The bill would require the Department of Commerce to study and report to the Congress within one year of enactment on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products in critical infrastructure sectors that now are imported because of supply chain constraints.
Based on the cost of similar studies, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 5390 would cost $1 million for one year for the work of four employees, at a cost of about $220,000 each, along with purchases of data and survey contracts.
