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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6877 

To establish limitations on the use of no-knock warrants, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2022 

Ms. OMAR (for herself, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. 

PRESSLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

CARSON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. MENG, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. WILLIAMS of 

Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 

LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. 

JAYAPAL, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish limitations on the use of no-knock warrants, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amir Locke End Dead5 ly No-Knock Warrants Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM.—The term 

4 ‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 

5 under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 

6 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

7 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), without regard to whether 

8 the funds are characterized as being made available 

9 under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 

10 Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 

11 Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro12 gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist13 ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 

14 (2) COPS GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘COPS 

15 grant program’’ means the grant program author16 ized under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

18 (3) COVERED LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK

19 FORCE.—The term ‘‘covered law enforcement task 

20 force’’ means a law enforcement task force that has 

21 not less than 1 Federal law enforcement agency or 

22 Federal law enforcement officer as a member. 

23 (4) COVERED FEDERAL WARRANT.—The term 

24 ‘‘covered Federal warrant’’ means a warrant author25 izing a search by a Federal law enforcement officer 

26 or covered law enforcement task force. 


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1 (5) DAYLIGHT HOURS.—The term ‘‘daylight 

2 hours’’ means any time beginning at 9:00 a.m. and 

3 ending at 6:00 p.m. in the time zone in which a war4 rant is to be executed. 

5 (6) NO-KNOCK ENTRY.—The term ‘‘no-knock 

6 entry’’ means entry into a property by a law enforce7 ment officer without the law enforcement officer 

8 knocking and announcing their presence, authority, 

9 and intention to enter the property. 

10 (7) NIGHTTIME.—The term ‘‘nighttime’’ means 

11 any time other than daylight hours in the time zone 

12 in which a warrant is to be executed. 

13 SEC. 3. FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS. 

14 (a) NO-KNOCK ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) BAR IN DRUG CASES.—A covered Federal 

16 warrant may not authorize a no-knock entry for the 

17 investigation of any offense related to drugs. 

18 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR COURT AUTHORIZA19 TION.—A court— 

20 (A) may only issue a covered Federal war21 rant authorizing a no-knock entry if the court 

22 determines there is clear and convincing evi23 dence, supported by particularized facts, that 

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1 tion to enter is necessary because notice prior 

2 to entry would substantially endanger the life or 

3 safety of the law enforcement officer or other 

4 persons; and 

5 (B) may not issue a covered Federal war6 rant authorizing a no-knock entry for the inves7 tigation of any offense related to drugs. 

8 (3) AVOIDING DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND

9 INJURY OF PERSONS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—In executing a covered 

11 Federal warrant, law enforcement officers shall 

12 seek to avoid the destruction of property and 

13 injury of persons occasioned by forcible entry 

14 and execution of a search. 

15 (B) RESTITUTION.—Any person who is in16 jured by, or the owner of property damaged by, 

17 law enforcement officers during the execution of 

18 a covered Federal warrant may bring an action 

19 against the United States in the appropriate 

20 Federal district court for appropriate relief, in21 cluding restitution, unless the person is con22 victed of an offense related to the covered Fed23 eral warrant. 


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1 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR DRUG IN2 VESTIGATIONS.—Section 509 of the Controlled Sub3 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 879) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘A search warrant’’ and in5 serting ‘‘(a) A search warrant’’; and 

6 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(b) A Federal law enforcement officer (as defined 

8 in section 2 of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge 

9 of Bravery Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 50301)) may not make 

10 a no-knock entry (as defined in section 2 of the Amir 

11 Locke End Deadly No-Knock Warrants Act).’’. 

12 (b) PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF ALL COVERED

13 FEDERAL WARRANTS.— 

14 (1) EXECUTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

16 subparagraph (B), a covered Federal warrant 

17 shall only authorize execution of the covered 

18 Federal warrant during daylight hours not later 

19 than 7 days after such warrant is issued, and 

20 such a warrant shall only be executed by a Fed21 eral law enforcement officer or covered law en22 forcement task force during such hours. 

23 (B) COURT AUTHORIZATION FOR NIGHT24 TIME SERVICE.—A court may authorize a cov25 ered Federal warrant to be executed outside of 


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1 daylight hours if the court determines that the 

2 application for such warrant contains particu3 larized facts indicating that nighttime execution 

4 is necessary because execution of the warrant 

5 during daylight hours would substantially en6 danger the life or safety of law enforcement of7 ficers or other persons. 

8 (2) APPLICATION FOR A WARRANT.— 

9 (A) APPROVAL.—An application for a cov10 ered Federal warrant may not be submitted for 

11 consideration by a court unless the head of the 

12 law enforcement agency approves such an appli13 cation. The authority for approval described in 

14 this subparagraph may not be delegated. 

15 (B) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An ap16 plication for a covered Federal warrant shall in17 clude— 

18 (i) a description of what investigative 

19 activities have been undertaken to support 

20 the request for such a warrant, or why no 

21 such investigative activity is needed; and 

22 (ii) in the case of an application for a 

23 no-knock warrant, an explanation for why 

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1 ing or announcing law enforcement pres2 ence or using other less invasive methods. 

3 (3) POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF VULNERABLE IN4 DIVIDUALS.— 

5 (A) EVALUATION.—An application for a 

6 covered Federal warrant shall assess, and a 

7 court issuing a covered Federal warrant shall 

8 evaluate and include information with respect to 

9 the primary language of the individuals on the 

10 premises, whether there will be children, indi11 viduals with a disability, individuals who are el12 derly, or other vulnerable individuals present at 

13 the location where the covered Federal warrant 

14 is to be executed. 

