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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4942 

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 

vehicles, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2019 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 

bill; 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 vehicles, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Darren Drake Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) From 2013 through 2017, terrorists carried 

2 out 25 known vehicle ramming attacks in North 

3 America and Western Europe, resulting in 156 fa4 talities and 790 injuries. 

5 (2) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 

6 or ISIS, was designated by the Department of State 

7 as a foreign terrorist organization on December 17, 

8 2004, and was designated as a Specially Designated 

9 Global Terrorist (SDGT) on October 15, 2004. 

10 (3) Al-Qa’ida and the Islamic State have pro11 moted vehicle attacks for years, including in Inspire, 

12 the online magazine of al-Qa’ida and in Rumiya, the 

13 magazine of the Islamic State. 

14 (4) The Islamic State calls upon its followers to 

15 conduct vehicle ramming attacks by buying, renting, 

16 stealing, or borrowing trucks and targeting large 

17 outdoor events, crowded pedestrian streets, outdoor 

18 markets and rallies. 

19 (5) On November 21, 2017, a grand jury in the 

20 Southern District of New York returned a 22-count 

21 indictment against the perpetrator of an alleged ve22 hicular terrorist attack carried out in the name of 

23 the designated foreign terrorist organization the Is24 lamic State in lower Manhattan on October 31, 

25 2017, which killed eight people, including Darren 


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1 Drake of New Milford, New Jersey, and injured 12 

2 more. 

3 (6) On March 27, 2019, an Ohio man plead 

4 guilty to 29 Federal hate crimes for driving a car 

5 into a crowd of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, 

6 Virginia, on August 12, 2017, killing one woman 

7 and injuring dozens. 

8 (7) The automotive sale and rental industry has 

9 been a leader in strengthening security measures, 

10 working with government agencies and officials in11 cluding the Department of Homeland Security, 

12 Transportation Security Administration, and the 

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation, and continuing to 

14 innovate and improve to better protect its customers, 

15 employees, assets, and the general public. 

16 SEC. 3. TSA BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO CERTAIN INFOR17 MATION COLLECTED BY RENTAL COMPANIES 

18 AND DEALERS. 

19 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad22 ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis23 tration shall develop and disseminate best practices 

24 for rental companies and dealers to report suspicious 


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1 behavior to law enforcement agencies at the point of 

2 sale of a covered rental vehicle. 

3 (2) CONSULTATION; UPDATES.—The Adminis4 trator of the Transportation Security Administration 

5 shall develop and, as necessary, update the best 

6 practices described in paragraph (1) after consulta7 tion with relevant rental industry stakeholders. 

8 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Trans11 portation Security Administration shall jointly submit to 

12 Congress a report on the implementation of this section, 

13 including an assessment of— 

14 (1) the impact of the best practices described in 

15 subsection (a) on efforts to protect the United 

16 States against terrorist attacks; and 

17 (2) ways to improve and expand cooperation 

18 and engagement between— 

19 (A) the Department of Homeland Security 

20 and the Transportation Security Administra21 tion; and 

22 (B) rental companies, dealers, and other 

23 relevant rental industry stakeholders. 

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘cov25 ered rental vehicle’’, ‘‘dealer’’, and ‘‘rental company’’ have 


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1 the meanings given those terms in section 30102 of title 

2 49, United States Code. 

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