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Bill · 119th Congress · S 850
Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
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Introduced 2025-03-05Topic: immigrationSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceNorthern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regularly perform a threat analysis of the northern U.S. border. The analysis must be performed every three years and include terroristic and criminal threats, recent changes in apprehensions, and improvements needed to prevent terrorism and reduce criminal activity. DHS must update its northern border strategy not later than September 2, 2026, and every five years thereafter, incorporating the results from the latest threat analysis. DHS must also provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) must develop performance metrics to assess the AMO’s effectiveness at securing the northern border between ports of entry in air and maritime environments.
Sponsors
- Margaret Wood Hassan Democrat sponsor
- 4 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | House | Held at the desk. | |
| 2026-08-10 | House | Received in the House. | |
| 2026-08-10 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | |
| 2026-08-05 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481) | |
| 2026-08-05 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481) | floor pass | |
| 2026-08-05 | Senate | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4480-4481) | |
| 2025-11-03 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256. | |
| 2025-11-03 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. | refer |
| 2025-11-03 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. | report | |
| 2025-07-30 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | refer |
| 2025-03-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | refer |
| 2025-03-05 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |