House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Langworthy R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee actionJun 24, 2026
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5517.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5517, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act” on July 31, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 24, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62608
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5517, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-830 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 15, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2026 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/830
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5517, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution By Mr. LANGWORTHY H.R. 5518. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 5517, 119th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
27 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 27 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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