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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 

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

with exceptions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2019 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. CASE, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DELAURO, 

Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIMES, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, Mr. VARGAS, 

Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 

Illinois, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) 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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. 3-DAY WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED BEFORE RE2 CEIPT OF A HANDGUN, WITH EXCEPTIONS. 

3 (a) TRANSFERS BETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT

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

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

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

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

9 in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to receive 

10 a handgun from another person not licensed under this 

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

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

13 recipient most recently offered to take possession of the 

14 handgun. 

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

16 a handgun transfer that meets the conditions of subsection 

17 (t)(7).’’. 

18 (b) TRANSFERS BY FIREARMS LICENSEES TO NON19 LICENSEES.—Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub22 paragraph (B)(ii); 

23 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub24 paragraph (C); and 

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


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1 ‘‘(D) in the case of a handgun transfer 

2 that does not meet the conditions of paragraph 

3 (7), 3 business days (meaning a day on which 

4 State offices are open) have elapsed since the li5 censee contacted the system.’’; and 

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

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

8 paragraph if— 

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

10 or any law enforcement officer, armed private secu11 rity professional, or member of the armed forces, to 

12 the extent the officer, professional, or member is 

13 acting within the course and scope of employment 

14 and official duties; 

15 ‘‘(B) the transfer is a loan between spouses, be16 tween domestic partners, between parents and their 

17 children, between siblings, between aunts or uncles 

18 and their nieces or nephews, or between grand19 parents and their grandchildren, for a lawful pur20 pose; 

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

22 prevent imminent death or great bodily harm, if the 

23 possession by the transferee lasts only as long as im24 mediately necessary to prevent the imminent death 

25 or great bodily harm; or 


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1 ‘‘(D) the transfer is temporary and the trans2 feror has no reason to believe that the transferee will 

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

4 prohibited from possessing firearms under State or 

5 Federal law, and the transfer takes place and the 

6 transferee’s possession of the firearm is exclu7 sively— 

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

9 gallery or other area designated for the purpose 

10 of target shooting; 

11 ‘‘(ii) while reasonably necessary for the 

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

13 transferor— 

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

15 transferee intends to use the firearm in a 

16 place where it is illegal; and 

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

18 transferee will comply with all licensing 

19 and permit requirements for such hunting, 

20 trapping, or fishing; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) while in the presence of the trans22 feror.’’. 

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

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

25 (aa)’’. 


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

2 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 

3 90-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act. 

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