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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9481 
To establish the Northern Border Coordination Center, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. MOLINARO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish the Northern Border Coordination Center, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Coordina-
tion for the Northern Border Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER COORDINATION CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish the Northern Border Coordination Center. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center shall be 
to serve as the Department’s forward deployed centralized 
coordination center for operations, domain awareness, in-
formation sharing, intelligence, training, and stakeholder 
engagement with Federal, State, Tribal, local, and inter-
national government partners along the northern border 
of the United States. The Center shall be placed along 
the northern border at a location that is collocated with 
an existing U.S. Border Patrol sector headquarters, Air 
and Marine Operations branch, and United States Coast 
Guard air station, and other facility at which Department 
activities are carried out. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Center shall perform the func-
tions described in this subsection in addition to any other 
functions assigned by the Secretary. 
(1) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY.—The Cen-
ter, in collaboration with relevant offices and compo-
nents of the Department, shall— 
(A) serve as a coordination mechanism for 
operational components for the implementation, 
evaluation, and updating of the Northern Bor-
der Strategy and any successor strategy; and 
(B) support the development of best prac-
tices and policies for personnel along the north-
ern border to support such implementation. 
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(2) TRAINING.—The Center shall serve as a 
training location to support the delivery of training 
or exercises for Department personnel and Federal, 
State, Tribal, local, and international government 
partners. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 
Northern Border Coordination Center established 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(e) LIMITATION.—The Center established pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be established separate and distinct 
from the Secretary’s authorities under section 708 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 348). 
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