Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- Last Action
- 6/24/2026
Actions
- 2026-06-24Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 2.
- 2026-06-24Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2026-06-24Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged
- 2025-09-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
- 2025-09-19Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2025-09-19Introduced in House
- 2025-09-19Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-09-19 (00)
Northern 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 two years and include terroristic and criminal threats, improvements needed to prevent terrorism and reduce criminal activity, and whether preclearance and advance inspection operations at northern ports of entry could prevent terrorists from entering in the United States.
DHS must (1) update its northern border strategy after performing each threat analysis, and (2) provide a classified briefing to Congress. If DHS determines no update is required, DHS must notify Congress.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) must develop performance measures to assess the AMO’s effectiveness at securing the northern border between ports of entry in air and maritime environments.
Cosponsors (20)
- Mark Alford (R-MO)
- Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Michael Simpson (R-ID)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Ryan Zinke (R-MT)
- Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Nicholas Begich (R-AK)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
- Russell Fry (R-SC)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Canada
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- North America
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