IV 
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 Gov-
ernment of Libya to make a good faith effort to resolve 
other outstanding cases of United States victims of ter-
rorism 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 sup-
ported 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, rep-
resenting $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 ‘‘re-
sponsibility 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 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
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(1) it remains an important priority for further 
improvement in the relations between the United 
States and Libya that the Government of Libya 
make a good faith effort to resolve all outstanding 
claims of United States victims of terrorism spon-
sored or supported by Libya; 
(2) 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 all of its financial commitments to each of the 
personal representatives of United States victims of 
Pan Am Flight 103 who accepted the settlement 
with the Government of Libya; and 
(3) the President should urge the Government 
of Libya to make an good faith effort to resolve— 
(A) the claims of members of the United 
States Armed Forces and other United States 
citizens who were injured in the LaBelle 
Discothe´que bombing and the claims of family 
members of the service men and women killed 
in that bombing; and 
(B) all other outstanding cases of United 
States victims of terror sponsored or supported 
by Libya. 
Æ 
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