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[H.R. 4227 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4227

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
 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.

    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 ``Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2018''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY ON VEHICULAR TERRORISM.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
        (1) assess the activities the Department of Homeland Security 
    is undertaking to support emergency response providers and the 
    private sector to prevent, mitigate, and respond to the threat of 
    vehicular terrorism; 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 and the 
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
    strategy to improve the Department's efforts to support the efforts 
    of emergency response providers and the private sector to prevent, 
    mitigate, and respond to such threat.
    (b) Contents.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
        (1) An examination of the current threat of vehicular 
    terrorism.
        (2) Methods to improve Department of Homeland Security 
    information sharing activities with emergency response providers 
    and the private sector regarding best practices to prevent, 
    mitigate, and respond to the increasing threat of vehicular 
    terrorism.
        (3) Training activities the Department can provide, including 
    possible exercises, for emergency response 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 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)).
        (2) Vehicular terrorism.--The term ``vehicular terrorism'' 
    means an action that utilizes automotive transportation to commit 
    terrorism (as defined in section 2(18) of the Homeland Security Act 
    of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(18))).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.