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S. 850 119th Congress Senate

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: March 5, 2025 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Became law
Aug 10, 2026
Held at the desk.
Aug 10, 2026
Received in the House.
Aug 10, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 5, 2026
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481)
Aug 5, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4481)
Aug 5, 2026
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4480-4481)
Nov 3, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
Nov 3, 2025
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
Jul 30, 2025
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 6,745 Hassan, Margaret Wood To delay the deadlines for certain reporting requirements to make it feasible for the Secretary of Homeland S… Agreed to Aug 5, 2026
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Hearings & markups 1
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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Mar 10, 2025
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 5, 2025
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 5, 2025
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 5, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 850: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-850/
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