Northern Border Security Review Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a northern border threat analysis, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Northern Border Security Review Act 2. Northern border threat analysis (a) In general Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a northern border threat analysis. Such analysis, at a minimum, shall include the following: (1) An analysis of current and potential terrorism threats posed by individuals seeking to enter the United States through the northern border. (2) An analysis of improvements needed at ports of entry along the northern border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States. (3) An analysis of the number of additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers needed at and between ports of entry along the northern border. (4) An analysis of gaps in law, policy, international agreements, or tribal agreements that hinder the border security and counterterrorism efforts along the northern border. (5) An analysis of illegal cross border activity between ports of entry, including the maritime borders of the Great Lakes. (6) An analysis of the scope of border security challenges that shall include the terrain, population density, and climate along the northern border. (7) An analysis of whether additional preclearance and pre-inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at ports of entry along the northern border could help prevent terrorists and their instruments from entering the United States. (b) Classified threat analysis The threat analysis required under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that such is appropriate. July 28, 2015 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Northern Border Security Review Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a northern border threat analysis of: current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to enter the United States through the northern border or to exploit vulnerabilities along such border; improvements needed at and between ports of entry along the northern border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 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 across such border; gaps in law, policy, cooperation between state, local, and tribal law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal agreements that hinder effective and efficient border security, counterterrorism, anti-human smuggling and trafficking efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along the northern border; and whether additional preclearance and pre-inspection operations by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at ports of entry along the northern border could help prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States. For such analysis, DHS must consider and examine: technology needs and challenges; personnel needs and challenges; the role of state, local, and tribal law enforcement in general border security activities; the need for cooperation among federal, state, local, tribal, and Canadian law enforcement entities relating to border security; and the terrain, population density, and climate along the northern border.