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

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1808

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 2015

  Ms. Heitkamp (for herself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Johnson) 
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 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 Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations 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 ports of entry along the 
        Northern Border--
                    (A) to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 
                from entering the United States; and
                    (B) to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the 
                total flow of illegal goods and illicit drugs, related 
                to the Northern Border;
            (3) improvements needed between ports of entry along the 
        Northern Border, including the maritime borders of the Great 
        Lakes--
                    (A) to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 
                from entering the United States; and
                    (B) to reduce criminal activity related to the 
                Northern Border; and
            (4) vulnerabilities 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 
        trafficking efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along the 
        Northern Border.
    (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; and
            (5) the geographic challenges of the Northern Border.
    (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.
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