Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018

[115th Congress Public Law 400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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Public Law 115-400
115th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Dec. 31,
                         2018 -  [H.R. 4227]>>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Vehicular
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act
of 2018''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY ON VEHICULAR TERRORISM.

    (a) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  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) <<NOTE: Examination.>>  An examination of the current
        threat of vehicular terrorism.
            (2) <<NOTE: Methodologies.>>  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

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        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))).

    Approved December 31, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4227:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-609 (Comm. on Homeland Security).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
            Mar. 19, 22, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            Dec. 20, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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