Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
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