I 
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 re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish limitations on the use of no-knock warrants, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amir Locke End Dead-
ly No-Knock Warrants Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
BYRNE
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), without regard to whether 
the funds are characterized as being made available 
under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local 
Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local 
Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Pro-
gram, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist-
ance Grant Program, or otherwise. 
(2) COPS GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘COPS 
grant program’’ means the grant program author-
ized under section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
(3) 
COVERED
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TASK 
FORCE.—The term ‘‘covered law enforcement task 
force’’ means a law enforcement task force that has 
not less than 1 Federal law enforcement agency or 
Federal law enforcement officer as a member. 
(4) COVERED FEDERAL WARRANT.—The term 
‘‘covered Federal warrant’’ means a warrant author-
izing a search by a Federal law enforcement officer 
or covered law enforcement task force. 
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(5) DAYLIGHT
HOURS.—The term ‘‘daylight 
hours’’ means any time beginning at 9:00 a.m. and 
ending at 6:00 p.m. in the time zone in which a war-
rant is to be executed. 
(6) NO-KNOCK
ENTRY.—The term ‘‘no-knock 
entry’’ means entry into a property by a law enforce-
ment officer without the law enforcement officer 
knocking and announcing their presence, authority, 
and intention to enter the property. 
(7) NIGHTTIME.—The term ‘‘nighttime’’ means 
any time other than daylight hours in the time zone 
in which a warrant is to be executed. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS. 
(a) NO-KNOCK ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) BAR IN DRUG CASES.—A covered Federal 
warrant may not authorize a no-knock entry for the 
investigation of any offense related to drugs. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
COURT
AUTHORIZA-
TION.—A court— 
(A) may only issue a covered Federal war-
rant authorizing a no-knock entry if the court 
determines there is clear and convincing evi-
dence, supported by particularized facts, that 
law enforcement officers entering the property 
without announcing their presence and inten-
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tion to enter is necessary because notice prior 
to entry would substantially endanger the life or 
safety of the law enforcement officer or other 
persons; and 
(B) may not issue a covered Federal war-
rant authorizing a no-knock entry for the inves-
tigation of any offense related to drugs. 
(3) AVOIDING DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND 
INJURY OF PERSONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In executing a covered 
Federal warrant, law enforcement officers shall 
seek to avoid the destruction of property and 
injury of persons occasioned by forcible entry 
and execution of a search. 
(B) RESTITUTION.—Any person who is in-
jured by, or the owner of property damaged by, 
law enforcement officers during the execution of 
a covered Federal warrant may bring an action 
against the United States in the appropriate 
Federal district court for appropriate relief, in-
cluding restitution, unless the person is con-
victed of an offense related to the covered Fed-
eral warrant. 
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