[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 164 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 164

 Expressing  the  sense  of  the  Senate  commemorating  the  bombing  
                         of  Pan Am Flight 103.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 10 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

 Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Lautenberg, 
Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Grassley) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate commemorating the bombing of Pan Am 
                              Flight 103.

Whereas two hundred and fifty-nine passengers and crew members of Pan American 
        Airways Flight 103 and eleven persons on the ground in Lockerbie, 
        Scotland, were killed by a terrorist bomb on December 21, 1988;
Whereas one hundred and eighty-nine Americans were victims of this heinous 
        attack along with citizens from twenty other nations;
Whereas this was effectively an attack on the United States and on all nations 
        which support the rule of law;
Whereas the families and friends of the victims of this outrageous and criminal 
        act have suffered an incalculable loss and have worked actively to 
        diminish the possibility of future attacks;
Whereas, on December 21, 1993, five years will have passed without the 
        terrorists who murdered the passengers and crew of Pan Am Flight 103 
        being brought to justice;
Whereas the United States must never forget the victims of this crime nor weaken 
        in its resolve to bring their murderers to justice; and
Whereas it is appropriate and fitting that the United States set aside a day to 
        commemorate the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 as an act of remembrance 
        for the victims, an expression of solidarity with their loved ones and a 
        token of the abiding United States commitment to obtain justice for 
        their murderers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That December 21, 1993, is designated a ``Fifth 
Anniversary Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Bombing of Pan Am 
Flight 103'', and the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe 
this day with appropriate ceremonies.

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