[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4227 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4227


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2018

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 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 
        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 any action that utilizes automotive transportation to 
        inflict violence and intimidation on individuals for a 
        political purpose.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.