Federal Agent Responsibility Act

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1243 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1243

    To prohibit no-knock raids from being conducted by Federal law 
               enforcement officers, and other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2023

Mr. Good of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit no-knock raids from being conducted by Federal law 
               enforcement officers, and 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 ``Federal Agent Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NO-KNOCK RAIDS.

    (a) Prohibition Against Financial Aid or Material Aid and 
Support.--A Federal law enforcement officer or anyone employed by a 
Federal law enforcement agency shall not provide financial aid or 
material aid and support in furtherance of the execution of a non-
Federal warrant requested by a law enforcement agency of a State or 
unit of local government.
    (b) Medicine and Other Materials in Support.--For purposes of this 
Act, a Federal law enforcement officer shall not be considered to have 
provided financial aid or material aid and support in the execution of 
a non-Federal warrant if such officer--
            (1) gives or allows the use of medicine or other materials 
        necessary to treat physical injuries; or
            (2) helps a person escape a risk of a serious, imminent 
        life-threatening injury.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTION FOR SERIOUS, IMMINENT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES; 
              REPORT.

    (a) Certain Circumstances.--A Federal law enforcement officer may 
forcibly enter a location subject to a Federal or non-Federal warrant, 
in less than 30 seconds, if there is a threat or risk of serious, 
imminent life-threatening injury to a law enforcement officer or 
others, and the law enforcement officer who enters provides a formal 
written report detailing such need to the judicial official responsible 
for authorizing the Federal or non-Federal warrant.
    (b) Report Required.--Any report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted to the judicial official responsible for authorizing 
the Federal or non-Federal warrant not more 14 days after the date on 
which such warrant was executed.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Federal law enforcement agency.--The term ``Federal law 
        enforcement agency'' means any agency of the United States 
        authorized to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
        investigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal 
        criminal law.
            (2) Federal law enforcement officer.--The term ``Federal 
        law enforcement officer'' has the meaning given in section 115 
        of title 18, United States Code.
            (3) Federal warrant.--The term ``Federal warrant'' means a 
        warrant authorizing a search by a Federal law enforcement 
        officer or personnel of a Federal law enforcement agency.
            (4) Material aid and support.--The term ``material aid and 
        support'' means voluntarily giving or allowing others to make 
        use of lodging, communications equipment or services, 
        facilities, weapons, personnel, vehicles, clothing, or other 
        physical assets.
            (5) Non-federal warrant.--The term ``non-Federal warrant'' 
        means a warrant authorizing a search executing an ex parte 
        judicial order to confiscate a firearm by a law enforcement 
        officer or a law enforcement agency affiliated with a State or 
        unit of local government.
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