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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5517 
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 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
LAWLER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CRENSHAW, 
Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ZINKE, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. VAN DREW, and Mr. BEGICH) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to re-
quire updates to the northern border threat analysis 
and northern border strategy, 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 ‘‘Northern Border Secu-
rity Enhancement and Review Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND 
STRATEGY. 
(a) NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS.—Sec-
tion (a) of the Northern Border Security Review Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–267) is amended, the matter preceding para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 2, 2026, and 
biennially thereafter’’. 
(b) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.—The 
Northern Border Security Review Act is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) NORTHERN BORDER STRATEGY UPDATES.— 
Not later than 90 days after each submission of the threat 
analysis required under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall update the Department of Home-
land Security’s northern border strategy. If the Secretary 
determines no such update is required, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a noti-
fication relating thereto.’’. 
(c) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—The Northern Border 
Security Review Act, as amended by subsection (b), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(e) CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 
days after each submission of the threat analysis required 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
a classified briefing regarding such analysis.’’. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
CERTAIN
GAO REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Executive Assistant 
Commissioner of Air and Marine Operations (AMO) of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall develop per-
formance measures to assess the effectiveness of AMO at 
securing the northern border between ports of entry in the 
air and maritime environments. 
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