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<dc:title>114 S850 RS: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 256</calendar><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 850</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250305">March 5, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S388">Ms. Hassan</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="S398">Mr. Cramer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S331">Mrs. Gillibrand</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S252">Ms. Collins</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S344">Mr. Hoeven</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00" added-display-style="italic" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><action stage="Reported-in-Senate"><action-date date="20251103">November 3, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S348">Mr. Paul</sponsor>, without amendment</action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>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.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="id5b6a1368-ee3e-4f0e-9feb-c0b9f9f654f6" changed="not-changed"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id4f7f8843-34f8-4907-9685-0f75725864ac" changed="not-changed"><enum>2.</enum><header>Northern border threat analysis and strategy</header><subsection id="id4c14cca2-e4ee-4eda-8532-403d5d5f5007" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Northern border threat analysis</header><text>Section 3(a) of the Northern Border Security Review Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/267">Public Law 114–267</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2929cf52-7765-4109-9993-b4a7a1d3dcc5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>180 days after the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>September 2, 2025, and every 3 years thereafter</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02c1f417-ed02-41f8-8ddd-b03d9cc8345f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0a67416-87c1-4f15-9f8c-02f6ef46c7cc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b662d75-f7dd-4329-9b76-4efef6020ff1" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id25203074-848f-4bd8-8e0c-beecd82afbba" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida48d3e0f-80ce-41cf-9379-0938c389b863" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Northern border strategy updates</header><text>Section 3 of the Northern Border Security Review Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/267">Public Law 114–267</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6637da58-a2ea-40e4-8ac1-6d70a65f7d6b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idacaead5c-2b4b-4967-b5b8-06bf0df99a79" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbe549cb-cd12-402c-a8ff-1f4452fa6cb8" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id2e950904-d581-44e4-b7d9-990059d6b36c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Northern border strategy updates</header><text>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.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8737a45c-27e9-43bc-be06-4592c7b8dbd4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Classified briefings</header><text>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:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf226331-e744-4798-bdcd-996a5bf6812b" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id28a27cf6-8563-4b25-a91c-2bc2c9c3ea5b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Classified briefings</header><text>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.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd1dcc549-5b06-4dcf-8277-dc4f5716fc02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation of certain Government Accountability Office recommendations</header><text>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.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7eb8bb3369bb4129a900ff0e23f23b20" changed="not-changed"><enum>3.</enum><header>No additional funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.</text></section></legis-body><endorsement><action-date date="20251103">November 3, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Reported without amendment</action-desc></endorsement></bill> 

