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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 667 

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

with exceptions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2023 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. 

MORELLE, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. KEATING, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

CASTEN, Mr. SHERMAN, and Ms. CASTOR 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. 

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 


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1 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

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

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

5 in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to receive 

6 a handgun from another person not licensed under this 

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

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

9 recipient most recently offered to take possession of the 

10 handgun. 

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

12 a handgun transfer that meets the conditions of subsection 

13 (t)(7).’’. 

14 (b) TRANSFERS BY FIREARMS LICENSEES TO NON15 LICENSEES.—Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (C)(iii)(II), by strik18 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

20 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(E) in the case of a handgun transfer that 

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

24 business days (meaning a day on which State offices 


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1 are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted 

2 the system.’’; and 

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

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

5 paragraph if— 

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

7 or any law enforcement officer, armed private secu8 rity professional, or member of the armed forces, to 

9 the extent the officer, professional, or member is 

10 acting within the course and scope of employment 

11 and official duties; 

12 ‘‘(B) the transfer is a loan between spouses, be13 tween domestic partners, between parents and their 

14 children, between siblings, between aunts or uncles 

15 and their nieces or nephews, or between grand16 parents and their grandchildren, for a lawful pur17 pose; 

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

19 prevent imminent death or great bodily harm, if the 

20 possession by the transferee lasts only as long as im21 mediately necessary to prevent the imminent death 

22 or great bodily harm; or 

23 ‘‘(D) the transfer is temporary and the trans24 feror has no reason to believe that the transferee will 

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


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1 prohibited from possessing firearms under State or 

2 Federal law, and the transfer takes place and the 

3 transferee’s possession of the firearm is exclu4 sively— 

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

6 gallery or other area designated for the purpose 

7 of target shooting; 

8 ‘‘(ii) while reasonably necessary for the 

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

10 transferor— 

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

12 transferee intends to use the firearm in a 

13 place where it is illegal; and 

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

15 transferee will comply with all licensing 

16 and permit requirements for such hunting, 

17 trapping, or fishing; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) while in the presence of the trans19 feror.’’. 

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

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

22 (aa)’’. 

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

24 this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 


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1 90-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

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