This bill directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study about making products for the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in the United States. The study must identify products that are in high demand but are imported because of U.S. manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints. It must analyze costs and benefits of making those products in the United States, including effects on jobs, employment conditions, and product prices. The study must identify which products could feasibly be made in the United States and analyze feasibility and barriers to making them in rural areas, in industrial parks, or in industrial parks located in rural areas. The Secretary must finish the study within 1 year of the law's enactment and submit a report to Congress and post it publicly within 18 months. The Secretary may not be given authority by this law to force people to provide information. The bill uses the 16 sectors defined in Presidential Policy Directive 21 (2013).
If enacted, the Department of Commerce would study where the United States relies on imports for critical infrastructure products and whether those products could be made here. The study would look at possible effects on jobs and product costs and would examine if manufacturing could happen in rural locations or industrial parks. The finished report must be given to Congress and placed on the Commerce Department website.
No publicly available information on estimated costs or funding for the study is included in the bill text.
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