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                                                 Union Calendar No. 590
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4627

                          [Report No. 115-757]

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize expenditures to 
combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2017

 Mr. Donovan (for himself, Mr. Payne, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. King of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

                             June 14, 2018

  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 
                           December 12, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize expenditures to 
combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks, 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 ``Shielding Public Spaces from 
Vehicular Terrorism Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11) of section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182), by 
        inserting ``research and development to combat emerging 
        terrorist threats, such as vehicular attacks, and'' before 
        ``the long-term''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B) of section 308(b)(2) (6 U.S.C. 
        188(b)(2))--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``expertise in--'' and inserting ``expertise in the 
                following:'';
                    (B) by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following 
                new clause:
                            ``(xiv) Combatting emerging terrorist 
                        threats, including vehicular attacks.''.

SEC. 3. ALLOWABLE USES.

    Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (14) 
                as paragraphs (12) through (15), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(11) addressing security vulnerabilities of public 
        spaces, including through the installation of bollards and 
        other target hardening activities;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``(a)(10)'' 
                and inserting ``(a)(12)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the folllowing new 
                paragraph:
            ``(6) Firearms.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A grant awarded under section 
                2003 or 2004 may not be used for the provision to any 
                person of a firearm or training in the use of a 
                firearm.
                    ``(B) No effect on other laws.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph may be construed to preclude or contradict 
                any other provision of law authorizing the provision of 
                firearms or training in the use of firearms.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 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 report on 
emerging automotive technologies that support driverless vehicles and 
the threat such vehicles may pose to people in public spaces. Such 
report shall also address risks associated with cyber terrorism and 
computer-dependent automotive vehicles.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 590

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4627

                          [Report No. 115-757]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize expenditures to 
combat emerging terrorist threats, including vehicular attacks, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 14, 2018

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed