[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6243. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cramer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 end of subtitle E, add the following:

     SEC. 1050. NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT AND REVIEW.

       (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, as amended by subsection 
     (b), is further amended--
       (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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