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Union Calendar No. 84 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4089 
[Report No. 117–119] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2021 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 
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 June 23, 2021] 
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A BILL 
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 Secretary of 
Homeland Security 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 vehicle. 
(2) CONSULTATION; UPDATES.—The Secretary 
shall develop and, as necessary, update the best prac-
tices described in paragraph (1) after consultation 
with Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies and relevant transportation security 
stakeholders. 
(3) GUIDANCE ON SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR.—The 
Secretary shall include, in the best practices developed 
under paragraph (1), guidance on defining and iden-
tifying suspicious behavior in a manner that protects 
civil rights and civil liberties. 
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(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 assessment 
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 rel-
evant 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 pur-
poses by a rental company. 
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Union Calendar No. 84 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4089 
[Report No. 117–119] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
develop and disseminate best practices for rental 
companies and dealers to report suspicious be-
havior 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. 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 
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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