119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 5, 2025
Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
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Latest action (Aug 10, 2026): Held at the desk.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: 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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4480-4481)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$495,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmigrants flexibility to continue switching roles and working H.R. 4393; DIGNITY Act - provisions related to secure the border and reform the immigration laws. S. 850; Northern Border Security Act - provisions related to requiring ICE and CBP to evaluate workforce gaps and funding needs for the northern border on regular int…
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