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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5357 

To provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored 

terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 22, 2022 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KELLY, Ms. 

HASSAN, and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

To provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan 

state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Justice for the Living 

5 Victims of Lockerbie Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘compensable living victim of 

8 Libyan state-sponsored terrorism’’ means an individual 

9 who— 

10 (1) is a United States person; 


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1 (2) was 45 years of age or older on December 

2 3, 1991; 

3 (3) was employed by Pan American World Air4 ways, Inc., on December 3, 1991; 

5 (4) was a named claimant in Abbott et al. v. 

6 Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (case 

7 number 1:94–cv–02444–SS) in the United States 

8 District Court for the District of Columbia; and 

9 (5) was alive on August 14, 2008. 

10 SEC. 3. LIVING VICTIMS OF LOCKERBIE CLAIMS TRUST 

11 FUND. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

14 the Treasury shall establish, in the Treasury of the United 

15 States, a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Living Victims 

16 of Lockerbie Claims Trust Fund’’ (in this section referred 

17 to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for the payment of claims submitted 

18 by compensable living victims of Libyan state-sponsored 

19 terrorism under section 4. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Once the 

21 Fund is established pursuant to subsection (a), there shall 

22 be appropriated to the Fund, out of any money in the 

23 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

24 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, which shall be made 


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1 available to provide compensation to compensable living 

2 victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. 

3 SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR LIVING VICTIMS OF LIBYAN 

4 STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM. 

5 (a) CERTIFICATION BY THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SET6 TLEMENT COMMISSION.—The Foreign Claims Settlement 

7 Commission shall— 

8 (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Reg10 ister a notice of a process for filing claims on behalf 

11 of compensable living victims of Libyan state-spon12 sored terrorism, which shall include a deadline for 

13 the filing of claims of not later than the date that 

14 is 60 days after the date of publication of the notice; 

15 (2) not later than 60 days after the end of the 

16 period for filing claims described in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) determine if each individual who sub18 mitted a claim under that paragraph is a com19 pensable living victim of Libyan state-sponsored 

20 terrorism; and 

21 (B) approve the claim of each individual 

22 the Commission determines under subpara23 graph (A) to be a compensable living victim of 

24 Libyan state-sponsored terrorism; and 


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1 (3) upon approving a claim under paragraph 

2 (2)(B), certify approval of the claim to the Secretary 

3 of the Treasury for purposes of authorization of pay4 ment under subsection (b). 

5 (b) PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Upon receiving a cer6 tification from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 

7 under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of the Treasury 

8 shall make payments from the Fund to compensable living 

9 victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism in accordance 

10 with subsection (c). 

11 (c) COMPENSATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a certification by the 

13 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under sub14 section (a)(3) of the claim of a compensable living 

15 victim of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, the 

16 claimant (or, in the case of a deceased claimant, the 

17 personal representative of the claimant’s estate) 

18 shall be entitled to an award in an amount equal 

19 to— 

20 (A) $20,000,000, divided by 

21 (B) the total number of claims certified 

22 under subsection (a)(3). 

23 (2) REPRESENTATIVE.—If a putative claimant 

24 that otherwise qualifies for compensation under this 


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1 section is deceased, a personal representative may 

2 bring a claim on behalf of the estate of the claimant. 

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