I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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: 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the term ‘‘victim of crimes associated with the bomb-
ing 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, par-
ent, child, brother, sister, next of kin, or other 
relative of, or who is determined by the applica-
ble district court of the United States to be an 
individual who possesses a relationship of simi-
lar significance to, an individual described in 
subparagraph (A) or an individual otherwise de-
scribed 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 en-
actment of this Act, and notwithstanding any provi-
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sion 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-con-
spirator 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. 
(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 discre-
tion 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 
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