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This legislation would resuscitate the imposition of Waiting Periods for the purchase of a handgun. Waiting periods for firearm purchase have failed consistently.
Title: COOL OFF Act Choosing Our Own Lives Over Fast Firearms Act
Subject: Crime and law enforcement: Criminal justice information and records: Family relationships: Firearms and explosives: Hunting and fishing: Law enforcement officers: Licensing and registrations: Military personnel and dependents: Retail and wholesale trades
Description: To provide for a 3-day waiting period before a person may receive a handgun, with exceptions.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1454/all-info
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77 sponsors: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D); Ed Case (D); Madeleine Dean (D); Rosa DeLauro (D); Val Demings (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Bill Foster (D); John Garamendi (D); Debra Haaland (D); Alcee Hastings (D); James Himes (D); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D); Ro Khanna (D); Jerry McNerney (D); Grace Meng (D); Seth Moulton (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D); Ilhan Omar (D); Donald Payne (D); Mike Quigley (D); Jamie Raskin (D); C.A. Ruppersberger (D); Albio Sires (D); Darren Soto (D); Juan Vargas (D); Al Green (D); Barbara Lee (D); Danny Davis (D); Bennie Thompson (D); Eddie Johnson (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); William Keating (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Steve Cohen (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Anthony Brown (D); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D); Henry Johnson (D); Gregorio Sablan (I); Ed Perlmutter (D); Eliot Engel (D); Yvette Clarke (D); Ted Lieu (D); Earl Blumenauer (D); David Cicilline (D); Lloyd Doggett (D); Elijah Cummings (D); Al Lawson (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Sean Casten (D); Salud Carbajal (D); Diana DeGette (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Veronica Escobar (D); Dwight Evans (D); Betty McCollum (D); Bill Pascrell (D); Bobby Rush (D); Jackie Speier (D); Lisa Rochester (D); Andre Carson (D); James McGovern (D); Gwen Moore (D); Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D); David Price (D); Harley Rouda (D); Brad Sherman (D); Paul Tonko (D); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Joseph Morelle (D); Frank Pallone (D); Thomas Suozzi (D); Kathy Castor (D); Jahana Hayes (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Apr 8 2019 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. |
House | Feb 28 2019 | Introduced in House |
House | Feb 28 2019 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Mar 14 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
There have not been any votes on this bill