S 850 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
S. 850 To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Northern Border Security Review Act to require more frequent updates to border threat assessments and security strategies. It requires a threat analysis to be completed by September 2, 2025, and every three years thereafter, with a new assessment of changes in apprehensions at the Northern Border including sector-level analysis. The Secretary of Homeland Security must update the DHS Northern Border strategy by September 2, 2026, and every five years thereafter, incorporating the most recent threat analysis. The bill also requires classified briefings to Congress within 30 days after each threat analysis submission and directs the Air and Marine Operations division to develop performance measures for assessing border security effectiveness.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND)
Actions (5)
- Nov 3, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256. · senate
- Nov 3, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. · senate
- Jul 30, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Mar 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2025
Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
November 3, 2025
Reported by Mr. Paul, without amendment
A BILL
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act”.
SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.
(a) 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.”.
(b) Northern Border Strategy Updates.—Section 3 of the Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is 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.”.
(c) Classified Briefings.—Section 3 of the Northern Border Security Review Act, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), 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.”.
(d) 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.
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act or the amendments made by this Act. Calendar No. 256
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 850
A BILL
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and for other purposes.
November 3, 2025
Reported without amendment
Comments