S.Amdt. 3440

SA 3440. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Northern Border Security Review Act''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(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.
(c) Northern Border Threat Analysis.--

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(1) 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--
(A) current and potential terrorism and criminal threats
posed by individuals and organized groups seeking--
(i) to enter the United States through the Northern Border;
or
(ii) to exploit border vulnerabilities on the Northern
Border;
(B) improvements needed at and between ports of entry along
the Northern Border--
(i) to prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from
entering the United States; and
(ii) to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the total
flow of illegal goods, illicit drugs (including opioids,
fentanyl, heroin, and the illegal movement of prescription
drugs), and smuggled and trafficked persons moved in either
direction across the Northern Border;
(C) 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
(D) 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 terrorism from entering the United States.
(2) Analysis requirements.--For the threat analysis
required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall consider and examine--
(A) technology needs and challenges;
(B) personnel needs and challenges;
(C) the role of State, tribal, and local law enforcement in
general border security activities;
(D) the need for cooperation among Federal, State, tribal,
local, and Canadian law enforcement entities relating to
border security;
(E) the terrain, population density, and climate along the
Northern Border; and
(F) the needs and challenges of Department facilities,
including the physical approaches to such facilities.
(3) Classified threat analysis.--To the extent possible,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the threat
analysis required under paragraph (1) 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.
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