Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Key Points

• This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to study threats along the U.S. border with Canada every three years. The first report is due by September 2025.
• Government officials must look at how many people are being caught at the northern border and where they are coming from. They will look at specific sections of the border to see where patterns are changing.
• The Department of Homeland Security will have to update its overall plan for northern border security every five years. These plans must use the latest information from the threat studies to stay current.
• Customs and Border Protection must create new ways to measure how well their planes and boats are protecting the border between official entry points. This must be done within six months of the bill becoming law.
• Members of Congress will receive private briefings on these security threats to help them make better decisions about border safety.
• The bill does not ask for any new taxpayer money to carry out these tasks. Agencies will use their existing budgets to complete the reports and updates.

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