# 119-s-850: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

119-s-850, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH); status passed_senate (as of 2026-10-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-850
- Congress: 119
- Title: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-03

## Summary

**Regular, data-driven northern border threat analysis and strategy updates**. This bill would require recurring threat analyses tied to scheduled strategy updates and add sector-level apprehension reviews, classified briefings to Congress, and performance measures for Air and Marine Operations. - Congress would receive a classified briefing within 30 days after each threat analysis. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations would have to develop performance measures within 180 days to assess effectiveness in the air and maritime environments between ports of entry. - The Department of Homeland Security would update its Northern Border strategy no later than 18 months after enactment and then every 5 years, and must incorporate the latest threat analysis. - Threat analyses would be anchored to this bill's enactment and repeated every 3 years and must include sector-level counts and demographic assessments of apprehensions. - No additional funds are authorized to carry out this act or the amendments it makes. *It does not authorize any additional appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No new funding for northern border plan: cost, medium. This bill would bar authorizing any new funds to carry out this Act and its changes. Agencies would need to use existing budgets to do the threat reviews, strategy updates, and classified briefings. It would not provide money or create an appropriation. This limit would take effect upon enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-383: JOBS Act of 2025
- 119-s-3267: ASAP Act
- 119-s-1515: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-850 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/850)

## Related
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-383: JOBS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-383)
- [119-s-3267: ASAP Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3267)
- [119-s-1515: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1515)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-850 (as of 2026-10-03).