The law gives the Commerce Secretary no power to force people to provide information for the manufacturing study or its report.
Argument forThe public report could help people see which products US factories might make and how making them could affect jobs and prices.
Argument againstIf businesses decline to share information, the Secretary’s lack of power to require it could leave gaps in the study.
More detail
The Commerce Secretary must study whether the United States can make certain imported products. The products must serve one of 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors, be in high demand, and be imported because of a US production, materials, or supply chain limit. The study must weigh effects on jobs, working conditions, and product prices. It must identify products that could feasibly be made in the United States and examine barriers to making them in rural areas and industrial parks. The study must be conducted within one year after October 20, 2026.
The Commerce Secretary must send Congress a report and post it on the department’s website. The report must include the study results and recommendations about products the study finds feasible to make in the United States. Both steps are due within 18 months after October 20, 2026.
This law gives the Commerce Secretary no power to force a person to provide information. The limit covers information described in the study and report requirements.
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History
- 2026
- Oct 20Signed by President.Became Law
- Oct 20Became Public Law No: 119-127.Minor
- Oct 14Presented to President.To President
- Sep 24Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 23Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.Minor
- Sep 23Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4892)Passed Senate
- 2025
- Apr 29Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Apr 28Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 28Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1651-1652)
- Apr 28DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1721.
- Apr 28Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1651)Passed House
- Apr 28Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 24Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-76.
- Apr 24Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
- Mar 4Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 4Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 27Introduced in House
- Feb 27Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Introduced
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