S.Amdt. 2931

SA 2931. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. NORTHERN BORDER THREAT ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act''.
(b) Northern Border Threat Analysis.--Section 3(a) of the
Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``180 days after the date of enactment of this Act'' and
inserting ``September 2, 2025, and every 3 years
thereafter'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) an assessment of recent changes in the amount and
demographics of apprehensions at the Northern Border,
including an analysis of apprehension changes at the sector
level.''.
(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--Section 3 of the
Northern Border Security Review Act (Public Law 114-267) is
amended--

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(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Northern Border Strategy Updates.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall update the Department of Homeland
Security's Northern Border strategy not later than September
2, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, and shall incorporate
the results of the most recent threat analysis in each such
update.''.
(d) Classified Briefings.--Section 3 of the Northern Border
Security Review Act, as amended by subsections (b) and (c),
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Classified Briefings.--Not later than 30 days after
the submission of each threat analysis pursuant to subsection
(a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a
classified briefing regarding such analysis to the
appropriate congressional committees.''.
(e) Implementation of Certain Government Accountability
Office Recommendations.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, acting through the Executive Assistant Commissioner
of Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, shall develop performance measures to assess the
effectiveness of Air and Marine Operations at securing the
northern border between ports of entry in the air and
maritime environments.
(f) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are
authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out
this section or the amendments made by this section.
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