15 (B) REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE.—A 

16 covered Federal warrant may only authorize the 

17 search of a location where a child, individual 

18 with a disability, individual who is elderly, or 

19 other vulnerable individual will be present if the 

20 court determines, based on particularized facts, 

21 that there is a clear necessity for such search 

22 to avoid endangering the life or safety of law 

23 enforcement officers or other persons and that 

24 a safety plan is in place to ensure the safety of 

25 the vulnerable individuals. 


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1 (4) KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE REQUIREMENT.— 

2 Except in any case in which a covered Federal war3 rant authorizes no-knock entry, during execution of 

4 a covered Federal warrant— 

5 (A) a law enforcement officer shall be eas6 ily recognizable and identifiable as a uniformed 

7 law enforcement officer; 

8 (B) a law enforcement officer shall knock 

9 and audibly, or in a manner sufficient to pro10 vide notice to any person with a disability, and 

11 with consideration to the native language of the 

12 occupants, announce the officer’s identity as a 

13 law enforcement officer, authority pursuant to 

14 the warrant, and purpose; 

15 (C) an audible knock and announcement 

16 shall be provided in a manner reasonably ex17 pected to be received and understood by occu18 pants of the premises to be searched based on 

19 the size and nature of the location; 

20 (D) a body worn camera or any other gov21 ernment issued recording device shall be record22 ing at least 5 minutes prior to the start of a 

23 covered Federal warrant execution, during any 

24 subsequent entry and the entirety of the search 


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1 of the premises, and 5 minutes following the 

2 exit of the premises; and 

3 (E) law enforcement officers shall delay 

4 entry for at least 30 seconds, or a sufficient 

5 amount of time after the announcement, which6 ever is greater, based on the size and nature of 

7 the premises and occupants, to allow the occu8 pant a reasonable opportunity to respond. 

9 (5) EXCEPTION TO DELAYED ENTRY REQUIRE10 MENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(E), law en11 forcement officers may forcibly enter into the prem12 ises in less than 30 seconds if— 

13 (A) a covered Federal warrant authorizes a 

14 no-knock entry; or 

15 (B) a verifiable exigent circumstance ex16 ists, there is an imminent threat to the life of 

17 law enforcement officers or others, and law en18 forcement officers provide information about 

19 such exigency in the warrant execution report. 

20 (6) VERIFICATION OF PLACE TO BE

21 SEARCHED.—Before executing a covered Federal 

22 warrant, law enforcement officers shall verify that 

23 the address or location about to be searched is the 

24 correct address or location authorized to be searched 

25 under the covered Federal warrant. Such verification 


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1 shall occur within the 24 hours prior to execution of 

2 the covered Federal warrant. 

3 (7) USE OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES.—Law en4 forcement officers executing a covered Federal war5 rant shall not use or possess flash-bang stun gre6 nades, other explosive devices, chemical weapons, or 

7 any military-grade firearm, unless expressly author8 ized under the covered Federal warrant based on 

9 clearly articulated reasons, supported by particular10 ized facts, that the use of any such device is nec11 essary under the particularized circumstances to 

12 protect the life or safety of law enforcement officers 

13 or other persons. 

14 (c) DATA COLLECTION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—A Federal law enforcement 

16 agency shall— 

17 (A) collect data about— 

18 (i) the items to be seized under a cov19 ered Federal warrant, as described in the 

20 application; 

21 (ii) the items seized in the execution 

22 of that covered Federal warrant; 

23 (iii) the total number of covered Fed24 eral warrant applications and the number 

25 of no-knock warrant applications; 


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1 (iv) the total number of covered Fed2 eral warrant applications granted and the 

3 number of no-knock warrant applications 

4 granted; 

5 (v) the number of forcible entries 

6 made while executing warrants (both where 

7 no-knock entry is explicitly authorized by 

8 the warrant and when not explicitly au9 thorized), including a description of the 

10 circumstances under which forcible entry 

11 occurred and why warrant requirements 

12 were modified; and 

13 (vi) injuries that occur during the exe14 cution of warrants (sustained by both law 

15 enforcement and others); and 

16 (B) submit the data collected under para17 graph (1) to the Attorney General. 

18 (2) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

19 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

20 and every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General 

21 shall make available to the public on the Department 

22 of Justice website a review and analysis of the data 

23 submitted to the Attorney General pursuant to para24 graph (1)(B). 


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1 (d) EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE.—Evidence obtained 

2 in violation of this section may not be admissible in any 

3 trial, hearing, or proceeding in or before any court, depart4 ment, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority 

5 of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision 

6 thereof. 

7 (e) OFFICER ACCOUNTABILITY.—Any law enforce8 ment officer who executes a covered Federal warrant in 

9 violation of the requirements of this section shall be sub10 ject to such consequence as the Attorney General deter11 mines appropriate, including rendering all evidence col12 lected pursuant to the violation inadmissible, suspension 

13 of duty, civil penalties, or termination. 

14 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE15 MENT ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS. 

16 Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after 

17 the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, a law enforcement agency of a State or unit of local 

19 government may not receive funds made available to the 

20 State or local government under the Byrne grant program 

21 or the COPS grant program for a fiscal year if, on the 

22 day before the first day of the fiscal year, the State or 

23 local law enforcement agency of the State or unit of local 


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1 government does not have in effect policies that are sub2 stantially similar to the policies described in section 3. 

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