(1) From 2013 through 2017, terrorists carried 
out 25 known vehicle ramming attacks in North 
America and Western Europe, resulting in 156 fa-
talities and 790 injuries. 
(2) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 
or ISIS, was designated by the Department of State 
as a foreign terrorist organization on December 17, 
2004, and was designated as a Specially Designated 
Global Terrorist (SDGT) on October 15, 2004. 
(3) Al-Qa’ida and the Islamic State have pro-
moted vehicle attacks for years, including in Inspire, 
the online magazine of al-Qa’ida and in Rumiya, the 
magazine of the Islamic State. 
(4) The Islamic State calls upon its followers to 
conduct vehicle ramming attacks by buying, renting, 
stealing, or borrowing trucks and targeting large 
outdoor events, crowded pedestrian streets, outdoor 
markets and rallies. 
(5) On November 21, 2017, a grand jury in the 
Southern District of New York returned a 22-count 
indictment against the perpetrator of an alleged ve-
hicular terrorist attack carried out in the name of 
the designated foreign terrorist organization the Is-
lamic State in lower Manhattan on October 31, 
2017, which killed eight people, including Darren 
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Drake of New Milford, New Jersey, and injured 12 
more. 
(6) On March 27, 2019, an Ohio man plead 
guilty to 29 Federal hate crimes for driving a car 
into a crowd of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, 
Virginia, on August 12, 2017, killing one woman 
and injuring dozens. 
(7) The automotive sale and rental industry has 
been a leader in strengthening security measures, 
working with government agencies and officials in-
cluding the Department of Homeland Security, 
Transportation Security Administration, and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and continuing to 
innovate and improve to better protect its customers, 
employees, assets, and the general public. 
SEC. 3. TSA BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION 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 Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration shall develop and disseminate best practices 
for rental companies and dealers to report suspicious 
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behavior to law enforcement agencies at the point of 
sale of a covered rental vehicle. 
(2) CONSULTATION; UPDATES.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall develop and, as necessary, update the best 
practices described in paragraph (1) after consulta-
tion with relevant rental industry stakeholders. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall jointly 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 
and the Transportation Security Administra-
tion; and 
(B) rental companies, dealers, and other 
relevant rental industry stakeholders. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘cov-
ered rental vehicle’’, ‘‘dealer’’, and ‘‘rental company’’ have 
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the meanings given those terms in section 30102 of title 
49, United States Code. 
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