HR 5517
Passed a chamber
Requires updated northern border threat analyses by September 2, 2026 and every two years after that, with a Homeland Security strategy update within 90 days of each analysis.
Official title: Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-SEP-2025
Referred
19-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
24-JUN-2026
Reported
15-SEP-2026
On the calendar
15-SEP-2026
Passed
16-SEP-2026
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2026
- Sets the first updated threat analysis deadline at September 2, 2026, then repeats it every two years.
- Requires a northern border strategy update within 90 days after each threat analysis, or a notice to Congress if the Homeland Security Secretary decides no update is needed.
- Requires the Homeland Security Secretary to give Congress a classified briefing within 30 days of each threat analysis.
- Directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations to develop performance measures for its work securing the northern border between ports of entry within six months of enactment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (19-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-SEP-2026).
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26 Republicans
- Mark Alford
- Nicholas J. Begich
- Dan Crenshaw
- Julie Fedorchak
- Brad Finstad
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
- Scott Franklin
- Russell Fry
- Russ Fulcher
- Glenn Grothman
- Bill Huizenga
- Mike Kelly
- Michael Lawler
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Nicole Malliotakis
- Dan Newhouse
- Michael K. Simpson
- Christopher H. Smith
- Pete Stauber
- Elise M. Stefanik
- Claudia Tenney
- Glenn Thompson
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Randy K. Weber, Sr.
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1 Democrat