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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8734 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2024 

Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. TIFFANY, 

Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 

KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. KELLY of 

Pennsylvania, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER

of West Virginia, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Secu5 rity Enhancement and Review Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND 

2 STRATEGY. 

3 (a) NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS.—Sec4 tion (a) of the Northern Border Security Review Act (Pub5 lic Law 114–267) is amended, the matter preceding para6 graph (1), by striking ‘‘180 days after the date of enact7 ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 2, 2025, and 

8 annually thereafter’’. 

9 (b) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.—The 

10 Northern Border Security Review Act is amended by— 

11 (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

12 (d); and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol14 lowing new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.— 

16 Not later than 90 days after each submission of the threat 

17 analysis required under subsection (a), the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security shall update the Department of Home19 land Security’s northern border strategy. If the Secretary 

20 determines no such update is required, the Secretary shall 

21 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re22 port containing a justification relating thereto.’’. 

23 (c) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—The Northern Border 

24 Security Review Act, as amended by subsection (b), is fur25 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub26 section: 


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1 ‘‘(e) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 

2 days after each submission of the threat analysis required 

3 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

5 a classified briefing regarding such analysis.’’. 

6 (d) IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GAO REC7 OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than six months after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home9 land Security, acting through the Executive Assistant 

10 Commissioner of Air and Marine Operations (AMO) of 

11 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall develop per12 formance measures to assess the effectiveness of AMO at 

13 securing the northern border between ports of entry in the 

14 air and maritime environments. 

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