S 1808
114th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Customs enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Smuggling and trafficking
Terrorism
Northern Border Security Review Act
Everywhere this bill has been
20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 14, 2016
Signed by President.
Dec 14, 2016
Became Public Law No: 114-267.
Dec 2, 2016
Presented to President.
Nov 29, 2016
Mr. King (NY) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Nov 29, 2016
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6355-6356)
Nov 29, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text of measure as passed: CR H6356)
Nov 29, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 29, 2016
On passage Passed without objection. (text of measure as passed: CR H6356)
Nov 17, 2016
Received in the House.
Nov 17, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 17, 2016
Held at the desk.
Nov 16, 2016
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6418)
Nov 16, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6418)
Nov 16, 2016
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6418)
Nov 16, 2016
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6417-6418; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6417-6418)
Oct 19, 2015
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
Oct 19, 2015
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-155.
Jul 29, 2015
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 21, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 21, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Amendments to this bill
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1 agreed to
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| SAMDT 5,108 | — | Agreed to |
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Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 16, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Northern Border Security Review Act
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to specified congressional committees a northern border threat analysis, which shall include analyses of:
- terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to enter the United States through the northern border or to exploit border vulnerabilities on such border;
- improvements needed at and between ports of entry along the northern border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from entering the United States and to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the total flow of illegal goods, illicit drugs, and smuggled and trafficked persons moved in either direction across such border;
- gaps in law, policy, cooperation between state, tribal, and local law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal agreements that hinder border security, counterterrorism, anti-human smuggling and trafficking efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along the northern border; and
- whether additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance and preinspection operations at ports of entry along the northern border could help prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States.
The Secretary, for such analysis, must consider and examine:
- technology needs and challenges;
- personnel needs and challenges;
- the role of state, tribal, and local law enforcement in general border security activities;
- the need for cooperation among federal, state, tribal, local, and Canadian law enforcement entities relating to border security;
- the terrain, population density, and climate along the northern border; and
- the needs and challenges of Department of Homeland Security facilities, including the physical approaches to such facilities.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 114-267.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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