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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1752 

To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, 

with exceptions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2021 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASE, Mr. 

CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. LIEU, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. 

MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may 

receive a handgun, with exceptions. 


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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 ‘‘Choosing Our Own 

5 Lives Over Fast Firearms Act’’ or the ‘‘COOL OFF Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 3-DAY WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED BEFORE RE7 CEIPT OF A HANDGUN, WITH EXCEPTIONS. 

8 (a) TRANSFERS BETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT

9 FIREARMS LICENSEES.—Section 922 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(aa)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall 

13 be unlawful for a person not licensed under this chapter, 

14 in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to receive 

15 a handgun from another person not licensed under this 

16 chapter unless at least 3 business days (meaning a day 

17 on which State offices are open) have elapsed since the 

18 recipient most recently offered to take possession of the 

19 handgun. 

20 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 

21 a handgun transfer that meets the conditions of subsection 

22 (t)(7).’’. 

23 (b) TRANSFERS BY FIREARMS LICENSEES TO NON24 LICENSEES.—Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 

25 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub2 paragraph (B)(ii); 

3 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

4 and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C); and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) in the case of a handgun transfer that 

7 does not meet the conditions of paragraph (7), 3 

8 business days (meaning a day on which State offices 

9 are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted 

10 the system.’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(7) A handgun transfer meets the conditions of this 

13 paragraph if— 

14 ‘‘(A) the transferee is a law enforcement agency 

15 or any law enforcement officer, armed private secu16 rity professional, or member of the armed forces, to 

17 the extent the officer, professional, or member is 

18 acting within the course and scope of employment 

19 and official duties; 

20 ‘‘(B) the transfer is a loan between spouses, be21 tween domestic partners, between parents and their 

22 children, between siblings, between aunts or uncles 

23 and their nieces or nephews, or between grand24 parents and their grandchildren, for a lawful pur25 pose; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the transfer is temporary and necessary to 

2 prevent imminent death or great bodily harm, if the 

3 possession by the transferee lasts only as long as im4 mediately necessary to prevent the imminent death 

5 or great bodily harm; or 

6 ‘‘(D) the transfer is temporary and the trans7 feror has no reason to believe that the transferee will 

8 use or intends to use the firearm in a crime or is 

9 prohibited from possessing firearms under State or 

10 Federal law, and the transfer takes place and the 

11 transferee’s possession of the firearm is exclu12 sively— 

13 ‘‘(i) at a shooting range or in a shooting 

14 gallery or other area designated for the purpose 

15 of target shooting; 

16 ‘‘(ii) while reasonably necessary for the 

17 purposes of hunting, trapping, or fishing, if the 

18 transferor— 

19 ‘‘(I) has no reason to believe that the 

20 transferee intends to use the firearm in a 

21 place where it is illegal; and 

22 ‘‘(II) has reason to believe that the 

23 transferee will comply with all licensing 

24 and permit requirements for such hunting, 

25 trapping, or fishing; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) while in the presence of the trans2 feror.’’. 

3 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title 

4 is amended by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ and inserting ‘‘(q), or 

5 (aa)’’. 

6 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 

8 90-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act. 

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