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S. 850 Senate Immigration

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood (D-NH)
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STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING

Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 256 on Nov 3, 2025.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate Mar 5, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Mar 5, 2025
  3. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Jul 30, 2025
  4. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. Nov 3, 2025
  5. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256. Nov 3, 2025

Cosponsors

4

Subjects

Border security and unlawful immigrationCanadaCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsNorth America

Committees

  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
    • [Reported By, Nov 3, 2025]
    • [Markup By, Jul 30, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Mar 5, 2025]

Summary

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review ActThis 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.

[Summary as of: Reported to Senate]

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