[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1808 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1808

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                                 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.

            Passed the Senate November 16, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1808

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern 
            Border threat analysis, and for other purposes.