117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5357 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for the Living 

3 Victims of Lockerbie Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 

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

6 Libyan state-sponsored terrorism’’ means an individual 

7 who— 

8 (1) is a United States person; 

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

10 3, 1991; 

11 (3) was employed by Pan American World Air12 ways, Inc., on December 3, 1991; 

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

14 Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (case 

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

16 District Court for the District of Columbia; and 

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

18 SEC. 3. LIVING VICTIMS OF LOCKERBIE CLAIMS TRUST 

19 FUND. 

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

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

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

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

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

25 to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for the payment of claims submitted 
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1 by compensable living victims of Libyan state-sponsored 

2 terrorism under section 4. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Once the 

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

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

6 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

7 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, which shall be made 

8 available to provide compensation to compensable living 

9 victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. 

10 SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR LIVING VICTIMS OF LIBYAN 

11 STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM. 

12 (a) CERTIFICATION BY THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SET13 TLEMENT COMMISSION.—The Foreign Claims Settlement 

14 Commission shall— 

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

16 enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Reg17 ister a notice of a process for filing claims on behalf 

18 of compensable living victims of Libyan state-spon19 sored terrorism, which shall include a deadline for 

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

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

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

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

24 (A) determine if each individual who sub25 mitted a claim under that paragraph is a com-
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1 pensable living victim of Libyan state-sponsored 

2 terrorism; and 

3 (B) approve the claim of each individual 

4 the Commission determines under subpara5 graph (A) to be a compensable living victim of 

6 Libyan state-sponsored terrorism; and 

7 (3) upon approving a claim under paragraph 

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

9 of the Treasury for purposes of authorization of pay10 ment under subsection (b). 

11 (b) PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Upon receiving a cer12 tification from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 

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

14 shall make payments from the Fund to compensable living 

15 victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism in accordance 

16 with subsection (c). 

17 (c) COMPENSATION.— 

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

19 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission under sub20 section (a)(3) of the claim of a compensable living 

21 victim of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, the 

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

23 personal representative of the claimant’s estate) 

24 shall be entitled to an award in an amount equal 

25 to— 
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1 (A) $20,000,000, divided by 

2 (B) the total number of claims certified 

3 under subsection (a)(3). 

4 (2) REPRESENTATIVE.—If a putative claimant 

5 that otherwise qualifies for compensation under this 

6 section is deceased, a personal representative may 

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

Passed the Senate December 22, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5357 

AN ACT 

To provide compensation for United States victims 

other purposes. of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for