Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
Latest action · Aug 10, 2026 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Passed SenateAug 5, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2025 to Mar 10, 2025; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 5, 2025 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Mar 10, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2025Markup Jul 30, 2025Reported Nov 3, 2025 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 10, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Aug 10, 2026Received in the House.
- Aug 10, 2026Held at the desk.
- Aug 5, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481)
- Aug 5, 2026Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4480-4481)
- Nov 3, 2025Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 3, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
- Jul 30, 2025Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Mar 5, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4480, S4481Text printed S4481Amendments S4480, S4481 | John Thune R-SD, Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH (amendment) | Aug 5, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 18, 2025S. 850, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49032 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 119th Congress | Report | Jul 14, 2026 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 6745 | To delay the deadlines for certain reporting requirements to make it feasible for the Secretary of Homeland Security to meet such deadlines. | Margaret Wood Hassan D-NHfor John Thune | Amendment SA 6745 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2026Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 3, 2025Reported to Senate
- Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
