H.R. 5517 · 119th Congress

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Introduced on Sep 19, 2025 by Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23). 27 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Sep 19, 2025
Cosponsors
27
1 from the other party
Policy area
Immigration
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Canada
  • Congressional oversight
  • Government studies and investigations
  • North America

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 19, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Nicholas A. LangworthyR-NY-23Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 26

Roll calls

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History

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

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.