Securing our Northern Border Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10265 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10265 To establish the Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 29, 2024 Mr. Suozzi (for himself and Mr. Pappas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing our Northern Border Act''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NORTHERN BORDER MISSION CENTER. (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center shall be to serve as the Department's forward deployed centralized operations support center for domain awareness, information sharing, intelligence, training, and stakeholder engagement with Federal, State, tribal, local, and international government partners along the northern border of the United States. (c) Location.--The Center shall be placed along the northern border at a location that is collocated with an existing U.S. Border Patrol sector headquarters, an Air and Marine Operations branch, and a United States Coast Guard air station, and other existing Department activities. (d) Components.-- (1) In general.--The Center shall collocate personnel and activities of-- (A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; (B) the United States Coast Guard; (C) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforc