Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 850 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 850

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to
 the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and
                          for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2025

Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Ms. Collins)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to
 the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, 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 ``Northern Border Security Enhancement
and Review Act''.

SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.

    (a) Northern Border Threat Analysis.--Section 3(a) of the Northern
Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
        ``180 days after the date of enactment of this Act'' and
        inserting ``September 2, 2025, and every 3 years thereafter'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) an assessment of recent changes in the amount and
        demographics of apprehensions at the Northern Border, including
        an analysis of apprehension changes at the sector level.''.
    (b) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Section 3 of the Northern
Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall update the Department of Homeland Security's Northern
Border strategy not later than September 2, 2026, and every 5 years
thereafter, and shall incorporate the results of the most recent threat
analysis in each such update.''.
    (c) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern Border
Security Review Act, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Classified Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the
submission of each threat analysis pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a classified briefing
regarding such analysis to the appropriate congressional committees.''.
    (d) Implementation of Certain Government Accountability Office
Recommendations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting
through the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Air and Marine
Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall develop
performance measures to assess the effectiveness of Air and Marine
Operations at securing the northern border between ports of entry in
the air and maritime environments.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the
purpose of carrying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
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