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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 504 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should not accept 

the credentials of any representative of the Government of Libya without 

the expressed understanding that the Government of Libya will continue 

to work in good faith to resolve outstanding cases of United States 

victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya, including the 

settlement of cases arising from the Pan Am Flight 103 and LaBelle 

Discothe ́que bombings. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2006 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. REID, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

KERRY, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. BOXER, 

Mr. DODD, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. SANTORUM, 

Mr. BURR, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. DEMINT, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. DORGAN, 

Mr. REED, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. KOHL, Mr. HATCH, Mr. COLEMAN, and 

Mr. ROCKEFELLER) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should 

not accept the credentials of any representative of the 

Government of Libya without the expressed understanding that the Government of Libya will continue 

to work in good faith to resolve outstanding cases of 

United States victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya, including the settlement of cases arising 

from the Pan Am Flight 103 and LaBelle Discothe ́que 

bombings. 


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Whereas there has not been a resolution of the claims of 

members of the United States Armed Forces and other 

United States 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 the resolution of 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 

to pay up to $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 September 12, 2003, the United Nations lifted 

sanctions against Libya, thereby enabling the first trigger 

of the agreement between the Government of Libya and 

the families of the victims of the attack on Pan Am 

Flight 103 for a payment of $4,000,000 per victim that 

has been paid to the victims’ families; 

Whereas, on September 24, 2004, the United States lifted 

most economic sanctions against Libya, thereby enabling 

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tack on Pan Am Flight 103 for an additional payment 

of $4,000,000 per victim that has been paid to the victims’ families; 

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

Rice announced the determination of President George 

W. Bush to rescind the designation of Libya on the list 

of state sponsors of terrorism, thereby enabling the third 

trigger of the agreement between the Government of 

Libya and the families of the victims of the attack on 

Pan Am Flight 103 for a final payment of $2,000,000 

per victim; 

Whereas, on May 15, 2006, Secretary of State Rice announced the reestablishment of full diplomatic relations 

with the Government of Libya, ending 26 years of isolation; and 

Whereas the agreement between the Government of Libya 

and the families of the victims of the attack on Pan Am 

Flight 103 incorporated a timeline for payment of the 

full $2,700,000,000 that has not been met even though 

all of the other conditions for such payment have been 

satisfied: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) it remains an important priority for further 

3 improvement in the relations between the United 

4 States and Libya that the Government of Libya 

5 make a good faith effort to resolve all outstanding 

6 claims of United States victims of terrorism spon7 sored or supported by Libya; 


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1 (2) it is in the best interests of the long-term 

2 relationship between the United States and Libya 

3 that final payment be made to the families of the 

4 victims of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103; and 

5 (3) the President should not accept the creden6 tials of any representative of the Government of 

7 Libya without the expressed understanding that the 

8 Government of Libya will continue to work in good 

9 faith to resolve outstanding cases of United States 

10 victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by 

11 Libya, including the settlement of cases arising from 

12 the Pan Am Flight 103 and LaBelle Discothe ́que 

13 bombings. 

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