IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4089 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 20, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security 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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Darren Drake Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO CERTAIN INFORMA-
TION COLLECTED BY RENTAL COMPANIES 
AND DEALERS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall develop and dis-
seminate best practices for rental companies and 
dealers to report suspicious behavior to law enforce-
ment agencies at the point of sale of a covered rental 
vehicle. 
(2) CONSULTATION; UPDATES.—The Secretary 
shall develop and, as necessary, update the best 
practices described in paragraph (1) after consulta-
tion with Federal, State, local, and Tribal law en-
forcement agencies and relevant transportation secu-
rity stakeholders. 
(3) GUIDANCE ON SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.—The 
Secretary shall include, in the best practices devel-
oped under paragraph (1), guidance on defining and 
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identifying suspicious behavior in a manner that pro-
tects civil rights and civil liberties. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress a report 
on the implementation of this section, including an assess-
ment of— 
(1) the impact of the best practices described in 
subsection (a) on efforts to protect the United 
States against terrorist attacks; and 
(2) ways to improve and expand cooperation 
and engagement between— 
(A) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(B) Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement agencies; and 
(C) rental companies, dealers, and other 
relevant rental industry stakeholders. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘dealer’’ and ‘‘rental company’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
30102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered rental vehicle’’ means a 
motor vehicle that— 
(A) is rented without a driver for an initial 
term of less than 4 months; and 
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(B) is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 35 
or more motor vehicles that are used for rental 
purposes by a rental company. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 19, 
2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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