[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4089 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4089
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 20, 2021
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 INFORMATION 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 practices described in
paragraph (1) after consultation with Federal, State, local,
and Tribal law enforcement 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 identifying suspicious behavior in a
manner that protects 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 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 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
(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.