The record

LegislationLegislation· Aug 2026
S 850 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Margaret Wood Hassan (D)

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Requires to analyze northern border threats every three years and update border strategy every five years.

Tradeoff

Mandates regular threat assessments and strategy updates for the northern border. No spending authorized or required offsets identified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over the 2025-2030 period, subject to .

The $500,000 federal cost is just 's administrative expense to produce reports and develop performance metrics on northern border security; the bill creates no new federal spending program or subsidy.

S. 850, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act · Aug 2025

Passed the Senate by on August 5, 2026 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 5, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Mar 5, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jul 30, 2025)

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Aug 5, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Aug 10, 2026)