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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 838 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 

of State should not accept the credentials of any representative of the 

Government of Libya until the Government of Libya has fully met 

its financial commitments to the families of the victims of Pan Am 

Flight 103 and that the President should urge the Government of Libya 

to make a good faith effort to resolve other outstanding cases of United 

States victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2006 

Mr. FERGUSON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Secretary of State should not accept the credentials 

of any representative of the Government of Libya until 

the Government of Libya has fully met its financial 

commitments to the families of the victims of Pan Am 

Flight 103 and that the President should urge the Government of Libya to make a good faith effort to resolve 

other outstanding cases of United States victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya. 

Whereas the Government of Libya has not to date made a 

good faith effort to resolve the claims of members of the 

United States Armed Forces and other United States 


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citizens who were injured in the April 6, 1986, bombing 

of the LaBelle Discothe ́que in Berlin, Germany, and the 

claims of family members of the service men and women 

killed in that bombing or to resolve other outstanding 

cases of United States victims of terror sponsored or supported by Libya; 

Whereas, on December 21, 1988, terrorists from Libya 

bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 

killing 270 people, including 189 Americans; 

Whereas, on May 29, 2002, the Government of Libya offered 

$2,700,000,000 to settle claims by the families of the 

270 people killed aboard Pan Am Flight 103, representing $10,000,000 for each victim of the Pan Am 

Flight 103 bombing; 

Whereas, on August 15, 2003, Libya’s Ambassador to the 

United Nations, Ahmed Own, submitted a letter to the 

United Nations Security Council formally accepting ‘‘responsibility for the action of its officials’’ in relation to 

the Lockerbie bombing; 

Whereas, on May 15, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza 

Rice announced her intention to remove Libya from the 

list of countries that sponsor terrorism and to establish 

diplomatic relations with the Government of Libya; and 

Whereas the families of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 

have not yet received the final $2,000,000 payment 

promised by the Government of Libya: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 


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1 (1) it remains an important priority for further 

2 improvement in the relations between the United 

3 States and Libya that the Government of Libya 

4 make a good faith effort to resolve all outstanding 

5 claims of United States victims of terrorism spon6 sored or supported by Libya; 

7 (2) the Secretary of State should not accept the 

8 credentials of any representative of the Government 

9 of Libya until the Government of Libya has fully 

10 met all of its financial commitments to each of the 

11 personal representatives of United States victims of 

12 Pan Am Flight 103 who accepted the settlement 

13 with the Government of Libya; and 

14 (3) the President should urge the Government 

15 of Libya to make an good faith effort to resolve— 

16 (A) the claims of members of the United 

17 States Armed Forces and other United States 

18 citizens who were injured in the LaBelle 

19 Discothe ́que bombing and the claims of family 

20 members of the service men and women killed 

21 in that bombing; and 

22 (B) all other outstanding cases of United 

23 States victims of terror sponsored or supported 

24 by Libya. 

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