I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9635 
To require rental companies to provide consumer protections in renting motor 
vehicles to consumers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2022 
Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require rental companies to provide consumer protections 
in renting motor vehicles to consumers, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Rental Car Consumer 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS IN RENT-
ING MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) RESERVATIONS.—If a rental company allows a 
consumer to make a reservation for a covered rental vehi-
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cle, such rental company shall make available to such con-
sumer the vehicle reserved— 
(1) within 1⁄2 hour of the reserved time; and 
(2) at the reserved location. 
(b) DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING.—A rental company 
may not advertise or represent that a consumer may make 
a reservation for a covered rental vehicle unless such rent-
al company maintains the procedures required by sub-
section (c). 
(c) RECORDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A rental company that al-
lows consumers to make reservations for covered 
rental vehicles shall maintain procedures reasonably 
calculated to fulfill such reservations. 
(2) PROCEDURES.—The procedures required by 
paragraph (1) shall include maintaining a record of 
each such reservation and of the scheduled return 
time of each such vehicle. Such records shall be pre-
served for not fewer than 6 months. 
(d) NOTICE.—A rental company that rents covered 
rental vehicles to consumers shall conspicuously display on 
the business premises of such rental company a notice in-
forming consumers of the rights of consumers under this 
section. The Commission shall include in the regulations 
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promulgated under subsection (e) requirements for the 
form and content of such notice. 
(e) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
promulgate regulations under section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, to implement this section. 
(f) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section or a regulation 
promulgated under this section shall be treated as a 
violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices. 
(2) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—The Com-
mission shall enforce this section and the regulations 
promulgated under this section in the same manner, 
by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties as through all applicable terms 
and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 
made a part of this section. Any person who violates 
this section or a regulation promulgated under this 
section shall be subject to the penalties entitled to 
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the privileges and immunities provided in the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) COVERED
RENTAL
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘covered rental vehicle’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 30102(a) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(3) RENTAL COMPANY.—The term ‘‘rental com-
pany’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
30102(a) of title 49, United States Code. 
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