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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1721 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility |
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| 6 | 6 | | of manufacturing in the United States products for critical infrastructure |
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| 7 | 7 | | sectors, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ILLER-MEEKS(for herself and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study |
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| 15 | 15 | | on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | products for critical infrastructure sectors, and for other |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Infrastructure 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Manufacturing Feasibility Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1721 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. STUDY ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFAC-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TURING IN THE UNITED STATES. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) S |
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| 29 | 29 | | TUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall conduct a study to— 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) identify, within each critical infrastructure 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sector, any product that is in high demand and is 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | being imported due to a manufacturing, material, or 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | supply chain constraint in the United States; 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) analyze the costs and benefits of manufac-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | turing in the United States any product identified 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | under paragraph (1), including any effects on— 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) jobs, employment rates, and labor con-13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ditions in the United States; and 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) the cost of the product; 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) identify any product identified under para-16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | graph (1) that feasibly may be manufactured in the 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | United States; and 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) analyze the feasibility of, and any impedi-19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ments to, manufacturing any product identified 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | under paragraph (3) in— 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) a rural area; 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) an industrial park; or 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (C) an industrial park in a rural area. 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Secretary shall— 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) submit to Congress a report containing the 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | results of the study required by subsection (a), with 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | recommendations relating to manufacturing in the 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | United States products identified under subsection 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (a)(3); and 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) make the report available to the public on 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the website of the Department of Commerce. 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) L |
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| 65 | 65 | | IMITATION ONAUTHORITY.—This section may 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | not be construed to provide the Secretary of Commerce 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | with authority to compel a person to provide information 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | described in this section. 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (d) D |
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| 70 | 70 | | EFINITION OF CRITICALINFRASTRUCTURE 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | S |
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| 72 | 72 | | ECTOR.—In this section, the term ‘‘critical infrastructure 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | sector’’ means each of the 16 designated critical infra-17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | structure sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and Resilience). 20 |
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