,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjai,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               
,transportation ,security               
,administration to develop and          
disseminate best practices for rental   
companies and dealers to report         
suspicious behavior to law enforcement  
agencies at the point of sale of a      
covered rental vehicle to prevent and   
mitigate acts of terrorism using motor  
vehicles1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,darren ,drake ,act4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,from #bjac through #bjag1         
terrorists carried out #be known vehicle
 ramming attacks in ,north ,america and 
,western ,europe1 resulting in #aef     
fatalities and #gij injuries4  7#b7 ,the

 ,islamic ,state of ,iraq and the       
,levant1 or ,,isis1 was designated by   
the ,department of ,state as a foreign  
terrorist organization on ,december #ag1
 #bjjd1 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 ,on
 ,march #bg1 #bjai1 an ,ohio man plead  
guilty to #bi ,federal hate crimes for  
driving a car into a crowd of           
counter-protestors in ,charlottesville1 
,virginia1 on ,august #ab1 #bjag1       
killing one woman and injuring dozens4  
7#g7 ,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   
,,tsa best practices related to certain 
information collected by rental         
companies and dealers  7a7 ,development 

and dissemination  7#a7 ,in general ,not
 later than one year after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall develop 
and disseminate best practices for      
rental companies and dealers to report  
suspicious behavior to law enforcement  
agencies at the point of sale of a      
covered rental vehicle4  7#b7           
,consultation2 updates ,the             
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall develop 
and1 as necessary1 update the best      
practices described in paragraph 7#a7   
after consultation with relevant rental 
industry stakeholders4  7b7 ,report to  
,congress ,not later than one year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
and the ,administrator of the           
,transportation ,security               
,administration shall jointly submit to 
,congress a report on the implementation
 of this section1 including an          

assessment of--  7#a7 the impact of the 
best practices described in subsection  
7a7 on efforts to protect the ,united   
,states against terrorist attacks2 and  
7#b7 ways to improve and expand         
cooperation and engagement between--    
7,a7 the ,department of ,homeland       
,security and the ,transportation       
,security ,administration2 and  7,b7    
rental companies1 dealers1 and other    
relevant rental industry stakeholders4  
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the  
terms covered rental vehicle1 dealer1   
and rental company have the meanings    
given those terms in section #cjajb of  
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code4