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Union Calendar No. 465 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4227 
[Report No. 115–609] 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to examine what actions 
the Department of Homeland Security is undertaking to combat the 
threat of vehicular terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2017 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
WALBERG, Ms. KAPTUR, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, and Mr. RENACCI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
MARCH 19, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER 
MARCH 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 2, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to examine 
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undertaking to combat the threat of vehicular terrorism, 
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 ‘‘Vehicular Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. STRATEGY ON VEHICULAR TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall— 
(1) assess the activities the Department of Home-
land Security is undertaking to support emergency 
response providers and the private sector to prevent, 
mitigate, and respond to the threat of vehicular ter-
rorism; and 
(2) based on such assessment, develop and submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
strategy to improve the Department’s efforts to sup-
port the efforts of emergency response providers and 
the private sector to prevent, mitigate, and respond to 
such threat. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
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(1) An examination of the current threat of ve-
hicular terrorism. 
(2) Methods to improve Department of Home-
land Security information sharing activities with 
emergency response providers and the private sector 
regarding best practices to prevent, mitigate, and re-
spond to the increasing threat of vehicular terrorism. 
(3) Training activities the Department can pro-
vide, including possible exercises, for emergency re-
sponse providers to prevent and respond to the threat 
of vehicular terrorism. 
(4) Any additional activities the Secretary of 
Homeland Security recommends to prevent, mitigate, 
and respond to the threat of vehicular terrorism. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PROVIDERS.—The 
term ‘‘emergency response providers’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2(6) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)). 
(2) VEHICULAR TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘vehic-
ular terrorism’’ means any action that utilizes auto-
motive transportation to inflict violence and intimi-
dation on individuals for a political purpose. 
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Union Calendar No. 465 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4227 
[Report No. 115–609] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
examine what actions the Department of Home-
land Security is undertaking to combat the 
threat of vehicular terrorism, and for other pur-
poses. 
MARCH 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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