I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4688 
To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, 
with exceptions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. 
CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. LIEU, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 
MORELLE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
THANEDAR, and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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. 
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 ‘‘Choosing Our Own 
Lives Over Fast Firearms Act’’ or the ‘‘COOL OFF Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 3-DAY WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED BEFORE RE-
CEIPT OF A HANDGUN, WITH EXCEPTIONS. 
(a) TRANSFERS BETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE NOT 
FIREARMS LICENSEES.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall 
be unlawful for a person not licensed under this chapter, 
in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to receive 
a handgun from another person not licensed under this 
chapter unless at least 3 business days (meaning a day 
on which State offices are open) have elapsed since the 
recipient most recently offered to take possession of the 
handgun. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
a handgun transfer that meets the conditions of subsection 
(t)(7).’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS BY FIREARMS LICENSEES TO NON- 
LICENSEES.—Section 922(t) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C)(iii)(II); 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end of subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(E) in the case of a handgun transfer that 
does not meet the conditions of paragraph (7), 3 
business days (meaning a day on which State offices 
are open) have elapsed since the licensee contacted 
the system.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) A handgun transfer meets the conditions of this 
paragraph if— 
‘‘(A) the transferee is a law enforcement agency 
or any law enforcement officer, armed private secu-
rity professional, or member of the armed forces, to 
the extent the officer, professional, or member is 
acting within the course and scope of employment 
and official duties; 
‘‘(B) the transfer is a loan between spouses, be-
tween domestic partners, between parents and their 
children, between siblings, between aunts or uncles 
and their nieces or nephews, or between grand-
parents and their grandchildren, for a lawful pur-
pose; 
‘‘(C) the transfer is temporary and necessary to 
prevent imminent death or great bodily harm, if the 
possession by the transferee lasts only as long as im-
mediately necessary to prevent the imminent death 
or great bodily harm; or 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to conduct engaged in after the 
90-day period that begins with the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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