[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5390 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5390


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2024

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for critical 
            infrastructure sectors, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Infrastructure 
Manufacturing Feasibility Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to--
            (1) identify, within each critical infrastructure sector, 
        any product that is in high demand and is being imported due to 
        a manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraint in the 
        United States;
            (2) analyze the costs and benefits of manufacturing in the 
        United States any product identified under paragraph (1), 
        including any effects on--
                    (A) jobs, employment rates, and labor conditions in 
                the United States; and
                    (B) the cost of the product;
            (3) identify any product identified under paragraph (1) 
        that feasibly may be manufactured in the United States; and
            (4) analyze the feasibility of, and any impediments to, 
        manufacturing any product identified under paragraph (3) in--
                    (A) a rural area;
                    (B) an industrial park; or
                    (C) an industrial park in a rural area.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) submit to Congress a report containing the results of 
        the study required by subsection (a), with recommendations 
        relating to manufacturing in the United States products 
        identified under subsection (a)(3); and
            (2) make the report available to the public on the website 
        of the Department of Commerce.
    (c) Limitation on Authority.--This section may not be construed to 
provide the Secretary of Commerce with authority to compel a person to 
provide information described in this section.
    (d) Definition of Critical Infrastructure Sector.--In this section, 
the term ``critical infrastructure sector'' means each of the 16 
designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in Presidential 
Policy Directive


              

 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and 
Resilience).

            Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.