S. 3250 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

An Act 

To provide remote access to court proceedings for victims of the 1988 Bombing 

of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. REMOTE ACCESS TO COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR VICTIMS 

OF THE 1988 BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103 OVER 

LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND. 

(a) DEFINITION OF VICTIM OF CRIMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE

BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103.—In this section: 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the term ‘‘victim 

of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103’’ 

means any individual— 

(A) who suffered direct or proximate harm as a result 

of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that occurred over 

Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, and was 

present at or near the scene of the bombing when it 

occurred, or immediately thereafter; or 

(B) who is the spouse, legal guardian, parent, child, 

brother, sister, next of kin, or other relative of, or who 

is determined by the applicable district court of the United 

States to be an individual who possesses a relationship 

of similar significance to, an individual described in 

subparagraph (A) or an individual otherwise described in 

this subsection. 

(2) LIMITATION.—The term ‘‘victim of crimes associated with 

the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103’’ does not include an individual who participated or conspired in the crimes associated 

with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of enactment of 

this Act, and notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 

Rules of Criminal Procedure or other law or rule to the contrary, 

in order to permit victims of crimes associated with the bombing 

of Pan Am Flight 103 to access court proceedings in the criminal 

case against Abu Agila Mohammed Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi 

and against any co-conspirator subsequently charged and prosecuted in a court of the United States for crimes related to 

the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the district court 

of the United States in such a case shall order that reasonable 

efforts be made to make remote video and telephonic access 

to proceedings in the case available to victims of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 
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(2) NO LIMIT ON LOCATION.—Remote video and telephonic 

access to proceedings shall be made available under paragraph 

(1) to a victim of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan 

Am Flight 103 without regard to the location of the victim 

of crimes associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 

(c) DISTRICT COURT DISCRETION.—Nothing in this section shall 

be construed to eliminate or limit the discretion of a district court 

of the United States to control the manner, circumstances, or availability of remote video or telephonic transmissions where necessary 

to control the courtroom or protect the integrity of court proceedings 

or the safety of parties, witnesses, or other participants in the 

proceedings. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.