[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3214]
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SA 1678. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 3985, to improve and reform policing practices,
accountability, and transparency; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
Strike section 102 and insert the following:
SEC. 102. JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Justice for Breonna Taylor Act''.
(b) Prohibition on No-knock Warrants.--
(1) Federal prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a Federal law enforcement officer (as
defined in section 115 of title 18, United States Code) may
not execute a warrant until after the officer provides notice
of his or her authority and purpose, except in the case of an
imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury.
(2) State and local law enforcement agencies.--Beginning in
the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, a State or
local law enforcement agency that receive funds from the
Department of Justice during the fiscal year may not execute
a warrant that does not require the law enforcement officer
serving the warrant to provide notice of his or her authority
and purpose before forcibly entering a premises, except in
the case of an imminent risk of death or serious bodily
injury.
In section 103(a), by striking ``subsections (h) and (i) of
section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as added by sections
101 and 102 of this Act, respectively, and that ensure the
reporting under such subsections (h) and (i)'' and inserting
``subsection (h) of section 501 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152),
as added by section 101, and that ensure the reporting under
such subsection (h)''.
In section 103(b), by striking ``or 102''.
In section 104(a), by striking ``subsections (h) and (i) of
section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as added by sections
101 and 102 of this Act, respectively'' and inserting
``subsection (h) of section 501 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152),
as added by section 101''.
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