S. 1808 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 

An Act 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern Border threat 

analysis, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Border Security Review 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives; 

(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

Representatives. 

(2) NORTHERN BORDER.—The term ‘‘Northern Border’’ 

means the land and maritime borders between the United 

States and Canada. 

SEC. 3. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

submit a Northern Border threat analysis to the appropriate 

congressional committees that includes— 

(1) current and potential terrorism and criminal threats 

posed by individuals and organized groups seeking— 

(A) to enter the United States through the Northern 

Border; or 

(B) to exploit border vulnerabilities on the Northern 

Border; 

(2) improvements needed at and between ports of entry 

along the Northern Border— 

(A) to prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism 

from entering the United States; and 

(B) to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the 

total flow of illegal goods, illicit drugs, and smuggled and 
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trafficked persons moved in either direction across to the 

Northern Border; 

(3) gaps in law, policy, cooperation between State, tribal, 

and local law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal 

agreements that hinder effective and efficient border security, 

counter-terrorism, anti-human smuggling and trafficking 

efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along the Northern 

Border; and 

(4) 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. 

(b) ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.—For the threat analysis required 

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

consider and examine— 

(1) technology needs and challenges; 

(2) personnel needs and challenges; 

(3) the role of State, tribal, and local law enforcement 

in general border security activities; 

(4) the need for cooperation among Federal, State, tribal, 

local, and Canadian law enforcement entities relating to border 

security; 

(5) the terrain, population density, and climate along the 

Northern Border; and 

(6) the needs and challenges of Department facilities, 

including the physical approaches to such facilities. 

(c) CLASSIFIED THREAT ANALYSIS.—To the extent possible, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the threat analysis 

required under subsection (a) in unclassified form. The Secretary 

may submit a portion of the threat analysis in classified form 

if the Secretary determines that such form is appropriate for that 

portion. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.