S. 850 · 119th Congress
Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
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- Senate Introduced Mar 5, 2025
- Senate Passed Aug 5, 2026
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regularly perform a threat analysis of the northern U.S. border.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate · Nov 3, 2025
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 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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
Latest action (Aug 10, 2026): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Immigration · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 5, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 5, 2025
- Senate Passed Aug 5, 2026
No recorded floor vote found.