A bill to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes.
Summary
Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act This bill establishes a mechanism for compensating certain victims of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish a fund to compensate qualifying victims of the bombing (generally, former employees of Pan American who were part of an earlier lawsuit seeking compensation from Libya for the bombing). The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission must establish a process for claimants to apply for compensation from the fund.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Dec 2022
House Passage
President
Introduced Dec 22, 2022
Last action Dec 23, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Dec 22, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10099; text: CR S10099)
upper
Dec 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10099; text: CR S10099)
upper
Dec 22, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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