S 1808 · 114th Congress · Emergency Management

Northern Border Security Review Act

Introduced 2015-07-21· Sponsored by Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]· Senate

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-267.(2016-12-14)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Northern Border Security Review Act Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to specified congressional committees a northern border threat analysis, which shall include analyses of: terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to enter the United States through the northern border or to exploit border vulnerabilities on such border; improvements needed at and between ports of entry along the northern border to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the United States and to reduce criminal activity, as measured by the total flow of illegal goods and illicit drugs, related to such border; and vulnerabilities in law, policy, cooperation between state, tribal, and local law enforcement, international agreements, or tribal agreements that hinder border security, counterterrorism, anti-human trafficking efforts, and the flow of legitimate trade along the northern border. Directs the Secretary, for such analysis, to consider and examine: technology needs and challenges; personnel needs and challenges; the role of state, tribal, and local law enforcement in general border security activities; the need for cooperation amon…

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S. 1808, Northern Border Security Review Act

Aug 11, 2015

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 29, 2015

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Cosponsors (7)

2 Democrats4 Republicans1 Independent