[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4473-S4474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2931. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act''.
       (b) 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 every 3 years 
     thereafter'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), 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.''.
       (c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Section 3 of the 
     Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is 
     amended--

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       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--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.''.
       (d) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern Border 
     Security Review Act, as amended by subsections (b) and (c), 
     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.''.
       (e) Implementation of Certain Government Accountability 
     Office Recommendations.--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.
       (f) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are 
     authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out 
     this section or the amendments made by this section.
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