,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ac1 #bjah,mr4 
,gottheimer 7for himself and ,mr4       
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,homeland ,security to carry out a pilot
 program for the prevention and         
mitigation of acts of terrorism using   
motor vehicles1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,darren ,drake ,combatting #bast
 ,century ,weapons of ,terror ,act or   
the ,darren ,drake ,act4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,from #bjad through #bjag1         
terrorists carried out at least #ag     
known vehicle ramming attacks worldwide1
 resulting in #agc fatalities and #ffg  
injuries4  7#b7 ,the ,islamic ,state of 
,iraq and the ,levant1 or ,,isis1 was   
designated by the ,state ,department as 
a foreign terrorist organization on     

,december #ag1 #bjjd and was designated 
as a ,specially ,designated ,global     
,terrorist 7,,sdgt7 on ,october #ae1    
#bjjd4  7#c7 ,al-,qa'ida and the        
,islamic ,state have promoted vehicle   
attacks for years1 including in         
,inspire1 the online magazine of        
al-,qa'ida and in ,rumiya1 the magazine 
of the ,islamic ,state4  7#d7 ,the      
,islamic ,state calls upon its followers
 to conduct vehicle ramming attacks by  
buying1 renting1 stealing1 or borrowing 
trucks and targeting large outdoor      
events1 crowded pedestrian streets1     
outdoor markets and rallies4  7#e7 ,on  
,november #ba1 #bjag1 a grand jury in   
the ,southern ,district of ,new ,york   
returned a #bb-;count indictment against
 the perpetrator of an alleged vehicular
 terrorist attack carried out in the    
name of the designated foreign terrorist
 organization the ,islamic ,state in    
lower ,manhattan on ,october #ca1 #bjag1
 which killed eight people1 including   
,darren ,drake of ,new ,milford1 ,new   

,jersey1 and injured #ab more4  7#f7    
,the automotive sale and rental industry
 has been a leader in strengthening     
security measures1 working with         
government agencies and officials       
including the ,department of ,homeland  
,security1 ,transportation ,security    
,administration1 and the ,federal       
,bureau of ,investigation1 and          
continuing to innovate and improve to   
better protect its customers1 employees1
 assets1 and the general public4  #c4   
,study on information collected by      
rental agencies and dealers ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security1 acting through  
the ,administrator of the               
,transportation ,security               
,administration1 shall--  7#a7 conduct a
 study on the various types of          
information collected by rental         
companies and dealers that rent covered 
rental vehicles in the ,united ,states  
and ,europe2 and  7#b7 develop and      

disseminate best practices for rental   
companies and dealers to report         
suspicious behavior to law enforcement  
agencies at the point of sale for such a
 covered rental vehicle4  #d4 ,pilot    
program  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #a year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary of        
,homeland ,security shall establish a   
pilot program1 for a period not to      
exceed one year1 to--  7#a7 in          
consultation with representatives of the
 automotive sale and rental industry1   
develop a uniform standard for the type 
of information collected by rental      
agencies described in section #c1 and   
the type of information used in         
submitting suspicious activity reports2 
7#b7 provide operators with a threat    
assessment prepared by the              
,undersecretary of ,homeland ,security  
for ,intelligence and ,analysis         
regarding the terrorism threat of large 
vehicles2  7#c7 distribute guidance for 
improving the suspicious activity       

reporting process1 including training   
for designated employees to better      
identify suspicious activity2  7#d7     
provide technical assistance to         
operators to better access suspicious   
activity reports2 and  7#e7 if          
determined necessary by the ,secretary1 
establish a procedure for checking      
information against a designated watch  
list that does not contain any          
classified information1 and for dealers 
and rental companies to provide notice  
of a sale or rental to the ,federal     
,bureau of ,investigation4  7b7 ,report 
to ,congress ,once every #abj days1     
until the conclusion of the program     
under this section1 the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security and the             
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall jointly 
submit to ,congress a report on the     
program under this section1 including-- 
7#a7 an assessment of the impact of the 
pilot program on privacy and civil      
liberties2 and  7#b7 the effect that    

permanent implementation of the program 
would have on efforts to protect the    
,united ,states against terrorist       
attacks4  7c7 ,exemption from liability 
,a dealer or rental company shall not be
 liable for any action taken in         
accordance with this pilot program under
 this section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,the term covered    
rental vehicle means a truck1 tractor1  
trailer1 bus1 semitrailer1 or van with  
more than #ae passengers4  7#b7 ,the    
terms dealer and rental company have the
 meanings given those terms in section  
#cjajb of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code4