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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6714 

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

Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2023 

Mr. VAN DREW (for himself, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide remote access to court proceedings for victims 

of the 1988 Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over 

Lockerbie, Scotland. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REMOTE ACCESS TO COURT PROCEEDINGS 

4 FOR VICTIMS OF THE 1988 BOMBING OF PAN 

5 AM FLIGHT 103 OVER LOCKERBIE, SCOTLAND. 

6 (a) DEFINITION OF VICTIM OF CRIMES ASSOCIATED

7 WITH THE BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103.—In this 

8 section: 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

2 the term ‘‘victim of crimes associated with the bomb3 ing of Pan Am Flight 103’’ means any individual— 

4 (A) who suffered direct or proximate harm 

5 as a result of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 

6 103 that occurred over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 

7 December 21, 1988, and was present at or near 

8 the scene of the bombing when it occurred, or 

9 immediately thereafter; or 

10 (B) who is the spouse, legal guardian, par11 ent, child, brother, sister, next of kin, or other 

12 relative of, or who is determined by the applica13 ble district court of the United States to be an 

14 individual who possesses a relationship of simi15 lar significance to, an individual described in 

16 subparagraph (A) or an individual otherwise de17 scribed in this subsection. 

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

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

20 does not include an individual who participated or 

21 conspired in the crimes associated with the bombing 

22 of Pan Am Flight 103. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION.— 

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1 sion of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or 

2 other law or rule to the contrary, in order to permit 

3 victims of crimes associated with the bombing of 

4 Pan Am Flight 103 to access court proceedings in 

5 the criminal case against Abu Agila Mohammed 

6 Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi and against any co-con7 spirator subsequently charged and prosecuted in a 

8 court of the United States for crimes related to the 

9 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the district 

10 court of the United States in such a case shall order 

11 that reasonable efforts be made to make remote 

12 video and telephonic access to proceedings in the 

13 case available to victims of crimes associated with 

14 the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 

15 (2) NO LIMIT ON LOCATION.—Remote video 

16 and telephonic access to proceedings shall be made 

17 available under paragraph (1) to a victim of crimes 

18 associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 

19 without regard to the location of the victim of crimes 

20 associated with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. 

21 (c) DISTRICT COURT DISCRETION.—Nothing in this 

22 section shall be construed to eliminate or limit the discre23 tion of a district court of the United States to control the 

24 manner, circumstances, or availability of remote video or 

25 telephonic transmissions where necessary to control the 


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1 courtroom or protect the integrity of court proceedings or 

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

3 the proceedings. 

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