Bill > HR6527

This bill creates a trust fund and compensation process for living victims of the 1988 Lockerbie terrorist bombing who were Pan American World Airways employees. Specifically, the bill establishes the Living Victims of Lockerbie Claims Trust Fund with $42,066,338, and sets specific eligibility criteria for compensation: claimants must be U.S. citizens who were 45 years or older on December 3, 1991, employed by Pan Am on that date, were named plaintiffs in a specific legal case against Libya (Abbott et al. v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), and were alive on August 14, 2008. The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission will manage the claims process, publishing a notice in the Federal Register and providing 60 days for claims submission. Once claims are certified, the total fund will be divided equally among all approved claimants. If a potential claimant has died, their personal representative can file a claim on behalf of their estate. The bill aims to provide financial compensation to a specific group of Pan Am employees who were victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism related to the Lockerbie bombing.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6527/all-info