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Bill · 119th Congress

H.R. 5517

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Passed HouseIntroduced Sep 19, 2025Topic: Immigration →
  1. 01 Introduced
  2. 02 Committee
  3. 03 Passed House
  4. 04 Passed Senate
  5. 05 To President
  6. 06 Law

Latest action · Sep 16, 2026
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.

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What this bill does

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regularly perform a threat analysis of the northern U.S. border.

The analysis must be performed every two years and include terroristic and criminal threats, improvements needed to prevent terrorism and reduce criminal activity, and whether preclearance and advance inspection operations at northern ports of entry could prevent terrorists from entering in the United States.

DHS must (1) update its northern border strategy after performing each threat analysis, and (2) provide a classified briefing to Congress. If DHS determines no update is required, DHS must notify Congress.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) must develop performance measures to assess the AMO’s effectiveness at securing the northern border between ports of entry in air and maritime environments.

Congressional Research Service · Introduced in House · Sep 19, 2025

How Congress voted

No recorded votes yet. Many bills pass by voice vote or unanimous consent, where no one's individual vote is written down.

Timeline

  1. Sep 16, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  2. Sep 16, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5898)
  3. Sep 16, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  4. Sep 16, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5517.
  5. Sep 16, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5898-5899)
  6. Sep 16, 2026Mr. Van Epps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Sep 16, 2026Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
  8. Sep 15, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 728.
  9. Sep 15, 2026Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-830.
  10. Jun 24, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 2.
  11. Jun 24, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  12. Jun 24, 2026Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Discharged
  13. Sep 22, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  14. Sep 19, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  15. Sep 19, 2025Introduced in House

Cosponsors

27 members

Details

Related bills

None listed

Cost estimates · Congressional Budget Office

Subject tags · 5

Border security and unlawful immigrationCanadaCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsNorth America