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[S. 1808 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1808

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern 
             Border threat analysis, 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 Review 
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
    ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate;
            (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
            (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
            (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives.
        (2) Northern border.--The term ``Northern Border'' means the 
    land and maritime borders between the United States and Canada.
SEC. 3. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
a Northern Border threat analysis to the appropriate congressional 
committees that includes--
        (1) current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed 
    by individuals and organized groups seeking--
            (A) to enter the United States through the Northern Border; 
        or
            (B) to exploit border vulnerabilities on the Northern 
        Border;
        (2) improvements needed at and between ports of entry along the 
    Northern Border--
            (A) to prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from 
        entering the United States; and
            (B) to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the total 
        flow of illegal goods, illicit drugs, and smuggled and 
        trafficked persons moved in either direction across to the 
        Northern Border;
        (3) gaps in law, policy, cooperation between State, tribal, and 
    local law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal 
    agreements that hinder effective and efficient border security, 
    counter-terrorism, anti-human smuggling and trafficking efforts, 
    and the flow of legitimate trade along the Northern Border; and
        (4) whether additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
    preclearance and preinspection operations at ports of entry along 
    the Northern Border could help prevent terrorists and instruments 
    of terror from entering the United States.
    (b) Analysis Requirements.--For the threat analysis required under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider and 
examine--
        (1) technology needs and challenges;
        (2) personnel needs and challenges;
        (3) the role of State, tribal, and local law enforcement in 
    general border security activities;
        (4) the need for cooperation among Federal, State, tribal, 
    local, and Canadian law enforcement entities relating to border 
    security;
        (5) the terrain, population density, and climate along the 
    Northern Border; and
        (6) the needs and challenges of Department facilities, 
    including the physical approaches to such facilities.
    (c) Classified Threat Analysis.--To the extent possible, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the threat analysis 
required under subsection (a) in unclassified form. The Secretary may 
submit a portion of the threat analysis in classified form if the 
Secretary determines that such form is appropriate for that portion.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.