[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5092 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5092

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

                           September 18, 2024

 Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Cramer, and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 annually thereafter'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), 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.--Not later than 90 days 
after the submission of each threat analysis pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            ``(1) update the Department of Homeland Security's northern 
        border strategy; or
            ``(2) if the Secretary determines no such update is 
        necessary, submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees justifying such determination.''.
    (c) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern Border 
Security Review Act, as amended by subsection (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 6 months 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.
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